NEWS
--The Little Falls Police Department is looking for information regarding a Hit and Run vehicle crash that took place on Monday afternoon. Little Falls officers responded to a report of an unoccupied parked vehicle being struck on the 700 block of 7th St NE at approximately 3:41pm. The driver that caused the damage then fled from the scene without stopping or making contact with the owners of the other involved vehicle. The suspect vehicle was described as a dark blue over light brown Subaru Outback or Legacy being driven by a lone male occupant. This suspect vehicle should have damage to the right front corner. If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Little Falls Police Department at (320) 616-5570. Anonymous tips are welcome.
--There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday at 11:30am for the Highway 27 project on the west side of Little Falls. The ceremony will include city dignitaries and others at the intersection of Highway 27 and Lindbergh Drive. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation website the work on the west side is nearing its end with tarring and curb being connected with city roads that were worked on with a scheduled completion date of October 26th a week from Saturday. This would come just a few days after the ribbon cutting ceremony next Tuesday.
--Investigators with the Aitkin County Sheriff's Office Tuesday afternoon located a deceased person on a private property near Swatara. Investigators believe the deceased is Michelle Mae of Outing, Minnesota, who has been missing since October 3. The deceased individual has been taken to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy and formal identification. Aitkin County reported Tuesday they believe foul play may be suspected.
--Morrison County Maintenance crews will be sealing cracks on CSAH 76 North of Little Falls this week as weather permits. Crews will be doing culvert work on County Road 267 East of Pierz. Public Works will also continue blading gravel roads around the county this week. Please use caution around workers.
--Little Falls Schools would like to recognize American Legion Post 46 and VFW for 50 years of supplying their color guard at events and the sacrifice our military families, deployed soldiers, and veterans give in support of our country. In doing so, Little Falls Community Schools are pleased to announce October 16th as Military Family Appreciation Night. Tonight, all American Legion Post 46 members, military families and veterans are invited to attend the Flyer Football game vs Princeton. If you are a legion post 46 member, veteran, family member of a deployed soldier, or soldier and would like to receive your free pass to the game, simply call the Little Falls Activities Department at 320-616-2207 for details.
--Foley students will see some big changes to their high school campus at the start of the 2020 school year. Construction started this month on a Human Performance Lab, geared toward in-depth athletic education and training. The lab will be adjacent to a new 1700 sq. ft. wrestling program practice space, roughly twice the size of the team’s current space. The Human Performance Lab will offer a more granular approach to the study of physical education, housing classes on topics like biomechanics, the science of physical motion exercise physiology and athletic training. The lab will also include video equipment and digital apps for students to do in-depth analyses of athletic techniques, like pitching or swim strokes.
--The Semi-Annual Veterans Retiree Seminar will be held this Thursday, October 17th, at the Old Hangar at Camp Ripley. Coffee and Conversation starts at 8am breakfast at 8:30am followed by the seminar at 9am with topics on Federal Retiree Benefits, I.D. Cards, State Veterans Cemetery, Heart Health, Tri-Care Insurance, DAV, and more. There is no cost for this Seminar, but there is a $7 fee for breakfast for those who come for breakfast. Veterans from all branches of the service are welcome and encouraged to attend. A Veterans I.D. card or drivers License is mandatory to get into the gates of Camp Ripley. This seminar is expected to finish by 11am. For more information, contact Tony Wenzel at 320-749-2428.
--Agricultural producers now can enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs – two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) safety net programs – for the 2020 crop year. Meanwhile, producers who enrolled farms for the 2018 crop year have started receiving more than $1.5 billion for covered commodities for which payments were triggered under such programs. ARC provides income support payments on historical base acres when actual crop revenue declines below a specified guaranteed level. PLC provides income support payments on historical base acres when the effective price for a covered commodity falls below its reference price. The 2018 Farm Bill reauthorized and updated both programs. Signup for the 2020 crop year closes June 30, 2020, while signup for the 2019 crop year closes March 15, 2020. Producers who have not yet enrolled for 2019 can enroll for both 2019 and 2020 during the same visit to an FSA county office. ARC and PLC have options for the farm operator who is actively farming the land as well as the owner of the land. Farm owners also have a one-time opportunity to update PLC payment yields beginning with crop year 2020. If the farm owner and producer visit the FSA county office together, FSA can also update yield information during that visit. Covered commodities include barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium and short grain rice, safflower seed, seed cotton, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat.
--The Little Falls Care Center (formerly Lutheran Home) will host their fall fundraiser auction and bake sale on Saturday from 9am-12:30pm. Proceeds go to help the Volunteer Board on projects and items around the Care Center facility for their upkeep.
DEATH NOTICES
--Roger Kranz, age 80 of Hillman.
--Joseph Langer, age 67 of Red Wing, formerly Hillman and Pierz.
WEATHER
TODAY= cloudy skies, high 47, clearing skies, frost late, low 29.
THURSDAY= partly cloudy, warmer, high 57, low around 40.
FRIDAY= sunny and windy, high 63, few showers late, low 36.
SPORTS
HS FB= Princeton at Little Falls tonight 7pm on AM960 KLTF.
HS FB= Pierz at Maple Lake tonight 7pm on FM94 KFML.
HS FB= Royalton at Upsala/Swanville today 1:30pm on Q92 WYRQ
MLB= Washington Nationals clinch first World Series berth in team history with 7-4 win over St. Louis sweeping NLCS 4-0. Houston beat the Yankees 4-1 yesterday to lead their ALCS series 2-1.