NEWS
--30-year-old Jonathon Greyblood of Little Falls Monday has entered a not guilty plea on the two charges of second degree murder in Morrison County District Court. Greyblood was charged February 9th in the murder of his wife Jeanine Greyblood who Jonathon allegedly strangled in their vehicle and dumped her body southwest of Little Falls under the Swan River Bridge. The hearing has been pushed back twice the second due to Greyblood asking for different council. Following the plea Monday of not guilty then next step is to move forward to settlement conference. No date set for that as of yet.
--One person was injured Sunday at 3:08pm at the intersection of Highway 27 and 238 west of Little Falls. The Minnesota State Patrol stated that 18-year old Jaden Hanfler of Little Falls had stopped for traffic when 39-year old Krystal Fox of Columbia Heights lost control trying to avoid the slow down and struck the Hanfler vehicle. Fox was taken to the Little Falls hospital with non life threatening injuries.
--One person was injured Sunday just before 6pm on Highway 210 near Pillager in Cass County. 82-year old Evelyn Vogel was traveling on Highway 210 at West Sylvan Drive when she stopped stopped to make a left turn and was struck by 31-year old Jacob Merrill of Brainerd. Vogel was taken to Brainerd hospital with her injuries. The other driver was not hurt.
--One person was hurt Saturday just after noon on Highway 71 near Hewitt in Todd County. 42-year-old Joey Beach of Eagle Bend was northbound on 71 when the vehicle turned and was struck by a southbound vehicle driven by 77-year old Phillip Gleason of Minneapolis. Gleason was taken to Wadena for non-life threatening injuries from the accident. Beach was not hurt.
--Little Falls City Administrator Jon Radermacher spoke on KLTF Monday and stated that road construction will be going on throughout the summer in Little Falls with the largest project is in southeast Little Falls on the 3rd Street Project with closures and detours around the project also there are extra 4 way stops around the road work so please watch for the temporary stop signs that have been put up and so ther are more stops signs in the area that were not there before. Other projects this summer include work on 11th Street and the Safe Routes to School trail on the northeast of Little Falls, sidewalks, the apartment complex in northeast Little Falls and other large projects to be done this year. Radermacher stated that donations were made for a new scoreboard at Lions Park by the Lindbergh Lions, a monument at Veterans Park by the Post Office by the American Legion and West Side Improvement and others on the west side donated to upgrade playground equipment and upkeep at the Gamradt Park on the northwest part of the city. Radermacher stated that with the special session starting yesterday that the railroad project of rerouting the trains is still in the very early stages and only a feasability assessment and nothing more, they are working on a child care center and bonding request may not get done this session but hopes for next session in 2022 to move these project a bit further. The sales tax question is also tied up in the special session in the tax bill and waiting to see if that goes through. Radermacher said that City Hall is open Monday through Friday to drop off bills and payments again and you can call 616-5500 for information on any items through the City of Little Falls.
--The 2nd Mid Minnesota Federal Credit Union medallion hunt clue for the Little Falls Dam Festival will be today at 8:50am on all three of the Little Falls Radio Stations. Then check out MMFCU.org.
--Camp Ripley celebrated its 90th anniversary Monday. The camp held a ceremony with past and present employees and others reflecting on their history and past achievements. Camp Ripley was selected in 1929 and officially named in December of 1930, the same year Minnesota approved the purchase of 12,000 acres of land for military training and open for use June 14th, 1931. Since then, the reservation has acquired more than 40,000 acres of land just north of Little Falls, including the remains of former Fort Ripley which closed in 1877. The base is still used for training of soliders and others to use the facilty for the many uses it still provides today.
--A Sauk Rapids man's murder trial that was scheduled to begin this week has been canceled after he changed his plea to guilty. 39-year-old David Williams Jr. has pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder for the beating death of 30-year-old Crystal Bundy. Sauk Rapids Police were called to an apartment unit in the 1200 block of 1st Avenue North in July 2019 for an unresponsive woman there. Court records show police found Bundy dead with dried blood, bruises, black eyes, and strangulation marks on her neck. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A preliminary autopsy showed Bundy had traumatic injuries including extensive bruising and bleeding on the brain with her cause of death listed as blunt force trauma. Williams was at the scene and declined to give police a statement at the time. He's scheduled to be sentenced in September.
--As weather permits, Morrison County maintenance employees will be shouldering CSAH 23 and County Roads 267, 278, 270, and 272 in the northeast part of the county. Maintenance crews will be painting “stop ahead” symbols around the county. Maintenance employees have started mowing roadside ditches this week in all areas of the county. Please use caution around all area work zones.
--The St. Cloud COP (Community OutPost) House regularly hosts events that invite community members to meet and build relationships with St. Cloud’s police & law enforcement officers. But this summer officers are really going above and beyond their oath to protect and serve by sponsoring two fun programs for local St. Cloud kids. “Cops FORE! Kids” is a brand new program that just kicked off on Monday, June 7. St. Cloud Police Department's Commander of the Community Engagement Division Martin Sayer is running the free, weekly pilot program: Two officers will play with three players in the morning and the afternoon, and officers are working with the St. Cloud school district to choose players. The police department is also providing golf clubs and transportation. Officers at the COP House also started a gardening club for neighboring kids at the end of May, and families will be invited to come and help with the garden for the remainder of the summer. Neighbors and friends donated cilantro, Swiss chard, kale, and spinach seeds for the garden as well as tomato, bell pepper, jalapeño, basil, cabbage, and cucumber starter plants. Local kids are encouraged to take the produce home. I am grateful that this department and its officers are willing to spend time and resources building relationships with the next generation.
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny skies, high near 80, clear night low near 53.
WEDNESDAY= sunny and warmer, high 90, storms late night, low 66
THURSDAY= storms early, then sunny and warm, high 86, low 60.
SPORTS
TWINS= Seattle breaks tie in the 8th to beat Twins last night 4-3. Twins at Seattle game 2 tonight 8:30pm on Q92 WYRQ.