NEWS
--Today is the free meal pickup if you have ordered a meal with the Little Falls Ministerial Association or with Ron and Wendy Kresha the meals can be picked up from 3-5pm at the Royal Cafe curbside outside the restaurant today. If you have ordered hot meal delivery that will be delivered to homes from 12:30-1:30pm tomorrow for Thanksgiving. Donations can stil be accepted at 320-632-2540.
--At 9:26am Sunday the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal two-vehicle crash with injuries at the intersection of County Road 3 and County Road 127 in Lake Edward Township. 74-year old Arlene Thompson of Brainerd, was traveling eastbound on County Road 127 as 22-year old Emily Dallman of Baxter, was traveling northbound on County Road 3. The two vehicles collided at the intersection. Dallman was pronounced deceased at the scene, Thompson sustained minor injuries. Crash still under investigation.
--A crash at Minnesota Highway 15 and Second Street South killed one woman Monday. According to the State Patrol, a semi was stopped in traffic when a commercial straight truck rear-ended it.
A 62-year-old passenger in the straight truck died. The straight truck was driven by 37-year-old Kim Nguyen of St. Cloud who was not injured. The semi truck driver was 62-year-old Brian Zerbst, of Ironwood, Michigan, who was uninjured. The passenger 62-year-old Tuyet Nguyen of St. Cloud was dead at the scene of the accident.
--A fire in the basement of a St. Cloud townhouse Monday displaced eleven people in the involved unit and adjoining unit, according to a St. Cloud Fire Department report. There were no injuries. The townhouse in the 2000 block of 15th Street North, had heavy smoke damage estimated to be $90,000. The fire was determined to be accidental and started from an electric incense pot.
--Crow Wing County Sheriff Scott Goddard reports that a 53-year-old inmate, Christopher Jerome Endicott, died in the Crow Wing County Jail on Saturday, November 20th. Life-saving measures were not successful after Endicott was found unresponsive. Endicott was being held in jail on a Department of Corrections warrant. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehensio is investigating the cause of death.
--Congratulations to the next Ho Ho Dough $100 ho ho bucks winner who was drawn yesterday. LeRoy Przybilla of Rice registered at Brandl Motors. Qualifiers for Final Drawing and where they registered were Annette Zimmerman – GoldSmith Jewelers, Sarah Beers – Touright Bicycle Shop, Jenene Schabhit – Design Electronics, Tonya Holmquist – Rudolph Auto Solutions, Terry Witt – Wiczek’s Floors and More, Heather Stumpf – Falls Energy, Danelle Zapzilka – Thrive with Vision, Mike Martinjuko – Hilmerson Sports Center, Emily Hedlund – Pierz Foods, Shelly Stoner – Broadway Tire, Joyce Ebnet – Fleet Supply and Kathy Poepping – Hartmann’s Hardware. If you did not qualify this time, remember to go back and register again as the boxes are dumped out weekly. The winner of the weekly drawing gets $100 ho ho bucks to shop with at participating sponsors. Also the winner, and all the qualifiers are then put in the grand prize drawing December 21st for 500 dollars cash and 500 in ho ho dough bucks to use at participating sponsors. More information can be found at fallsradio.com and the facebook page.
--The Little Falls Community High School are getting ready to host their food drive from December 6th through the 17th to help those in need this holiday season. Questions call the high school 616-2200.
--Tomorrow is the Turkey Trot at Pierz Healy High School starting at at MAC Parking Lot at 8:30am, $20 for Cross Country program.
--Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. A federal/national and legal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. A day to give thanks starting back 400 years ago when the Pilgrims after a year of hardships gave thanks with the Native Americans later turned into a holiday by President Abraham Lincoln during the U.S. Civil War of giving thanks. Being a holiday all government agencies, city halls, government centers, courthouses are closed today, some may be closed Friday as some use that day as a floating holiday for working earlier holidays in the year best to call ahead. Banks, financial institutions, offices, grocery stores (including Coborns) big box stores (Wal-Mart, Target), department stores are all closed on Thanksgiving. Many will be opening early still on Friday (some are not) for Black Friday sales. Some schools are off already today, all others off Thursday and Friday. Also libraries and other businesses are closed today, there is no mail delivery Thursday by all U.S. Post Offices.The offices of Little Falls Radio are closed Thursday and all at Little Falls Radio hope you and yours have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving on Thursday.
--A St. Cloud woman faces a felony assault charge after allegedly smashing a glass over another woman's head Saturday. St. Cloud Police were called to the Red Carpet Nightclub on a report of an assault. Officers met with the victim who was bleeding from her forehead. She told police that another woman had hit her in the head with a glass and that the assault was unprovoked. Officers then spoke with a bouncer who reported that he witnessed 23-year-old Ashley Oudomrak smash a glass over the head of the victim. Court records show Oudomrak told officers she became very agitated when the victim stood in front of her and wouldn't let her walk by. The charges state she admitted lashing out and knocking multiple things off a bar table top but did not admit to hitting the woman. While being escorted out of the bar, Oudomrak said she was then punched in the head by an unknown woman. The victim was taken to St. Cloud Hospital where she received several stitches to repair a 1 1/2-inch cut to her forehead. Oudomrak is charged with 3rd-degree assault - causing substantial bodily harm.
DEATH NOTICES
--Elsie Talberg, age 92 of Pierz Villa.
WEATHER
TODAY= cloudy, temps rise early to 37 then fall through the 20s in the afternoon, blustery winds over 35mph, flurries possible late day.
TONIGHT= flurries early, gusty winds, clearing late, low 8 above.
THANKSGIVING DAY= sunny and chilly, high 20, wind chills near 0.
THURSDAY NIGHT= temps drop to 9 early then rise overnight.
FRIDAY= partly sunny, high near 32, low around 23.
SATURDAY= cloudy, rain/snow shower in afternoon, high 37, low 28.
SUNDAY= partly sunny, breezy, high 35, low around 18.
SPORTS
NFL= There is a NFL triple-header on Thanksgiving Day with Chicago at Detroit at 11:30pm, Las Vegas at Dallas at 3:30pm and Buffalo at New Orleans at 7:20pm, all three games are live on AM960 KLTF.
A reminder that there will be no newsletter on Thursday Thanksgiving Day, there will be a newsletter at businesses that are open on Friday. Look for a number of attractions and parade informaton on Friday on the LF Radio Newsletter. Again Happy Thanksgiving from Little Falls Radio.