NEWS
--Swanville is among those receiving funding from over $20 million in funding for small cities, townships, and counties in Minnesota. The Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grants will be used for infrastructure and rehabilitation projects in 34 Minnesota cities, townships, and counties. The city of Swanville is receiving $546,250 for owner occupied housing, rental and commercial rehabilitation. This is for residents, commercial and rental properties to apply for to help improve buildings (example replace windows, doors, siding, roofing and furnaces). Some citizens may already be aware this was possible as it was in the works for some time. More information about application process will be released later. Swanville was also awarded $600,000 for public facility improvements. This will be used by Swanville as they are working on a new water project to replace their water tower. These funds will go towards digging two new wells, a water reservoir tank and a water main. Legislation is expected to be brought up in January by the area's new representative Isaac Schultz to also help with this project. The city of Cass Lake also received $345,000 for owner occupied housing rehabilitation and Princeton received $600,000 for public facility improvements. Eligible projects must meet one of three objectives: benefit people of low and moderate incomes; eliminate slum and blighted conditions; or eliminate an urgent threat to public health or safety. Tuesday’s SCDP awards total $20,820,999 for owner-occupied housing rehabilitation, rental rehabilitation, commercial rehabilitation, public facility improvement projects, community centers and streetscape projects.
--At 7:17pm Saturday the Little Falls Fire Department was dispatched to 25425 139th Avenue in Ripley Township on a report of a barn fire. When the fire department arrived, they found the building was already burned down. Firefighters extinguished the remaining debris. Camp Ripley Fire Department assisted at the scene. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Firefighters cleared at 8:30pm.
--A Princeton woman was injured Monday, after the vehicle she was riding in rolled on Highway 169 in Mille Lacs County. The Minnesota State Patrol responded to the crash, reported at 4:04pm in Princeton Township, north of Princeton. According to the report, a 2003 Jeep Liberty was southbound on the highway when it lost control and went off the road, rolling multiple times near Rum Runner Drive. The driver, 37-year old Triston Allen Tkachuck of Buffalo suffered no reported injuries. A passenger, 39-year old Corrinne Elizabeth Apel of Princeton, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to M Health Fairview Northland Medical Center in Princeton.
--A 65-year-old Centerville man died Monday, November 7th, while hunting near Outing in Cass County, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office reported. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the incident, reported at 2:27pm in Crooked Lake Township, after receiving a 911 call about a hunting accident. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, deputies and first responders arrived on scene and found a man had fallen out of a tree stand. CPR and lifesaving efforts were attempted on scene, but the male was pronounced dead at the scene. Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch said the man had failed to return from the morning hunt when his hunting party called the sheriff’s office. The man possibly suffered a medical issue before falling out of the tree. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office released the body to the funeral home and there will be no further investigation into the incident.
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--Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen announced that his office, in cooperation with all local police departments in the county, have recently completed the annual Predatory Offender Registration (POR) verifications for Morrison County. Each year the sheriff’s office organizes a verification check for all predatory offenders who are on the registry and residing within the county. It is important to note that Minnesota only began registering predatory offenders in 1991 and did not assign risk level until 1997. Only those offenders who have been sentenced to prison and who were released after January 1, 1997 have been assigned a risk level. Offenders sentenced to probation or juvenile offenders are not assigned a risk level. Level 1 offenders are those deemed by Department of Corrections officials as those least likely to re-offend while Level 3 offenders are considered most likely to re-offend, During the most recent round of checks, multiple predatory offenders were checked in Morrison County. 59 predatory offenders were checked by the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office, Pierz Police Department, Motley Police Department and Royalton Police Department. Of that number; 24 were Level 1 offenders, 6 were Level 2, 4 were Level 3 and 25 offenders were not assigned a risk level. 41 predatory offenders were checked by the Little Falls Police Department, which are not part of the breakdown. All but four individuals were found to be compliant with conditions imposed upon them. 46-year-old James Michael Juetten, 40-year-old Dustin Gene Ayres, 54-year-old Wesley David Pagel, and 39-year-old Christopher James Collins have been charged for failing to register their current addresses, which is a felony. According to Sheriff Larsen it is important for us to keep tabs on the predatory offender registry.
--The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident in which a cabin was shot at several times recently on Cottingham Drive in Wadena County. The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office received a report Monday of a cabin located at 19142 Cottingham Drive, which had been shot several times with a firearm. The news release stated the cabin was shot about 11 times, with two bullets going through walls. There were also an additional 13 dents on the siding that appeared to come from a BB or pellet gun. This incident happened sometime between November 6 and 13th the sheriff’s office reported. No one was at the cabin during the time of this incident. Anyone with any information regarding this case is asked to call the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office at 218-631-7600 or to crimestoppers.
--Tomorrow is Give to the Max Day 2022. A day to give to non profits, churches, charity organizations of your choosing, millions of dollars is raised on this day alone from the generosity of all you give to the max. Many local entities benefit from this to help with their items and activities into the next year. To give go to givemn.org.
NATIONAL NEWS
--Former President Donald J. Trump announced last night he will run again for President in 2024 to likely rematch against President Biden.
WEATHER
TODAY= cloudy skies, flurries early, temps dropping into teens late.
TONIGHT= cloudy skies, snow showers overnight, low 14.
THURSDAY= snow showers early, cloudy and windy, 23, low 7.
FRIDAY= partial sun, more clouds, colder, high 15, snow overnight.
SPORTS
NFL= Vikings host Dallas Sunday at 3:25pm on AM960 KLTF.