Thursday, October 15, 2026
A reminder from the Morrison County Auditor Treasurer Office that the 2nd half of real estate taxes are due on October 15th, Thursday. Payments can be made in person at the Government Center or until 4:30pm in the payment boxes outside the government center or by going online. Again payment must be postmarked by Thursday October 15th or you could face a possible penalty.
One person was injured Wednesday around 6pm on Highway 71 in Bertha of Todd County. 44-year-old Josh Prather was coming from County Road 24 and collided with a semi at the intersection with Highway 71. Prather from Bertha was taken to the Wadena Hospital with injuries. The semi-truck driver was not hurt.
A St. Cloud woman faces 14 felony charges after a series of events targeting a man earlier this week. Stearns County prosecutors have charged 21-year-old Lakita Goolsby with eight counts of felony domestic assault, four charges of felony threats of violence, and one count each of stalking, harassment, and damage to property. The defendant is accused of assaulting and stalking a man who was trying to escape her. Goolsby is accused of threatening to stab the man and repeatedly assaulting him by punching and choking him. The charges stem from incidents over the weekend at a St. Cloud apartment and while the victim was trying to escape by driving away. The criminal complaint says Goolsby had a friend drive her as they followed the man to various locations where she allegedly threatened him with the knife and damaged his vehicle. St. Cloud police say when they caught up with the two vehicles, they watched as Goolsby threw a knife away. Officers were able to recover the knife and confiscate it as evidence. The charges allege Goolsby was upset that the victim broke her TV and wanted him to pay for it.
An inspection of the University Bridge in St. Cloud revealed some deterioration near the manholes. The city of St. Cloud has marked the trouble spots with construction barrels and closed a portion of the shoulders as a precaution. The deterioration is confined to the area around the manholes, and the bridge is safe for traffic. All travel lanes remain open to drivers and sidewalks remain accessible to pedestrians. The city of St. Cloud has a bridge rehabilitation project scheduled for 2027, and the problems will be addressed at that time. In the meantime, city officials say the construction barrels will remain in place until that time.
Six people, including a child, were killed when a small airplane crashed in a densely wooded area to the west of the Wisconsin Dells on Tuesday evening. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office says it received a call at 9:30 p.m. of a downed plane in the Park Lane area in the Town of Dellona, about seven miles southwest of the popular tourist city. A search was launched for survivors, with investigators learning that the plane was a fixed wing Piper flying a return trip from Kenosha in eastern Wisconsin to Menomonie in western Wisconsin. Five adults and one child were on board, and all were found dead at the scene. Investigators remain at the scene as of Wednesday, with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) both leading the investigation. The identities of the victims have not yet been released.
One person was hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Sherburne County. The accident happened around 4pm on Tuesday when a Dodge Caravan driven by 71-year-old Marilyn Vukelich-Hamblin of Rice was going west at Willow Street when it collided with a Honda Pilot driven by 57-year-old Lynn Jensen of Big Lake. Vukelich-Hamblin was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Jensen was not hurt.
Little Falls Community Schools is commemorating 50 Years of its Indoor Marching Band Show and wants alumni band members to return and join in the fun. High School Band Director Todd Peterson says the show is a huge production: "I kind of think of it like a musical or a show because there is so many moving pieces. We work so hard on it over these next two months that the kids kind of deserve two opportunities to perform it, and I think they really like doing that. In my nine years, I've never heard a student say why do we do two nights and so that tells me that they really enjoy playing both nights." Peterson says fifty is a big number, so they wanted to make it special for everyone who has been a part of it over the years. All three directors from the fifty-year run will be there: Dwight Nelson, Jonathan Laflamme, and Peterson. He says the students love the show so much because they get to pick a lot of the pieces: "It's basically a variety show where kids pick out their own music that they want to play kind of in section features, along with playing kind of pep band music, sometimes the more contemporary, 21st-century rock n' roll, but also going back to some of the classics." Peterson says all the music is tunes people will know and enjoy singing along with. Alumni have until Thursday to register to take part. The two-day Indoor Marching Band Concert takes place on November 23rd and 24th at the Little Falls High School.
The Fall Retiree Seminar for Retired Veterans will take place Thursday morning Camp Ripley. All retired Veterans and their spouses are welcome to learn about benefits and Veterans items. Questions can be directed to Kris at 320-632-0290.
Reminder that Chicks for Bricks is Thursday 5-7pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Little Falls. Enjoy a great dinner for $15 suggested donation. Also take out are available after 6pm by calling Zion Lutheran Church located in Northeast Little Falls.
St. Joseph's Church in Pierz will have speaker Brian Gibson on Sunday at 11:30am for a speaking engagement. Gibson is a radio host, and longtime leader of Pro-Life Ministries. He will speak on a number of subject and what the Catholic Church teaches on them. A light lunch will be provided for the event.
Weather: sprinkles and showers this morning then cloudy skies, high 55. Cloudy and windy tonight with rain showers after dark, low around 36. Friday few showers early, clearing in the afternoon, gusty winds near 35mph, high 52. Clear and colder Friday night, windy through the evening, low 28 with frost Saturday morning. Saturday morning frost then sunny and breezy, high 59, clear Saturday night with gusty winds, low 38. Sunday sunny and warmer, high 66 winds die down, clear Sunday night low 35. Monday sunny skies, high 64, clear Monday night low near 40. Sunny again on Tuesday with high near 67.
Sports: Pierz tennis on Wednesday had their double team of Laura Young and Payton Kimman win both their matches an advanced to the section semi-finals next Tuesday. Little Falls Myla Ballou is in the section semi-finals also next week on Monday. High School Football last night, Pierz 65-7 over Rockford (Pioneers are 7-0), Upsala-Swanville 55-12 over Asbhy/Brandon Evansville (Patriots 7-0). Melrose 43-36 over Little Falls. Paynesville Area 38-16 over Royalton. Holdingford 35-14 over St. Cloud Apollo. Foley 47-14 over Jordan. Staples-Motley 57-34 over Pillager. The regular season wraps up next week with some teams like Royalton, Upsala-Swanville and Holdingford playing on Tuesday, Little Falls, Pierz and Foley have games on Wednesday. First Round of playoffs Start October 27th. There are MEA scheduled volleyball tournaments today with Royalton, Upsala and Holdingford competing. Last night Brewers win 6-2 over the LA Dodgers to lead NLCS 3-0 and could wrap it up and go to the World Series tonight. Game 3 of Cleveland and Tampa Bay today series tied 1-1. Detroit beat the T-Wolves 128-106 in preseason NBA action last night. Wild back in action tonight hosting St. Louis. Seattle at Denver tonight 6:30pm on NFL Thursday Night Football on AM960 KLTF.