NEWS
--Tim Sumner of the Little Falls Area Ministerial Association informed Little Falls Monday night that he is partnering with Will from the Falls Ballroom to make The Community Thanksgiving Day Meal available to the community once again this year. This event will be held at the Falls Ballroom in Little Falls on Thanksgiving Day and will be free to anyone who would like to join them. As in previous years, Sumner said they will need volunteers to assist in preparing the meal, serving the meal, and cleaning up afterward. Volunteers should call Tim Sumner at 320-632-2540 to reserve their spot to help. More details will be coming soon on the exact time and other information on the Thanksgiving Meal returning to Little Falls next month.
--A crime spree was stopped quickly in Waite Park Friday. The Waite Park Police received a report of a burglary in progress at 10:11pm in the 200 block of 11th Ave. North. The homeowner says a man dressed in all black had pushed in the screen door and was inside his porch. The homeowner hit the intruder in the head with a gun, and the intruder ran. While responding to that call, Stearns County Dispatch received a call from the Kwik Trip that a man fitting that description was asked to leave the store. Shortly after, officials received another call of a burglary in progress in the 100 block of 11th Avenue North. The caller said they found a man in the living room, and it appears the intruder got into the home by breaking glass in the door. The homeowner had captured the intruder and identified him as 20-year-old Dylan Okoth of St. Cloud by taking his wallet. Okoth was taken to the Stearns County Jail and charged with 2 counts of felony 1st-degree burglary, 1 count of misdemeanor 4th-degree criminal damage to property, and 1 count of misdemeanor possession of a false driver's license.
--The Cass County Sheriff’s Office will once again be searching the area where Peter Achermann went missing in 2009.The 82 year old Achermann was last seen in the Staples and Motley area on July 24, 2009. His vehicle was located the following day on a minimum maintenance road in Becker Township in Cass County. According to the news release, Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk said since the disappearance 14 years ago, numerous tips have been received and leads followed up but nothing significant to the ongoing investigation was revealed. Initial investigators assigned to this case retired or moved on, both at the county and state level, and reassignments to the case have been made. During this time, the landscape and terrain of the area that Achermann’s vehicle was located in has changed,” Welk said. “The ongoing drought has provided an opportunity to search dried ditches and lowlands that were once filled with water, and timber harvesting has been done on neighboring parcels, with some parcels changing ownership.” Revisiting the initial search area will give those investigators an opportunity to learn about and orient themselves with the area of the search, done over months following Achermann’s disappearance. Welk said while nothing significant was recently learned about the case, the public will see officials and a number of agencies searching in the area this fall as the foliage changes. At this time, the Sheriff’s Office is not requesting any additional assistance from the public while searching and revisiting the area over the next month. Any information regarding Achermann’s disappearance may be directed to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office at 218-547-1424 or to Crimestoppers website.
--The KLTF Memory Game continues weekdays on AM960 KLTF.
--One person was injured Tuesday morning at 9:27am on Dove Road north of the Swallow Trail in Cushing Township of Morrison County. 67-year-old Scott Rangitsch of Forest Lake crossed the centerline exited the roadway and struck some trees. He was not wearing a seat belt. Rangitsch was taken to the Little Falls Hospital and treated for what the State Patrol said was non life threatening injuries.
--A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds. Travis Gienger of Anoka won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, with an enormous, lumpy, orange pumpkin that could produce at least 687 pies. The previous world record for heaviest pumpkin was set by a grower in Italy who produced a 2,702-pound squash in 2021, according to Guinness World Records. Gienger grows his gourds in the pumpkin patch in his backyard. He said this year he decided to give his plants extra care, watering them up to 12 times a day and feeding and fertilizing them a bit more than usual. Gienger has many ties to Morrison County as his grandparents and others still live in the Ft. Ripley and Little Falls area. Gienger, a landscape and horticulture teacher at Anoka Technical College, has been growing pumpkins since he was a teenager, inspired by his father who also grew them. He first competed in Half Moon Bay's annual weigh-off in 2020 and has won three of the city's last four giant pumpkin contests.
--Congratulations to the youth that represented Morrison County at the NE Livestock Show. Many champions were in different categories with others receiving blue and red ribbons. Morrison County 4H wanted to thank the many Morrison County youth, volunteers and parents that gave so much time to help make this show a success. Pictures of the ribbon winners are available on the Little Falls Radio Facebook page to view. For more information on joining 4-H, please contact the Morrison County Extension Office call 320-632-0161.
DEATH NOTICES
--Raymond “Ray” A. Pintok, age 89 of Holdingford.
--Jerry O. Benson Sr., age 94 of Little Falls.
--Mary Ann Gangl, age 95 of Little Falls formerly Royalton.
--Dolores “Pudge” Hurrle, age 73 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= frost early, then sunny skies, high 55.
TONIGHT= clouds increase, low near 38.
THURSDAY= cloudy skies, high 57, rain late, low 41.
FRIDAY= rain and gusty winds, high 46, more rain at night, low 36.
SPORTS
TWINS= Astros bomb the Twins 9-1 last night to take a 2-1 series lead in the ALDS. Joe Ryan goes for the Twins against Houston tonight as the Texas Rangers swept Baltimore winning 7-1 last night and winning the series 3-0 over the top seed. The Twins and Houston play tonight with a 5pm pregame 6:07pm first pitch on Q92 WYRQ If the Twins and Houston play a game 5 on Friday that game in Houston will be at 7pm first pitch with 6pm pregame on Q92. The National League series also resume today with Game 3s.
USA= The Upsala/Swanville vs. Benson football game has been moved to Thursday night at 7pm on Q92 WYRQ.