Friday, June 26, 2026

Friday is Day 2 of the Morrison County Fair east of Little Falls. Llama/Alpaca Show at 8:30am, meat goat and sheep show at 10am, carnival opens at noon, Antique Car Show 2-7pm, beef/swine show at 3pm, Big Friendly to perform classic county and rock songs at 3pm, more attractions lots of food, rides and fun and the big HAIRBALL arena rock show with gates opening at 6pm at the Grandstand Friday night. Saturday the Open Class Dairy Show starts at 9am, Dual County Games Horse Show at 9am Crow Wing and Morrison 4H involved, minnow races, Hillbilly Bob, Truck and Tractor Pull at the Grandstand at 2pm, Blue Ribbon 4H Auction at 4pm, Trivia Vanguard at 4pm, Stone Road to play at 7:30pm. Sunday is kids day, 4-H miniature horse show at 9am, open class sheep, meat goat, beef and swine at 9am, Raising a Farmer BBQ Contest at 11am, James Wedgewood Comedian and Ventriloquist performs at noon, 2pm and 4pm Sunday. Kids facing painting, pedal tractor pull, rural arts day, RC Car racing get underway at noon, United Way Ball Drop will be at 2pm on the east end of the fairgrounds $5 raffle ticket for a chance to win $500 to help the Morrison County United Way. Plus much more to view at the Fair details at https://morrisonfair.com/. KLTF Party Line live at the Fair Friday at 10:05am with more guests during the hour. Also KLTF's Ron Specker will be out at the Fair Sunday afternoon aiding with the United Way Ball Drop this weekend. Come to the fair. 

A man is dead after a workplace accident in Cold Spring early Thursday morning. The Cold Spring/Richmond Police Department responded to a medical emergency at Pilgrim's just after 1:15 a.m. The facility is located in the 800 block of River Road in Cold Spring. Police say a 29-year-old employee was pinned beneath equipment in the loading dock area. By the time officers arrived, coworkers had removed the man from the equipment. The man was given emergency medical care, but the efforts were unsuccessful, and he was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. The employee was taken to the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. The incident remains under investigation, and the victim's name has not been released to the public at this time.

A reminder from Little Falls Police and local law enforcement that in the past week there has been an uptick in accidents that has snarled traffic along Highway 27 at the Mississippi River Bridge and also by the North end Casey's store coming from the road by the old Crestliner building. Again road work is going on County Road 76/Haven Road north of that point to County Road 48 and some you will need to slow down, watch visibility issues, expect delays and some roads could have no access for times when work crews are going through that area. Also when trains are present expect slow down and delays in downtown Little Falls. Police stated that there have not been any serious injury accidents from these along with the sheriff's office but speed and not paying attention to the road is major issues at this time. 

One person was injured Thursday afternoon at 12:45pm on Highway 15 in Stearns County near St. Augusta. 66-year-old Karen Pilarski of Clear Lake was on County Road 47 and collided with a Mak truck in the intersection with Highway 15. Pilarski was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non life threatening injuries. The driver and passenger inside the Mak Straight Truck were not injured in the accident. 

More events this weekend include the Todd County Fair in Long Prairie and Cass County Fair in Pine River continues Friday and Saturday. A farewell party Friday from 4-8pm for Father Jimmy Joseph who is leaving July 1st to Chicago, the farewell is at St. Mary's Church in Upsala. Saturday is Ride for Amber (Czech) going toward a scholarship in her name starts at 10am registration 10 Spot in Royalton. Saturday is the Independence Celebration in Randall with parade at 5pm, Diamondback at 8pm and fireworks at dusk. Sunday there are church bazaars at St. Mathias Church near Ft. Ripley with Mass at 10am, chicken dinner and games through the afternoon, St. Elizabeth's Church in Brennyville, Mass at 10am, food stands, quilt auction, entertainment for all, both have their cash raffles at 4pm. There is also the Charity Classic on Sunday at the bowling center on the north end of Little Falls all are invited to take part in bowling and cornhole tournaments for prize, the monies are to be used for local charities at Bennington's 1pm on Sunday. Details on events can be found at fallsradio.com. 

Weather: Partly sunny skies Friday, high 77, partly cloudy Friday night low 57. Sunny skies and breezy Saturday, high 82, showers and storms likely overnight some heavy rains, low 66 and breezy. Sunday morning thunderstorms, some heavy rains possible before 1pm, then sunny and hot, high near 90 breezy conditions, storms after midnight some could be severe Sunday night into Monday low 68. Monday sunny and hot, high 95 isolated PM storms late, then clearing low around 70. Sunny and hot on Tuesday again isolated PM storms late day and evening, high 92, low around 66. Wednesday sunny skies, high near 90.

Sports: Twins open series with Colorado Friday night at Target Field at 7pm. Lynx are at Dallas on Sunday at 1pm. The NBA offseason is here, with Aaron Wiggins' trade to the Atlanta Hawks on June 22 the first move of a frenzied few weeks ahead. The big news came late Monday night, a day before the NBA draft, when Giannis Antetokounmpo was traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the Miami Heat in a blockbuster. There was another big trade the morning after the draft, as the Charlotte Hornets shipped LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid and many draft picks also the Timberwolves receive Josh Green. Victory League Friday night Flensburg at Freeport at 7:30pm, Sobieski at Avon 7:30pm and Foley at Nisswa also at 7:30pm Friday then Saturday night Opole at Pierz Bulldogs at 7:30pm in a makeup game from last week. The Game of the Week Sunday at 1:30pm is Opole at Upsala on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com.