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Monday, January 5, 2026
A reminder to motorists that area schools are back in session after a long holiday break for many schools and school buses will be back out Monday morning and afternoon dropping off and picking up students. Please remember to watch for the school buses and their flashing lights again Monday.
An Albany boy was hurt when he crashed his snowmobile on New Year's Day. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office got a report of a snowmobile crash just after 3:15 p.m. The incident happened in the 36000 block of County Road 12 in Oak Township near New Munich. The sheriff's office says 13-year-old Brayden Hinnenkamp was traveling south and was following another snowmobile when his left ski hit a rock. The incident caused Hinnenkamp to lose control of the machine and hit his left leg on a right-of-way sign, injuring himself. Melrose Ambulance brought Hinnenkamp to the hospital with a leg injury. Stearns County also were informed of another snowmobile accident around that same time near Melrose but no injuries reported there.
The Minnesota State Patrol reported a deadly weekend on Minnesota roads. A 19-year-old was killed in Olmsted County Saturday around 6am. The 19-year-old was not wearing a seatbelt when his vehicle rolled killing the Rochester teenager. A fatal accident was reported around 5:05pm in Lake George Township in Stearns County on Highway 71 where a driver from Sauk Centre and a driver from Osakis collided head-on killing at least one person in the accident. A third fatal accident was reported near Sandstone. There were other non fatal accidents reported in Pine County, Cass County near Pine River and Stearns County near Roscoe. The State Patrol said many accidents were due to speed and not driving for snow and icy conditions that will still be factor during this week.
The Little Falls School Board meets at 5pm at the district office on Riverwood Drive for reorganization of the new year along with policies and reports to be given. The Little Falls City Council meets at 7:30pm also on Monday night at City Hall Council Chambers again for reorganization of items for the new 2026 year.
National/International News: The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in a military operation early Saturday that removed the sitting leader from office after the culmination of months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation. Maduro and his wife, taken overnight from their home on a military base, were aboard a U.S. warship on their way to New York, where they were to face criminal charges. President Donald Trump said the U.S. planned to run Venezuela until a transition of power can take place. He claimed the American presence was already in place, though there were no immediate signs that the U.S. was running the country. Venezuelan state TV broadcast live images of small groups of Maduro supporters taking to the streets in Caracas in protest. The legal authority for the attack, which echoed the 1990 U.S. invasion of Panama that led to the surrender and seizure of leader Manuel Antonio Noriega, was not immediately clear. The U.S. government does not recognize Maduro, who last appeared on state television Friday while meeting with a delegation of Chinese officials in Caracas. Maduro and other Venezuelan officials were indicted in 2020 on “narco-terrorism” conspiracy charges, but the Justice Department released a new indictment Saturday of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, accusing them of a role in narco-terrorism conspiracy.
Death Notices: George Brezinka, age 90 of Little Falls.
Weather: Monday partly sunny skies, high 32, cloudy skies Monday night low 20. Tuesday morning freezing rain, sleet to snow ending by noon, high 33, clearing Tuesday night low 17. Wednesday partly cloudy skies, high 36, increasing clouds Wednesday night low 15. Thursday cloudy, high 38, rain/freezing rain and sleet possible Thursday night into Friday low around 24, Friday high of 29 early then falling temps.
Sports: high school sports Friday, Hockey Little Falls beat Prairie Centre 3-1, basketball Pillager beat Little Falls in boys basketball, Upsala boys and girls team, Swanville and Holdingford girls lost on Friday.
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