Thursday, March 13, 2025

--An updated list from Township Election Results received Tuesday night and Wednesday at Little Falls Radio: Agram- David Meyer Supervisor, Galen Stumpf Treasurer. Bellevue- Timothy Poirer Supervisor, Christina Noyes Treasurer. Buckman- Gary Solinger- Supervisor. Culdrum- Jeremy Mrozik Supervisor, Darling- Jay Tody Supervisor, Jon Nelson Treasurer. Green Prairie- Wayne Stoner Supervisor, Mary Huver Treasurer. Lakin- Ben Novak Supervisor, Mae Bialke Treasurer. Leigh Ricky Monson Supervisor, Lauren O'Tanen Treasurer. Parker- Michael Fritz Supervisor, Stephanie Scepurek Treasurer. Pike Creek- Jerry Drelleck Supervisor, Chris Boros Treasurer. Platte- Shelley Boser Barthel Supervisor, Debra Swaser Treasurer, Ripley- Curtis Plante Supervisor, Patricia Branchaud Treasurer, Swan River Gerard Oldakowski, Paul Rudolph Treasurer. Swanville John Fruechte Supervisor, Michelle Kurowski Treasurer. A reminder Township officials can still call in results today at 320-632-2992 if you don't see your township here. 

--One person was injured around 5:40pm yesterday when their vehicle went off Highway 28 in Culdrum Township near Swanville and landed on its roof. 69-year-old Ruth Sumner of Little Falls was taken to St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls for treatment of injuries. 

--A 16-year-old from Motley was injured around 8am yesterday on Highway 210 near Pillager in Cass County. Brodie Cyrus reportedly cross the center-line of 210 and collided with flatbed trailer on the trailer part. Cyrus was taken to Staples Hospital with injuries. Nobody else was injured. 

--Two teenagers and a Little Falls woman were involved in a accident yesterday around 7:45am on Highway 10 at Clear Lake in Sherburne County. 31-year-old Alexis Wilson of Little Falls was on 10 when a vehicle pulled out of County Road 55 and they collided in the intersection. Wilson was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of injuries. A 16 year old driver and 14-year-old passenger were injured in the other vehicle and also taken to the hospital for their injuries. 

--Brainerd and Baxter Police and the Minnesota State Patrol responded to a number of accidents on Tuesday along Highway 371. Around 12:20pm a three vehicle accident happened at Clearwater Road. Two of the three drivers were not injured, the third was treated at Brainerd Hospital for minor injuries. Another three vehicles around 8:25pm Monday night with one person treated for injuries at the scene on Highway 371 north of Highway 210. The State Patrol said that there were a number of close calls and minor accidents on Highway 371 from Brainerd/Baxter area causing their office increase patrols in the area. 

--The Minnesota State Patrol says it was an 18-year-old Big Lake man who died after a crash on Highway 10 near Becker late Monday night. Just after 11:15, the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office tried to stop Deke Alexander Ward Sibley for a traffic violation on eastbound Highway 10 when he crashed into a Chevy Silverado pickup truck at 165th Avenue. Sibley was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup truck, 75-year-old Douglas Laramore of Minneapolis, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Monticello Hospital for treatment. Sibley was fleeing police at the time and the impact of the crash sent the pickup into the ditch. 

--The campus for the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls sits on 80 acres of land and currently it lies in both the Little Falls Township and the City of Little Falls has requested to be annexed fully into the City of Little Falls since they already use city water, sewer, and other services. Chief Operating Officer Tim Houle says the Franciscan Sisters were there a long time before city zoning, so it is just a matter of some housekeeping to help them: "We have two different sets of zoning laws that apply to the same campus. We ran into that when we wanted to build a solar array. We had to get a permit from the county even though our, the mother house and all of our buildings are in the city limits and so that really got down to we just think there should be one set of zoning rules for one campus." Houle says they need to get their zoning updated from R3 to B2 as well before the annexation can go through. He says it is something that will only help the sisters in the long term: "Long term picture is we certainly are going to do things with the campus. The sisters have dreams for what the future of the campus should hold. We don't have any immediate building plans, so none of this is because we have some project or development that we want to do. We really view this as housekeeping to put us in compliance with the right rules." The Little Falls Planning Commission approved the zoning change at last Monday's meeting and the city will vote at their next meeting on April 7th. Houle expects the annexation portion to get worked on this summer, providing the zoning change is approved.

--Join Little Falls Community School Superintendent Greg Johnson Friday at 8:30am the Community Focus to discuss recent developments from the School District, That program is Friday at 8:30am on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com. 

DEATH NOTICES- Leonard Sowada, age 65 of Randall formerly of Royalton. Virginia Gross, age 92 of Hillman.

WEATHER- today partly sunny and mild, a bit breezy, high 64, cloudy skies at night mild, low 47. Friday partly sunny and mild high near 70 and breezy by afternoon, then rain coming in later now Friday night into Saturday morning could be 1 inch of rain overnight low near 40. Saturday rain in morning changing to snow and all snow by mid afternoon with gusty winds over 40mph and high near 40 early falling into the 20s by 3pm. Snow likely Saturday night cold and windy, low 13, then Sunny and windy Sunday high 33, low around 18. Rain could be over 1 inch and Snow could be around 1 inch by Saturday from the system mostly now on Saturday. 

SPORTS-  Esko beat Pierz 79-66 last night to move in playoffs ending the Pioneers season. Esko takes on Pequot Lakes on Friday as Pequot Lakes eliminated Staples-Motley 59-37. Upsala has advanced to the Section 5A finals Friday with 84-64 win over Braham, Upsala will take on Nevis who beat Browerville 80-54, that game is Friday night in St. Cloud. Albany downed Holdingford 96-64 to move on and eliminate the Huskers they will take on Spectrum 63-54 winner of Sauk Centre on Friday. At the State Girls Basketball Tournament Wednesday Alexandria beat DeLaSalle 60-40 in 3A Quarters, Lakeville North beat Brainerd 47-20 in 4A Quarters. Crosby Ironton moves on to semis with a 75-50 win over Barnesville while in AA semi's also it was Minnewaska beating Sauk Centre 60-53 to advance. Class A quarter-finals and consolation matches are scheduled today along with the 3A and 4A Semi-Finals today at Williams Arena.