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There has been a number of pedestrian fatal accidents this week. Around 6:30am Tuesday one person was killed when struck by a vehicle on Highway 27 in Isle of Mille Lacs County. A 41-year-old from Isle was on Highway 27 and struck 39-year-old Danielle Boyd of Minneapolis walking across the roadway. Boyd died at the scene the driver is cooperating with police. A woman authorities say was walking along I-94 was killed after she was struck by a vehicle. It happened on Monday at about 5:50 p.m., according to the Wisconsin State Patrol, near Black River Falls. State Patrol identified the woman as 30-year-old Kara Ann Meslow, of Mahtomedi, Minnesota.  Authorities did not give details about why she was walking along the interstate, but said she was pronounced deceased at the scene. A man is dead after being struck by a snowplow Tuesday evening on the greater MSP Airport campus. Airport spokesman Jeff Lea says the incident happened shortly after 7:30 p.m. in a parking lot of LSG Sky Chefs, located in the 3100 block of 73rd St., just south of Terminal 2.  The victim, a 47-year-old man, was hit by a plow that was clearing the parking lot.  MSP Airport Police are investigating with assistance from the Minnesota State Patrol, which routinely reconstructs accidents involving commercial vehicles like snow plows. It is a reminder to watch for pedestrians.

The Central Minnesota human trafficking task force is hoping to get their grant renewed. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall says they've had 3 different grant cycles going from 2 full time cops to 3.  Kendall explains they have a pretty good case based on their past success in curtailing sex trafficking in the region.  She says they've been able to prove the robust cases of sex trafficking in the area and information they've obtained to find these individuals committing these crimes. Kendall says there is no clear timeline as to when they will know if that grant is renewed but she suspects that information will be known to them in either February or March.  She says the 3 law enforcement agencies that could be receiving the money are the St. Cloud Police Department, Sartell Police Department and Stearns County Sheriff's Department.  Kendall says this type of police work requires lots of experience and attention to detail.  She says these agencies won't stop doing this police work if the grant request isn't approved but it really helps that these officers are paid for by the grant. The statewide law enforcement training project will started in Sartell next and then every Wednesday the elected 87 county attorneys get together on a video conferencing call.  Kendall says a common frustration among county attorneys is a lack of training of relatively new police officers.  She says these officers need to learn skills like, how to testify, report writing, or child abuse complaints.  Kendall indicates it is really important that the initial responding officer knows how to handle these things.

Lastrup will have a 2nd annual Holiday Celebration on Sunday from 12-3pm at the parish center. Kids will be able to get their picture taken with Santa and receive a small gift from him. There will be offering of hot dogs, chips, hot chocolate, coffee and cookie, all free of charge sponsored by the City of Lastrup. 

A reminder from the City of Little Falls announced they will continue to have snow removal over the next few days. Please do not park in the posted area as you could be ticketed or towed at your expense. Little Falls Police remind those that they had a number of ordinances violations the last snow storm and hoping that all will follow the no parking signs the next days of snow removal. 

Death Notice: Annie Rebecca Sharon, age 88 of Randall. 

Weather: light snow continues today with cloudy skies, up to 1 inch, high 16, cloudy and low around 8 above tonight with more snow after midnight, snow in the morning Friday up to another 1 inch, then sunny in the afternoon and turning cold, temps dropping to -16 Friday night wind chills around -30. Saturday sunny skies, very cold high around -4, lows around -24 with chills near -33 at times. Sunday sunny and cold, high of 5 above, low around -3 early then rising, Monday cloudy early then sunny skies high near 23 above. 

Sports: High School Boys Hockey Little Falls at Sauk Rapids-Rice at 7:15pm tonight on Q92 WYRQ. Girls basketball Pierz at Swanville at 7:15pm on 94ROCKS KFML also tonight. Friday Albany at Little Falls Girls Basketball on Q92 WYRQ. NFL Football tonight Atlanta at Tampa Bay at 6:30pm on AM960 KLTF. Saturday Army Navy Game at 1pm on AM960 KLTF. NFL on Sunday Green Bay at Denver at 3pm and Minnesota Vikings at Dallas at 7:20pm both games live on AM960 KLTF and all streamed at fallsradio.com.