[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Newsletter: Tuesday, January 5th 2016[/title][fusion_text]Tuesday, January 5th 2016
NEWS
–A 22-month-old boy from southeast St. Cloud died in September from multiple blunt-force injuries. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner said Billy Rebel Chapman died shortly after 2:00am on September 1st at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Complications of an ischemic right cerebral infarct killed Chapman, the report said. The examiner said blunt-force injuries caused the deadly blood blockage, and the manner of death was homicide. A release from the St. Cloud Police Department said, in August, officers responded to a medical call that Chapman had fallen. Chapman was transported to St. Cloud Hospital where it was determined he suffered substantial head trauma. He was then taken to Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, where he later died. The release said the death is still under investigation by the Criminal Investigation Unit, but no further information is currently available.
–A Pierz man faces charges after fleeing from Stearns County deputies during a traffic stop. The release said a deputy initiated a traffic stop on County Road 17 in Holdingford. During the stop, the deputy learned the driver, 31-year old Aaron Swanson had active felony warrants for controlled substance violations. When the deputy asked Swanson to perform a field sobriety test, Swanson put the car in drive and fled the scene. Deputies followed Swanson for several miles until Swanson struck a squad car. No one was injured during the pursuit. Swanson was arrested and is being held in the Stearns County Jail. He is awaiting court on several charges.
–Shortly before 8:30am Monday the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single vehicle accident on County Road 9, 2.5 miles north of Richmond. The driver, 38-year old Nikki Christen of Avon was injured. Christen was driving southbound on County Road 9 when she crossed into the opposing lane and went into the ditch, striking a utility pole. Christen was wearing her seat belt. Christen was transported to St Cloud Hospital by ambulance and was treated for chest and leg injuries. The crash remains under investigation.
–On Monday the Benton County Sheriff’s Office located a truck that had been reported stolen in March of 2000. Around 2:00pm Sunday the Benton County Sheriff’s Office received a telephone call from an individual who was fishing on Mayhew Lake. The caller reported that they had lowered a camera down through the ice to look for fish and observed what appeared to be a pickup truck submerged in the lake. Deputies responded to the scene and used a camera to look at the submerged pickup truck. The truck was found about 100 yards north of the public access at a point about 25 yards from the west shore of the lake in 12 feet of water. The condition of the pickup truck suggested that it had been submerged for a significant period of time. On Monday divers from the Stearns/Benton Dive Team responded to the scene to search the truck and the area around the truck. The divers found that the truck was empty and the area around the truck did not contain any items of evidentiary value. A recovery effort was made in hopes of retrieving the truck from the lake bottom. This effort was unsuccessful due to the difficulties presented by the relatively thin ice present on the lake. The vehicle will be recovered from the lake in the near future when the conditions permit a retrieval that involves less risk to those involved in the recovery effort.
–The Morrison County Commissioners meet this morning at 9:00am at the Morrison County Government Center.
–Little Falls firefighters battled a fire Monday afternoon just after 3:30pm that destroyed a building at Stewart’s Forest Products in Fort Ripley. Black smoke was seen from the boiler building when firefighters arrived. The boiler building was destroyed but it was not attached to the main building of the facility and no other structures at the facility were impacted. Firefighters were on the scene for a few hours. There were no reports of any injuries from the fire.
–It was reported on Monday night that Mills Fleet Farm in Baxter has agreed in principal to the sale of their company to KKR & Co based out of Manhatten, New York for a price of 1.2-billion dollars. Stewart C. Mills Sr. founded Mills Corporation including the Fleet Farm brand in Brainerd in 1922. An official announcement on the sale is expected sometime later today in Brainerd.
–A propane tanker rolled Saturday injuring the driver on a Cass County Road. The State Patrol said 49-year-old Curtis Trautman of Pine River missed a curve on County Road 107 and rolled into the ditch. There were no leaks from the tanker. The driver was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
–A 26-year-old St. Cloud man was seriously injured early Sunday morning in a Hennepin County crash. Deandre R. McCoy was hurt when a vehicle heading south on Interstate Highway 35W crossed two lanes of traffic and hit the car he was driving. Details about McCoy’s passenger, who was also seriously injured, were not available Sunday morning. Both were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center. The other driver, 23-year-old Erik A. Fuentes-Ramirez of Bloomington, had alcohol detected in his system.
–Madison Elementary in St. Cloud was evacuated Monday afternoon following a carbon monoxide leak. Staff at the school discovered a natural gas odor and called the St. Cloud Fire Department. Personnel from the department were on site by 4:30pm. Firefighters were unable to locate natural gas but detected elevated levels of carbon monoxide. Faust said with the help of maintenance personnel they were able to isolate the heating unit causing the issue and shut it down. Faust said the levels of carbon monoxide were not an immediate danger, but could have caused headaches after prolonged exposure. Xcel Energy and the fire department deemed the building safe to go in shortly before 6:00pm. School will be in session on today at Madison in St. Cloud.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
–Codey Fleischhacker and Michelle Hayes of Brainerd, boy Dec. 31st
DEATH NOTICES
–Wayne C. Snyder, age 69 of Little Falls and Los Fresnos Texas
WEATHER
TODAY= chance of afternoon flurries or drizzle, high 33.
TONIGHT= chance of flurries/drizzle early, low 22.
WEDNESDAY= light snow in afternoon, up to 1 inch, high 33.
WED NITE= snow likely, up to another inch, low 27.
THURSDAY= cloudy, few snow showers possible, high near 30.
SPORTS
HS BBB= Mora at Little Falls tonight 7:30pm on Q92 WYRQ
HS BBB= Pierz vs. Rockford at SCSU tonight 7:30pm on FM94.
NFL= Vikings host Seattle in first round playoff game on Sunday with kickoff at 12pm, catch all the playoffs through the Super Bowl starting this weekend live on AM960 KLTF.
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