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A programming note: due to possible bad weather on Thursday, the Little Falls at Pierz baseball game will now be played TODAY Wednesday at 3:30pm in Pierz. Hear the game live on AM960 KLTF. 

A RED FLAG WARNING has been issued for this afternoon from 12-8pm across central Minnesota due to warm temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s, low humidity in the 40% or less range and winds out of the south of 15-35mph or stronger on Wednesday will lead to a very high fire dangers across those areas. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over 50 counties will be under a red flag warning from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday, citing "extreme fire danger." The counties that will be monitored very closy today is the southern counties of Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Pope, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Stevens, Swift, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine. But areas like Benton, Stearns, Morrison, Crow Wing to the north will still have very high fire danger today into tonight. Burning restrictions remain in place for most of Minnesota at this time according to the DNR. 

A Morrison County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Byron Smith over a book written by a former Morrison County Sheriff’s sergeant who served as the lead investigator on Smith’s double murder case. Smith is serving a life sentence in prison without parole for the 2012 murders of 17-year-old Nicholas Brady and 18-year-old Haile Kifer in his Little Falls home. Smith and his attorney filed a defamation civil lawsuit August 8th in Morrison County District Court that claimed Jeremy Luberts’ 2023 book about the murders and investigation, “Murder on Elm Street,” contains numerous false information during the investigation against Smith from the case and investigation that lead to the murders that Thanksgiving weekend. The judge has ruled in favor of Luberts on the claims and dismissed Smith's case all together. 

A fire did some damage to Dunmire's Bar and Grill in Brainerd early Monday morning. When a delivery man opened a door for a delivery there were flames coming from the kitchen. The owner said the fire was in the back of the kitchen and started on greasy rags. They lost a lot of product and the kitchen did sustain a lot of damage but the fire was contained mostly to the kitchen area. There were no injuries. The owner stated that clean up was underway Monday morning and the bar and grill was able to reopen on Tuesday to the public with some limited kitchen use. The owner thanked all you helped in the clean up process, the fire department and the workers who helped in getting things done Monday to reopen yesterday in Brainerd.  

A man who fired into a pickup truck in Sartell over the weekend, injuring the driver, may have been targeting his ex-girlfriend, new charges allege. Jakob Dylan Mohr, 24, of Waite Park, is facing multiple charges including first-degree attempted murder and violating a restraining order following the shooting in the early hours of Sunday morning. The criminal complaint claims that Mohr began following a pickup truck driven by a man and carrying Mohr’s ex-girlfriend as the passenger at around 1:45 a.m. Sunday near the Crossroads Center mall, tailing them onto Highway 15. The male victim says Mohr was driving aggressively to stay close to his truck, and pulled off Highway 15 in Sartell in an attempt to shake Mohr’s tail. At that point, Mohr allegedly pulled alongside the truck and began shooting, firing four bullets, one of which struck the man in the leg. The complaint says three bullet holes were found on the vehicle, two in the front driver’s side door and one in the rear driver’s side door, while the driver’s window was also shattered. The suspect vehicle was later found outside a bar in Sauk Rapids, but Mohr was not found with it. He later turned himself in to police in Sartell, arriving at the station with his mother. Mohr’s ex told police she had broke up with the 24-year-old and obtained a harassment order against him in January 2025 because of “assaultive or threatening behavior,” the complaint says. A few hours before the shooting incident, Mohr’s ex said she had been at the St. Cloud Eagles Club with coworkers when Mohr showed up “and tried to get her to leave with him.” She called her father, who picked her up and drove her to Waite Park, where she was then picked up by the shooting victim, who told police he was acting as the woman’s sober cab ride. The woman told police she believes Mohr may have been trying to shoot her, but was not certain. She said he had access to her location through cellphone apps.

No one was hurt in a vehicle fire in Meeker County Monday night. The Sheriff's Office received a call about the fire at around 8:20 p.m. and responded to the 200 block of Milky Way Street South in Cosmos. Sheriff's deputies arrived to find the engine compartment of the vehicle engulfed in flames. The Cosmos Fire Department was able to put out the flames, and the owner of the vehicle, 28-year-old Nicholas Bode of rural Atwater, was not hurt. The sheriff's office says they believe an equipment malfunction caused the fire. The vehicle is considered a total loss.

There are Clean Up Days on Saturday April 25th for the City of Flensburg 8am-10am at the city hall/fire hall in Flensburg. Green Prairie Township at the Green Prairie Town Hall 8-11am. Morrill Township at the Morrill Town Hall from 7-10:30am and Ripley Township at the Ripley Town Hall from 8am-12pm on Saturday. For more information contact your local Township Officials or Morrison County Public Works 320-632-0121. 

Death Notices: Michael Boser, age 84 of Little Falls formerly of Pierz. Paul R. Mueller, age 90 of Swanville. 

Weather: mostly sunny today, high 82 with winds from the southeast 15-30mph, Red Flag Warning from 12-8pm today. Partly cloudy and muggy tonight, low around 61. Showers before 8am Thursday then showers in the morning, cloudy and muggy, high 74, with showers and storms likely after 3pm with some afternoon storms possibly becoming severe with gusty winds and hail. Showers Thursday night some heavy rain possible before midnight, then cooler, low near 42. Friday isolated rain showers at times, cloudy and breezy, clearing late day, high 58, clear and cooler Friday night, low 33. Saturday sunny skies, high 58, clear Saturday night low 36. Partly sunny Sunday with afternoon showers likely, high 61, low around 41. More rain is likely Monday with high of 54.  

Sports: High School Baseball Little Falls at Pierz has been moved to today at 3:30pm on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com. Minnesota Wild host Dallas, series tied 1-1 in Game 3 of NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs in St. Paul tonight at 8:30pm on Q92 WYRQ and fallsradio.com. Twins come back to win last night over the Mets 5-3 in New York. Twins continue series at New York Mets Wednesday night at 6:10pm. Little Falls baseball team wins two yesterday 13-1 over Detroit Lakes and 9-6 over Foley at Flyer Field. Pierz baseball beat Albany 6-5, Pierz softball shut out Foley 7-0, Royalton baseball wins 7-5 over Maple Lake. Get more scores from Alex today on Little Falls Radio sports. 

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