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Severe thunderstorms struck central Minnesota on Friday afternoon. The major factor was large hail the size of golf balls around Motley to Pillager, then half-dollar size hail north of Camp Ripley east to Harding where ice cube size hail and around 2 inches of rain fell. The National Weather Service was checking on possible funnel clouds near Rush City and north of Wadena into Hubbard County from Friday. Rain totals varied from only .37 inches at the Airport where much less rain fell south of Highway 27, to 1/2 to 3/4 inch of rainfall from Pierz north and west while some areas north of Little Falls had well over an inch of rain. The rains led to accidents on roadways, no injury accidents were reported as of Saturday morning. Power outages where Crow Wing Power reported over 4,800 customers as of Friday afternoon, down to under 80 customers by Saturday morning. Drier conditions are expected Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the forecast. 

The Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of the motorcyclist who died in Thursday’s crash with an SUV in Baxter. Dennis Nels Hyatt has been identified as the motorcycle driver. The State Patrol report says he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. The 53-year-old Baxter man was traveling northbound on Highway 371 and making a left turn onto Pine Beach Road. The pickup was traveling southbound on Highway 371 in the right lane, and the vehicles made contact in the intersection. The driver of the pickup, 56-year-old Todd Daniel Grimsley of Baxter, was not injured. The crash happened just before 5 Thursday morning.

A St. Cloud man has been found guilty in a shooting incident that severely injured another man in 2024. After a four-day jury trial, a Stearns County jury convicted 28-year-old Lara Tetyang Puok of 1st-degree assault with a gun, causing great bodily harm. Puok was accused of shooting another man outside an apartment building on Rivercrest Drive in October 2024. The shooting followed an argument between Puok and the victim. According to the charges, after the two exchanged punches, Puok pulled a handgun out of his waistband, racked the chamber, and fired a shot as the victim turned to run away. After shooting the victim, Puok fled the scene. The victim was brought to the hospital with a spinal cord injury that was affecting the use of his legs. Puok will now be sentenced on August 6th.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported one person was injured on Highway 10 and 83rd Street just after 1:30pm in Bellevue Township of Morrison County. A 2009 Honda Accord driven by 69-year-old Marie Ann Young Egnell of Brooklyn Center collided with a 2018 Ford F350 Pickup pulling 2026 Shlr boat trailer on Highway 10 at CR231 crossing. Egnell was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of injuries. The driver of the pickup and his two teenage passengers were not injured in the accident. 

 

An appeal has been issued to find a woman missing from Alexandria, with police concerned for her safety. Alexandria PD and the Minnesota BCA are seeking information on the whereabouts of Marilyn Jensen, 59, who was last seen around 8 p.m. Friday in Glenwood. Anyone with information should contact Alexandria Police Department at 320-762-8151 or call 911. Alexandria Police has posted pictures and further information on their Facebook Page and below is the latest picture of Jensen. 

 

There will be a 250th Birthday parade in Buckman on Thursday night at 6pm. The parade is to celebrate 250 years of America. This is for anything decorated Red, White and Blue and has wheels, like golf carts, scooters, side by sides are welcome to be in the parade that night. The parade will start from the Trails Edge Food Mart and will go through the city limits of Buckman for all to see. If you need more information you can call this number at 320-468-0055. 

The Randall Business Group invites all to Randall on Saturday June 27th for their Independence City Festival, again this will be on June 27th at 5pm parade in Randall, just show up and be part of it, there will be food, and items afterwards in the city then live music with Diamondback at 8pm and fireworks at dusk. 

Death Notices: Judith Anna Booth, age 74 of Sartell, who was born in Little Falls.

Weather: Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy, high 73, Saturday night becoming clear, low 48. Sunny skies on Sunday, high 74, low around 50 Sunday night. Monday sunny skies, high 75, thunderstorms after dark Monday night low 52. Showers and storms likely Tuesday, high near 70 showers ending Tuesday night low around 50. Wednesday sunny skies, high 73, thunderstorms Wednesday night low near 53. Thursday and Friday sunny skies, slight chance of T-storms in afternoon and evening, highs in the mid 70s, low near 50.

Sports: Arizona beat the Twins 9-5 Friday night. Twins and Diamondbacks continue series at 9:10pm Saturday night and 2:15pm Sunday afternoon. Lynx beat Golden State 81-75 Friday night. The Lynx have the best record in WNBA at 13-3 and host Washington Sunday at 5pm. Team USA beat Australia 2-0 on Friday in the World Cup of Soccer, USA takes on Turkey Thursday night. Team USA with the win and Paraguay winning have advanced to second round of the World Cup of Soccer. Victory League Game of the Week Pierz Brewers at Randall Sunday at 1:30pm on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com.

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