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A St. Cloud man faces five felony charges for allegedly pointing a handgun at a group of women inside a car. The incident happened in the early morning hours of June 2nd in South St. Cloud. According to the charges filed in Stearns County District Court, 18-year-old Abdihakin Khalif Salah was in a vehicle that cut off another car with five women inside. Salah is then accused of pointing a laser-guided handgun at the group inside the car. St. Cloud Police report that an officer who was patrolling the area in downtown was approached by a car carrying the women. Court records show two of the women were crying and screaming that a man had just pointed a gun at them near the area of 33rd Avenue South and West St. Germain Street. Two of the women recognized Salah, one of whom said she had seen Salah with a gun before. Officers later learned of a car crash involving the suspect's vehicle. As part of that follow-up investigation, police allege finding a 9mm handgun with an extended magazine and a purple laser pointer matching the victims' description of the weapon. Salah is charged with five counts of 2nd-degree assault with a gun. He's being held in the Stearns County Jail awaiting his first court appearance.

One person was hurt in a three-vehicle crash in Stearns County. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened on Interstate 94 near Sauk Centre at about 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.  All three vehicles were traveling west when they collided. Twenty-eight-year-old Miguel Linton of Sauk Centre was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  The drivers and the passengers in the other two vehicles were not hurt.

Saturday is the 4th of July and there will be a number of events over the next days. Friday Nisswa has there festivities and parade at 7pm Friday night and fireworks at dusk. Saturday 4th of July parade at Hillman is at 11am with events going on. Brainerd has their 4th of July parade at 6pm Saturday night, then events at the football field after and the big fireworks display at dusk. The little area of Pillsbury MN near Swanville has their parade Saturday at 2pm sharp. Sunday is Bowlus Fun Day, polka Mass at 10am, parade at 11:15am, water wars with fire departments at 2:30pm, bean bag tournament at 4pm, music all afternoon and at night and fireworks at dark Sunday in Bowlus. More events can be found at fallsradio.com. 

Recall News: More than 600,000 bags of potato chips have been upgraded to the most severe recall category by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over potential Salmonella contamination. Manufactured by Utz Quality Foods, three flavors of "Dirty" chips and three flavors of the New Orleans-themed Zapp's brand potato chips were subject to a recall that was upgraded to a Class I warning on June 24. The FDA defines a Class I recall as "a situation in which there is reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death." Six different chip varieties were listed under the recall, including three from Utz's "Dirty" brand and three from the chipmaker's New Orleans-themed Zapp's brand. The impacted chips, found in plastic bags, are listed below:  "Dirty" Salt and Vinegar Potato Chips (300,595 bags) Zapp's Bayou Blackened Ranch Potato Chips (179,837 bags) Zapp's Bayou Blackened Ranch Kettle Chips (164,640 bags) "Dirty" Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips (19,200 bags) Zapp's Big Cheezy Potato Chips (14,976 bags) and Dirty" Maui Onion Chip (5,000 bags). 

More Recall News: Ford is recalling cars from five models because part of the transmission may malfunction and become damaged, increasing the chance of the cars rolling forward while being parked.  The following vehicles, from Ford's main line of cars and its luxury Lincoln brand, are included in the recall: 2018-2021 Ford Expedition 2021 Ford F-150 2020-2021 Ford Explorer 2018-2021 Lincoln Navigator 2020-2021 Lincoln Aviator. According to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the transmission park pawl in the five vehicle models may become engaged while they're in motion, causing damage to the system that keeps a car stationary while in park. A transmission parking pawl is a metal pin or lever inside an automatic transmission system. When a driver shifts to "park," it physically slots into place, blocking the transmission's output shaft and preventing it from rolling. Ford is expected to send letters beginning in August warning customers about the risk if they've got an affected vehicle. Once a fix is ready, another round of letters will be sent out telling owners to go into a shop. That fix is estimated to be ready around April 2027. 

Weather: slight chance of AM showers then partly sunny and humid, high 85, storms develop after 3pm some could be severe tonight, low around 64. Saturday partly sunny, cooler, high 76, showers and thunderstorms are possible at times but very low severe threat on the 4th of July. Saturday night cloudy skies, few showers before dark then low 58. Sunny skies on Sunday, high 83 clear Sunday night low 58. Monday sunny and more humid, high 86 clear Monday night low 64. Tuesday sunny and high 87, storms develop Tuesday night low around 63. Storms likely Wednesday high 85, low 63. Thursday partly sunny, isolated T-storms are possible, high 84, low around 61. 

Sports: Twins are at New York Yankees tonight after Thursday off, game at 6:05pm, Saturday and Sunday games have 12:35pm start times. Minnesota Lynx are at New York tonight at 6:30pm, Lynx then host Connecticut on Monday night. Natasha Howard and Olivia Miles were named starters to the WNBA All Star Game this year from the Lynx. Team USA in World Cup Soccer will face Belgium in the round of 16 on Monday, July 6th at 9pm winner will advance to the round of 8. Little Falls American Legion beat Pierz 12-2 last night in Pierz, Liam Thoma 3-3 with a homerun for Little Falls. There are no Victory League games Saturday and Sunday, a makeup game between Flensburg and Freeport has been added for Monday night. There is no game of the Week this weekend but KLTF will relive some great Baseball memories with a Class C Championship game from the past for the Sobieski Skis on Sunday at 1pm then the 1979 State Championship Game for Little Falls the legendary Jack Peck on the call starting around 4pm. Tune in to both games from the past this Sunday afternoon on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com the next Game of the Week will be July 12th between the Nisswa Lightning at the Pierz Lakers.