Newsletter: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
NEWS
--Erik Sogge of the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery informed Little Falls Radio that they are pleased to be bringing back their Memorial Day Observance Ceremony this year on the day before Memorial Day, Sunday May 29th. In the past two years the program had to be canceled due to COVID-19 protocols in the State of Minnesota. Sogge said the event will be back outdoors (weather permitting) on May 29th beginning like in the past with music from the Richfield Symphonic Band at 1:30pm followed by the program at 2pm. Final details on who will be involved in the program is still being put together and are expected to be released soon. If you have questions you call the cemetery at 616-2527.
--Morrison County Commissioner Mike Wilson announced he will be seeking re-election this fall representing District 4 of Morrison County. Because of the redistricting, District 4 will now also include the township of Buh and city of Harding along with the current townships of Pulaski, Richardson, Granite, Leigh, Agram, Pierz, Hillman, Mt. Morris, Buckman, Morrill and Lakin Townships and the cities of Buckman, Genola, Pierz, Harding, Hillman and Lastrup. Wilson was first elected to the Morrison County Board of Commissioners in 2014. If you have questions for Mike Wilson, call him at (320) 630-5484.
--The Sourcewell Students of Character Celebration recognizes high school juniors and seniors in our region for their quiet leadership, perseverance, and dedication to their community, school, and fellow students. Honorees are selected by their respective school staff and will be celebrated at a special event at 5:00pm tonight. From our local schools students being honored include: from Little Falls Andrew Chisholm and Jaden Marrow; from Pierz Caleb Kuske and Katie Leidenfrost, from Royalton Zachary Ellerbusch and Kaylee Rudolph, from Swanville Tyra Powell and Cooper Thieschafer; and from Upsala Yasmine Crowe and Hunter Steuck. The public can view this celebration by logging onto facebook.com/sourcewellgov. Many others from the five area counties Sourcewell represents will also be honored. Congratulations to each. There will be prizes and scholarship monies handed out as part of the event.
--Heidi Hahn will be the next superintendent of Brainerd Public Schools. Hahn, the current assistant superintendent in the district informed the Brainerd School Board Monday night that she will accept the offer to become Brainerd's next school superintendent.
--The United States Postal Service says starting on May 1st about 32 percent of its First-Class Package Service will increase delivery time by one or two days. Sixty-four percent will be unaffected by the proposed standard changes. The remaining four percent will be upgraded from a three-day to two-day service standard. Additionally, the Postal Service is removing the extra day for Priority Mail via ground. The extra day was temporarily put in place in April of 2020 because of the global supply chain issues. The changes are part of the 10-year plan to get to financial stability. The Postal Service is trying to reverse a projected $160 billion loss over the next 10 years.
--The Pierz Pizzazz Dance Team is having a fundraiser on Saturday with a comedy show and spaghetti dinner at the Pierz Ballroom. Advance tickets at many Pierz businesses for $30, or $35 at the door which opens at 4:30pm, dinner 5:30pm and comedy show at 7pm.
--Tomorrow is WYRQ Ladies Night Out Little Falls Style. Stop in participating businesses from 12-7pm then head to Great River Arts for drawings at 8pm. Check out details at fallsradio.com. Brochures are available and each of the participating businesses to pick up.
--There will a Spring Fever event at the Bank Square Plaza on the corner in downtown Little Falls Sunday from 11am-2pm. Building tours will be done at 11:30am, 12:30pm and 1:30pm for $5, crafts, massages, snacks and samples and some beverages will also be part of the event on Sunday. You can get a chance to meet the new owners of the building Mack Stewart and his girlfriend Carol from Texas. If you would like to show off you wears and find out more about the event or the building with rental spaces contact Kathy Marshik at 320-632-4236 or email kathymarshik@gmail.com.
--Officials Tuesday say Minnesota is doing a better job handling the current avian influenza outbreak than the one that devastated the state in 2015, but the impact on producers, their birds and the economy is still significant. That was the message from Governor Tim Walz, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, and state agriculture officials after speaking with poultry producers in Kandiyohi County yesterday. Walz told reporters that more than 2 million birds have been impacted by the influenza, which State Veterinarian Beth Thompson says was carried here by wild waterfowl during their spring migration. Thompson maintains that the birds stopped here due to weather conditions, and left the virus behind when they left. Improved biosecurity motivated by the 2015 outbreak has limited "operation to operation" spread, but the virus has still found its way to at least 17 counties and 40 sites across Minnesota. Those operations are facing the depopulation of their flocks and the impact of wiping out entire poultry populations is devastating not only financially, but personally for those who make a living on the farm.
DEATH NOTICES
--Eugene Elmer Larson, age 66 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= cloudy skies, rain into the afternoon, high 48.
TONIGHT= partly cloudy, low around 30.
THURSDAY= sunny skies, turning breezy, high 51, low 37.
FRIDAY= rain and thunderstorms likely, high 52 rising at night.