NEWS
–The Little Falls Community High School crowned Sam Bellefeuille and Claire Zack as their Homecoming King and Queen at the coronation Monday night. Little Falls is hosting Zimmerman on Friday in their homecoming game. Earlier in the day Friday there will be a pep fest at the high school at 9:00am, a parade that starts at 2:00pm and a tailgate party with Little Falls Radio and area sponsors starting at 5:00pm on Friday.
–The Little Falls City Council met on Monday night. At the meeting the council approved to move forward with Wold Architecture to develop concepts with public input to create a local option sales tax question to present to the legislature. If approved at the statewide level, it could then be brought before the city voters in the 2020 general election. The council awarded the Fall leaf and brush collection to Bob LeMieur Rolloffs and Refuse. The leaf and brush collection will be on Saturday, October 26th (rain or shine). The hauler will leave the bags so residents should leave a rock nearby the brush for when the haulers empty the bags. The council approved numerous other items including the wellhead protection plan, a cable TV franchise agreement, a variance for Little Falls Machine with the condition they combine lots, and a parade permit for the Santa parade on November 29th. It was also announced at the end of the meeting that there will be a Highway 27 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the west side of Little Falls at 11:30am on October 22nd between Lindbergh Drive and 3rd Street. The next Little Falls city Council meeting is on October 21st.
–At 9:53pm Sunday the Little Falls Fire Department responded to an alarm at the Rosestone Apartments located at 1001 5th Avenue NE. 16- firefighters responded to the incident caused by food left on the stove. Firefighters ventilated the smoke and cleared. No injuries.
–Representative Ron Kresha, R-Little Falls, has been appointed to the School Finance Working Group. Kresha has years of experience on House education committees, most recently as the Republican Lead on the House Education Finance Division, and is also a former high school English teacher. “As a former teacher, I know firsthand the impact that finance decisions have in our classrooms,” said Kresha. “I look forward to working hard to have a positive impact on Minnesota’s students and schools. I am glad to have this opportunity to work with the other members of the working group to improve education in Minnesota.” Among other duties, the School Finance Working Group will address education funding issues, review funding streams, and identify options for reform. The group is facilitated by the Minnesota Department of Education.
–The Todd County Sheriff’s Office reported in the past week, a vehicle fire in Browerville, a truck was in the middle of the road abandoned and on fire due to mechanical problems, no injuries. An accident was reported in Browerville Friday around 11am when a vehicle swerved to avoid a deer and struck the ditch. Driver treated at the scene, not hospitalized. The sheriff’s office reported a theft of a wallet and items including a vape pen stolen from a Browerville residence and back on September 30th received a report around 7pm that night of a three year old male that had been ran over and stepped on by a horse at a residence in Leslie Township. The victim was treated at the scene by deputies and then taken to Long Prairie and then to St. Cloud Hospital reportedly with serious injuries.
–On October 8, 1950 AM960 KLTF officially went on the airwaves.
–At 7:17pm Sunday the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a residential burglary on 400th Avenue, approximately ten miles northeast of Hillman in Richardson Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the suspect(s) gained entry into the attached garage by cutting a hole in the overhead garage door. Several items were stolen from the property, to include a large safe, several guns, a green 2009 6×6 Polaris Big Boss ATV, a laptop computer and multiple Dewalt and Craftsman power tools. If you have information regarding this burglary, you are asked to call the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office at (320) 632-9233.
–The state has indefinitely suspended the license of a home child care provider in Rice, according to public records from the Department of Human Services. In early September, the state ordered that Katie Sabraski’s child care license be indefinitely suspended after placing it on temporary suspension in March. A child was allegedly seriously injured while in Sabraski’s care. That injury was reported to the Benton County Human Services in March, according to the Department of Human Services’ September 6th Order of Indefinite Suspension. Sabraski is appealing the state’s ruling.
–An Isle man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident near Wahkon in Mille Lacs County Sunday. Just after 1:30am, 22-year-old Shanan Weber of Isle was on Highway 27 at Stevens Road when the vehicle left the roadway and rolled. Weber was not hurt. A passenger, 21-year-old Derek Elling of Isle sustained life threatening injuries and airlifted to the Twin Cities. A second passenger, 19-year-old Katherine Habeck of Wahkon sustained non life threatening injuries and taken to St. Cloud for treatment.
–As deer hunting seasons across the nation (including Minnesota) ramp up, wildlife officials are issuing new warnings and confirmations of chronic wasting disease, the brain-wasting animal disease informally called “zombie” deer disease. Every state differs on hunting regulations and how they handle management of chronic wasting disease, but in recent weeks, wildlife officials have either warned hunters about the disease to prevent its spread to their state or confirmed new cases. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention at least 277 counties in 24 states have reported chronic wasting disease in free-ranging deer, elk or other cervids as of August. There are no vaccines or treatments available for the disease, which is always fatal. And while no cases have been reported in humans to date, some researchers worry it poses a risk to humans. The Minnesota Firearms Deer Opener is on November 9th.
DEATH NOTICES
–Carol D. Russell Johnson, age 66 of Brainerd
–Ethel Karpinski, age 84 of Flensburg.
–Stephen “Steve” Januschka, age 96 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny, warm and breezy, high 73.
TONIGHT= clear skies, breezy, low near 50.
WEDNESDAY= sunny AM, clouds in PM, breezy, high near 70, low 47.
THURSDAY= rain likely, cooler, high 57, low around 38.
SPORTS
TWINS= The New York Yankees eliminated the Minnesota Twins from the ALDS last night winning 5-1 at Target Field to sweep the series 3 games to 0. Eddie Rosario had a homer for lone Twins run.