NEWS
--The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Saturday at 1:25am their office received a report of a one-vehicle accident with injuries at the intersection of 70th Avenue and 20th Street, two miles east of Upsala in Elmdale Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a 17-year-old juvenile male from of Albany was traveling west on 20th Street. The driver lost control of the vehicle, went in the ditch and hit a tree. The 17-year-old juvenile male was transported to St. Cloud Hospital with unknown injuries.
--The Alexandria Police Department says they still don't have a suspect in a murder investigation. On November 24th 58-year-old Desiree Frederick of Alexandria was found stabbed to death inside the home she shares with a family member. The police chief says a number of items of evidence were collected at the scene, but they are still waiting for the BCA lab to process those items. They have established a timeline for Frederick's whereabouts on the days leading up to her murder and all of the people she came into contact with. Investigators have also gone through hundreds of hours of recorded data. Police say they have executed a number of search warrants, collected evidence, and are still waiting for electronic data.
--Two people were hurt in a rear-end crash near Kimball on Thursday. The Minnesota State Patrol says two vehicles were northbound on Highway 15 near the Stearns County Road 8 intersection when one vehicle rear-ended the other. The drivers, 53-year-old Shannon Dahl of Kimball and 54-year-old Jane Hotvedt of Bemidji both suffered non-life threatening injuries and did not require hospitalization. The crash happened at around 5:20pm on Thursday just north of the Maine Prairie Township Hall.
--A fire at a St. Cloud homeless shelter displaced a number of residents early Monday morning. The St. Cloud Fire Department was dispatched to the Salvation Army at 400 Highway 10 South at about 3:45am. Firefighters arrived to find a fire on the second floor of the shelter that had been suppressed by the sprinkler system. Fire damage was limited to one room, but the building sustained water damage to the first and second floors. The fire department says one person was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with unknown injuries. The Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of the fire.
--A man died in a landslide at a Minnesota State Park. The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office says on Saturday just before 5pm they got a call of a landslide at the Minneopa State Park Falls area and someone was trapped under the earth that had collapsed. Emergency workers were able to locate the man trapped. They found a 19-year-old man who died. His name has not been released. The incident remains under investigation. It is still unclear what caused the landslide.
--The Todd County Sheriff's Office is investigating after an ATV was reported stolen. On Saturday they received a report of a burglary in the rural Burtrum area. An ATV was stolen along with some other items. A person of interest in the case was caught on surveillance and the picture has been posted on the Todd County Sheriff's Office Facebook page. If anyone has any information regarding the person or the stolen ATV, contact the Sheriff's Office at 320-732-2158.
--North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has announced he will suspend his presidential campaign. The Republican made the announcement Monday ending a campaign that began June 7th.
--Listen for the next Ho Ho Dough $100 winner today on LF Radio and get the sponsor details on the home page at fallsradio.com.
--Not much reason was given but it was reported that Camping World in Baxter has shut its doors. The store announced on November 16th that the store was closed from signs on the doors but nothing else was stated. On Friday, a Facebook post said the Baxter store had closed, all outdoor signs and other items were removed and that questions on parts and service from that Camping World should now be directed to the Little Falls location.
--The Minnesota State Patrol reported an accident with injuries at about 11:20am Sunday on Highway 10 in St. Cloud. Troopers say two vehicles were heading west and were stopped at the light at 15th Avenue Southeast when they were struck by a vehicle. 35-year-old Jared Jensen of Minneapolis was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two people in one of the stopped vehicles, 61-year-old Dean Nestberg and 59-year-old Cynthia Nestberg, of Hines, Minnesota suffered non-life-threatening injuries but were not hospitalized. The driver of the other stopped vehicle, 76-year-old Gerald Johansen of Eden Prairie, was not hurt.
--A Crosslake woman, accused of torturing her three young children, now faces an additional criminal charge of felony first-degree premeditated attempted murder. The Crow Wing County Attorney’s Office on Friday filed an amended complaint in the criminal case against Jorden Nicole Borders. Borders was initially charged with three serious felony counts of child torture and three felony counts of stalking following a child maltreatment investigation by the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation revealed Borders allegedly tortured her three young children through actions like withdrawing blood, forcing them to wear casts and neck braces despite not having injuries and inflicting frequent physical abuse as punishment. Friday’s amended complaint, in which Borders was charged with attempted murder, stated Borders in late 2021 messaged a friend claiming she was planning for the death of one of her children because they could not be treated by medical professionals. The speculation then came that this was something Borders had planned for some time, leading to attempted murder charges along with the child torture charges in Crow Wing County.
DEATH NOTICES
--Donald Heinz, age 63 of Flensburg.
--David Holmen, age 87 of Burtrum.
WEATHER
TODAY= becoming partly sunny, high 35.
TONIGHT= clear skies, cooler night, low 18.
WEDNESDAY= sunny and mild, high 45, low near 30.
THURSDAY= sunny and mild, high near 50, low near 27.
SPORTS
HS BHK= Little Falls at Sauk Rapids-Rice tonight with puck drop scheduled at 7:15pm on Q92 WYRQ and fallsradio.com.
HS BBB= Pierz at Swanville tonight 7:15pm on 94ROCKS.
NFL= The Vikings were off this past weekend. They travel to Las Vegas take on the Raiders on Sunday at 3:05 on KLTF. Then they play Cincinnati on Saturday the 16th at 12pm on KLTF. Christmas Eve they have Detroit and New Years Eve they have Green Bay.
COL FB= The Gophers (5-7) got Bowling Green (7-5) in a battle again at the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit on December 26th.