NEWS
--Due to the recent snowfall, crack sealing was delayed in Morrison County. Maintenance crews will continue crack sealing this week on CSAH 1 (south of St. Hwy 27) and County Road 274. Crews will work in one lane, and control traffic with flaggers. Crews will also be out sweeping streets and intersections on various roads around the county which will include Buckman and Morrill. Maintenance workers will also continue patching potholes around the county. Roads will include CSAH 15, 1, 34, and County Road 203.
--The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls will be holding their Silent Walk for Peace on Friday starting at 9:30am at the west entrance of the Convent. The walk is to remember to walk in silence that Jesus did when he carried his cross leading to his crucifixion on Good Friday. The walk will go to the Hospital, Government Center and Jail, Bank Square, Veterans' Memorial and Maple Island Park before returning to the convent for Stations of the Cross at 11am on Friday. All are welcome to take part. If you want to start at the Convent or at any place during the walk you are welcome to join in.
--There will be a retiree seminar on Thursday at the Old Hanger at Camp Ripley. Your I.D. is required to get into the gates of Camp Ripley. Seminar Starts at about 9:30 am with a closing at 11:30. Speakers on TRI-CARE insurance, I.D. Cards, Cardiac Rehab, State Veterans Cemetery, Yellow Ribbon, local veterans service officer, and much more. There is no charge for his seminar. Breakfast is $7. For more information, contact Tony Wenzel at 749-2428.
--Pierz is in need of three volunteers for Thursday, May 9th to help the 6th grade students from Pioneer and Holy Trinity at BizTown. BizTown is a mock town, where the students will be taking on jobs for the day and running the businesses. The jobs range from CEO’s, CFO’s, Mayor, DJ’s, Engineers, Waitresses, and Bankers. They will interview for the job they want, they will vote for Mayor, they have learned how to balance registers, write checks, how money flows in the economy. This opportunity is funded by businesses donating to Junior Achievement. BizTown is located in St Paul, so the trip would be 7:30am – 5:30pm. Junior Achievement of Morrison County is supplying the transportation. Some volunteers will ride the bus, some volunteers will need to ride in 2 other vehicles driven by JA Board Members, or they are more than welcome to drive themselves. Please reach out to Katie at Farmers & Merchants State Bank if you are interested in helping the 6th grade students at BizTown.
--Emergency responders rescued a 36-year-old Brainerd woman from the Mississippi River Friday off the Laurel Street Bridge in Brainerd. The Brainerd Police Department reported a passerby called 911 at 1:29am to report they heard a woman yelling for help near the river on the Laurel Street Bridge. Brainerd police, along with the Brainerd Fire Department, Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office and Baxter Police Department assisted in rescuing the woman, who was found in the river. The woman was rescued in about 14 minutes and was transported by ambulance to Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, where she was treated for her injuries. Brainerd police reported the woman jumped off the bridge on her own and was alone while doing so. No further information on the incident is available at this time.
--The American Red Cross Blood Bus will be at Unity Bank-Pierz parking lot today from 10am-4pm for all to give blood.
--The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help in locating a missing juvenile. On Saturday, 16-year old Randall Weisser of Foley was reported to have run away from his residence in Alberta Township. Randall is described as an African-American male who is about 5’10” tall, weighing about 240 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. At the time he left home, Randall was believed to be wearing red, white, and blue pants and a black Northface jacket. Information has been received indicating that Randall is likely in the St. Cloud area. Anyone seeing Randall or anyone with information about where Randall may be is asked to contact the Benton County Sheriff’s Office at (320) 968-7201 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at
(800) 255-1301, www.tricountycrimestoppers.org.
--A Brainerd man was arrested after allegedly stabbing a woman, then himself with a machete Monday. St. Cloud police were called to an apartment in response to a burglary just after 4:30pm in the 1800 block of 15th Avenue Southeast. The 21-year old female victim was transported to St. Cloud Hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. 20-year old Trevor Cluever of Brainerd was arrested and transported to the hospital and treated for serious injuries. As of Tuesday afternoon, Cluever remained in police custody at the hospital and was in stable condition. He will later be transported to Sherburne County Jail on potential charges of first-degree burglary, felony assault and domestic assault.
--The Sartell-St. Stephen school district has slashed $1.3 million from next year's budget. Superintendent Jeff Schwiebert says the only change from the budget reductions approved by the school board Monday and the recommendations the board rejected a week ago is instead of cutting a teacher from the elementary Academic Extensions program they eliminated a 4th grade teaching position. By going from the current six 4th grade sections this year down to five next year, class sizes could be as high as 29 or 30 students. Schwiebert says, if enough new 4th grade students enter the district to raise the overall class to 148 students or more, they will add that sixth section back. Schwiebert says for now one of the 4th grade teachers will be shifted to an open teaching position at another grade level, so they won't have to terminate anyone. Voters in the Sartell-St. Stephen school district voted down an operating levy in November of last year which would have generated nearly $1.8 million in new revenue. The school board is considering asking the voters again to approve a levy possibly this fall that has not been finalized yet.
DEATH NOTICES
--Alice Paulson, age 93 of Little Falls.
--Shirley Stoltman, age 92 of Brooklyn Park.
--Lisa Fouquette Wetzel, age 51 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= rain likely, a possible thunderstorm, high 50.
TONIGHT= rain likely, windy, low around 40.
THURSDAY= rain in morning, sunny in afternoon, breezy, high 52
FRIDAY= sunny skies, high near 60, low around 36.
SPORTS
TWINS= Blues Jays score 6 runs in 6th and 7th inning to hold on to beat Twins last night 6-5. Twins and Jays again tonight 6pm on Q92.
HS= listen to Little Falls Radio daily for the local sport scores.