NEWS
--At 5:53pm Saturday the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a snowmobile accident on property located off 225th Ave, approximately six miles northwest of Lastrup in Ripley Township.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, 47-year-old Hanna Brandner of Pierz was driving a snowmobile on her property with her 11-year-old granddaughter on the machine with her. The throttle stuck on the snowmobile causing Brandner to lose control and hit a parked vehicle in the yard. Brandner and the 11-year-old juvenile female were transported to St. Gabriel’s Hospital with unknown injuries.
--At 12:46pm Friday the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a snowmobile accident with injuries on the snowmobile trail located off 330th Street, approximately six miles south of Motley in Scandia Valley Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 55-year-old John Jasinski of Faribault and 38-year-old Mark Johnson of East Grand Forks, were driving snowmobiles traveling west on a trail that runs along 330th Street. Jasinski was traveling in front of Johnson and they approached an area in the trail where it came to a 90-degree left turn. In the turn, Jasinski lost control of his snowmobile causing him to be thrown from the snowmobile. Johnson then rear-ended the unoccupied snowmobile. Jasinski was transported to Staples Hospital with unknown injuries. Johnson was not injured.
--Authorities are asking for your help in finding a missing St. Cloud teenager. 14-year old Camron McNeal was last seen at his home on January 19th. Sheriff officials say he's is believed to still be in the south or southeast area of St. Cloud. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says McNeal is black, about 5'5" tall and weighing 200 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair with short dreads. McNeal was last seen wearing white shoes, red sweatshirt and a blue jacket with Yogi Bear on the back. Authorities say he may also go by the name Camron Jackson or Camron McNeal-Jackson. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Stearns County Sheriff's Office at 251-4240.
--Average gas prices in Minnesota have risen 10.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.28 in the state. Prices in Minnesota are 20 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has risen 8.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.42. Gas Buddy says gas prices saw their sharpest rise in months last week as oil surged to $93 per barrel, on continued concerns over Russia invading Ukraine. With the national average at its highest level since 2014, the news is grim: motorists should expect even more price increases, with the larger jumps coming later this spring. Ultimately, Gas Buddy says the national average could be pushed to record territory by the start of the summer driving season.
--Bob Maschler informed Little Falls Radio Sunday night that the St. James Cash Raffle Tickets are all sold out. The drawing will be livestreamed on our Tri-Parish Facebook page @ TriParishFlensburgSobieskiRandallMN at 7:30PM Friday, February 25, 2022 at St. James Fellowship Hall. Also the Mardi Gras Dinner that had been scheduled for February 25 has been canceled due to Covid. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for the St. James raffle.
--Zion Lutheran Church in Little Falls will hold a Chicks for Bricks fundraiser dinner Thursday from 5-7pm at the church on 3rd Avenue Northeast in Little Falls. A $10 suggested donation is asked for to enjoy the chicken dinner with trimmings to help the cost in debt reduction to their fellowship hall they built some time back.
--Stream all three Little Falls Radio stations at fallsradio.com.
--A Deer Creek man charged with assaulting a woman and holding her hostage in Belgrade has reached a plea agreement on the charges. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Shepersky pleaded guilty Monday through a Norgaard plea to 2nd-degree assault with a dangerous weapon causing substantial bodily harm. A Norgaard plea is where a defendant claims they were too drunk or under the influence of chemicals to recall the facts of what happened. As part of the plea agreement false imprisonment charges have been dropped. Shepersky will be sentenced in April. According to the criminal complaint, police responded to a home in the 100 block of Washburn Avenue back in November, after getting a phone call about a possible assault or homicide. The caller said her ex-husband had told her he stabbed a woman and she was possibly dead. The woman said Shepersky was using meth and may be delusional. Court records show Shepersky had texted the woman photos of the victim's face splattered with blood, a sledgehammer on the floor next to a large pool of blood, and what appeared to be a BB gun rifle next to bloody streaks and bloody footprints. The caller then forwarded those images to the police.
--On Monday at about 7:30am Swift County emergency officials were called to a crash involving a school bus and a pickup. The Swift County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened near the town of Benson. The bus had eight children on board and the bus driver. The pick-up struck the side of the school bus directly in front of the rear axle pushing the bus into the ditch where it stopped. The bus stayed upright and did not tip over. The driver of the pick-up, 23-year-old Joshua Manzke of Benson, was transported to the Benson hospital for observation. The driver of the bus, 69-year-old Charles Jobgen of Clontarf, was checked at the scene with no injuries. The children on the bus were also checked by ambulance personnel after being put on a second bus to stay warm. One of the children was picked up at the scene by their parent as the other seven children continued to school for the day.
DEATH NOTICES
--Laurel “Loree” Williams, age 75 of St. Cloud.
--Anthony “Tony” Armbrust, age 76 of Sobieski.
WEATHER
TODAY= increasing clouds, breezy, light rain/snow late, high 40.
TONIGHT= rain/snow early then flurries overnight, low 24.
WEDNESDAY= icy start, sunny, windy, temps falling to 0 at night.
THURSDAY= cloudy, high 37, windy, rain and snow by afternoon.
SPORTS
HS WRE= Pierz at Royalton/Upsala tonight, matches are scheduled to start at 6pm with Junior Varsity with varsity matches to follow for parents/senior night in Royalton. Coverage tonight on 94ROCKS.
BHK= The Flyer Boys Hockey game Thursday at Detroit Lakes is now a 6pm puck drop, pregame to start at 5:30pm on Q92 WYRQ.
TODAY IN HISTORY
IN 1910= the Boys Scout of America is organized.
IN 1936= first NFL Draft held, Jay Berwanger first pick to Eagles.
IN 1969= the final Saturday Evening Post was published.
IN 1974= “Good Times” with Jimmy Walker debuts on CBS TV.
IN 1985= CBS canceled “The Dukes of Hazzard” after 6+ years.
IN 1992= “I'm Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred peaks at #1.