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Still many events Sunday, May 3rd, Greater Minnesota Two Cylinder Club Field Days today 7:30am gates open, breakfast, concessions, parade at 11am at Morrison County Fairgrounds. Little Falls Senior Center Breakfast 8-12pm. Mamma Mia last performance today at 2pm at Charles D. Martin Auditorium at Little Falls Community High School tickets at the door. Music in the Park today at 2pm at Pierz Golf Course by the Pierz Band, food by Pierz Lions, games all donations go to Pierz Band. St. Francis Community Chorale spring concert is today at 2pm at the St. Francis Convent.  Details on events at fallsradio.com. 

Little Falls Radio has learned of the passing of former KLTF News Director Lee Ann Doucette. Lee Ann started in 1970s at KLTF and did the news daily into the 1990s. Lee Ann later was instrumental for handling the Minnesota Fishing Museum and a member of St Mary's Catholic Church, She died Friday at age 79. 

Timothy Kummet spoke on KLTF Friday about creating a 4-1/2” double sided firefighter silhouette. It is LED lit from inside to show off the twin towers that are cut out of the firefighter. This project started when I was am stationed in Iraq with the 851st Vertical Engineers out of Camp Ripley. The Fire Chiefs of NY sent us a box of misallanious patches from the fire departments called to fight fires or rescue those caught in the  9/11 World Trade Center fires.  The patches led to a flag which led to how to display. The fire fighter monument became too cool to mount a flag to, so the flag and the monument are displayed separately. The display will be in the front window of the Pierz Fire Department from 5/1 - 5/8 and the date may extend another week after that depending on the public perception. He intend on displaying this in multiple fire stations around Minnesota. I was raised in Pierz by Jim and Jan Kummet (former owners of Kummet Electric). I wanted to start this story off in Pierz, my roots. Kummet is hoping others will see this and want to view it at Fire Stations across the state and beyond marking the 25th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks this year. 

Police in Brainerd, Minnesota, are investigating after a car fatally struck a pedestrian Friday night. Brainerd Police say they received a report of a car versus pedestrian near South 10th Street and Industrial Park Road around 10 p.m. When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive adult male.  Police attempted life-saving measures but were not successful. The victim was a 48-year-old man from Baxter, Minnesota.  Police have identified the driver of the car as an 18-year-old from Brainerd. They have not released any details on what may have caused the crash.  Officials are asking for anyone with information to contact the Brainerd Police Department at 218-829-2805. 

A 19-year-old from Brainerd was injured Saturday around 1:10pm on Highway 18 of Crow Wing County. Savanna Beusgens reported was traveling on Highway 18 when she attempted to turn into a residence, but was going too fast and missed the driveway striking some trees. She was taken to the Brainerd Hospital and treated for non life threatening injuries. 

Saturday the DFL Congressional District 8 held its congressional district convention. CD 8 stretches across the Northeastern part of Minnesota. Trina Swanson won the Congressional District 8 DFL endorsement. “I’m thrilled that the DFL recognized the power of my grassroots campaign,” said Trina Swanson. “This campaign started with my family around a campfire and has taken me through all 21 counties of the district, to the MN8 convention, with hundreds of volunteers and donors believing in my message to bring opportunity home to MN-8. We know we can win in November and bring the change Minnesota wants and needs.” Swanson will face GOP endorsed candidate and incumbent Congressman Pete Stauber this November. 

Nearly 300 law enforcement agencies across the state are joining forces to crack down on speeding, with a high-visibility enforcement and awareness campaign running May 1st through September 7th. According to the Department of Public Safety, preliminary figures show speed-related crashes claimed 102 lives and seriously injured 388 people in Minnesota last year. About 65% of speed-related deaths involved at least one driver going ten miles an hour or more over the limit. “For people who think speeding is no big deal, emergency responders will tell you a far different story of what they see at a crash scene,” said Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety Director Mike Hanson. “If you like to speed, think of this enforcement as a life-saving intervention. Now is your chance to stop this dangerous behavior before someone gets hurt.” The campaign targets what officials call the 100 Deadliest Days, or Memorial Day through Labor Day, when increased travel raises crash risk statewide. Officers will focus on four behaviors behind most crashes which are distracted driving, failure to wear a seat belt, speeding, and impaired driving. Speeding citations typically cost $100 or more. The campaign is coordinated by the Office of Traffic Safety using federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Authorities are investigating a shooting that happened Tuesday night in southeast Crow Wing County. A press release from Sheriff Eric Klang says deputies responded to a report of shots fired in...

Tony Housey from Camp Ripley gave an update on Wednesday on KLTF. Tony said more training will continue through May, though they are unclear if any deployment from soldiers from the area...

The 32nd Annual Morrison County Sheriff's Office Sandbox Fill will be held on Tuesday May 19th. Anyone in a three mile radius from Bank Square in Little Falls may have...

It was wet the last few days around central Minnesota as many areas had over 2 inches of rain since Saturday and Little Falls at the airport had over 4...