Thursday, September 25, 2025

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 9-23-2025 at approximately 4:24 pm, their office received a report of a motorcycle accident east of Highway 10 on Azalea Road, approximately one mile south of Motley, in Motley Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a motorcycle driven by 19-year-old Brian Vorbeck of Motley, MN was traveling west on Azalea Road. Vorbeck lost control of the motorcycle when two dogs ran out on the road forcing him off the road. Vorbeck was transported to Lakewood Hospital in Staples by family members with unknown injuries. Vorbeck was wearing a helmet. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Motley Police Department.

A woman is dead, and the suspect is jailed after a stabbing in St. Cloud on Tuesday night. According to police, they were called to the 1000 block of East St. Germain Street for a 911 hangup just before 11:30. They arrived to find the victim had been stabbed several times. Life-saving efforts were performed at the scene before she was rushed to CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police are releasing the name of the victim as 24-year-old Falus A Ali who had been stabbed several times. Life-saving efforts were performed at the scene before she was rushed to CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The 26-year-old suspect was taken into custody and booked into the Benton County jail, where he is awaiting formal charges. Investigators say the two knew each other, and there is no threat to the public. The investigation is still active. The 26-year-old sus pect was taken into custody and booked into the Benton County jail, where he is awaiting formal charges. Investigators say the two knew each other and there is no threat to the public.

A semi truck was blocking all westbound lanes on I-94 near Sauk Centre after a rollover accident Wednesday morning. Minnesota State Patrol Sergeant Jesse Grabow posted photos of the aftermath to social media. No one was injured. The latest post states that troopers are on the scene investigating what happened. The accident occurred at Mile Marker 124 at about 10:20 a.m. Traffic had to be detoured onto Highway 71 until the early afternoon hours until cleanup was completed.

Two local police departments are among those who captured some of the most dangerous drivers on the roads during summer enforcement campaigns. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Waite Park police saw two drivers racing at speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. Once stopped, one of the drivers admitted to what they were doing. They were arrested for violating a driving permit and careless driving. Meanwhile, Cold Spring-Richmond police encountered a situation with speeding motorcycles. Officers ticketed two riders who were clocked going 97 miles an hour in a 65 mile zone. When questioned, both claimed they had no idea how fast they were traveling and said they couldn’t see their speedometers. These incidents were part of Minnesota’s broader summer safety campaign that ran from Memorial Day through Labor Day, known as the state’s 100 deadliest days. Nearly 300 law enforcement agencies patrolled roads statewide in a coordinated effort to crack down on speeding, impaired driving and Move Over Law violations.

This October, the Great River Regional Library (GRRL) is participating in the Young Adult Library Services Association’s (YALSA) annual TeenTober celebration. Developed by YALSA, this month-long event strives to raise awareness of the importance of year-round teen services and connect teens with services and materials provided by their local institutions that will help them develop new skills and fuel their passions. TeenTober merges YALSA’s successful and long-standing Teen Tech Week™ and Teen Read Week™ initiatives into one program to celebrate teen services in libraries. GRRL invites teens to explore their local library to see what fits their interests. Since October marks TeenTober, we thought this was a perfect time to announce the winner of our first-ever Teen Sticker Design Contest! In July, GRRL welcomed teen artists to submit sticker designs. The artwork was judged based on creativity, design, and how well it fits a library theme. We received 94 submissions from across the GRRL service area. Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest! Staff voted on the winning design. Since it was challenging to decide on just one design, we will have vinyl stickers made of the winner and runner-up designs, available at all GRRL locations, while supplies last. Congratulations to our Teen Sticker Design Contest winner, Jasmin, age 13, whose home library is the St. Cloud Public Library! Jasmin’s design is a bookworm, wrapped up in a sweater, wearing eyeglasses, while reading amongst stacks of books. Our first runner-up is Haidyn, age 15, whose home library is the Monticello Public Library. Haidyn’s design is of a dragon perched on top of a stack of books, with words above that state, “I’m a book dragon, not a worm!” Our second runner-up is Cadence, age 17, whose home library is the St. Michael Public Library. Cadence’s design says, “ADVENTURE IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK,” with a person’s action book coming to life. Make sure you stop by your nearest GRRL location during TeenTober to pick up your favorite library sticker, perfect for your water bottle, laptop, or notebook, while supplies last. Find out more about YALSA and the TeenTober national initiative, visit www.ala.org/yalsa/teentober. Great River Regional Library (GRRL) provides library services at 32 public libraries and one to-go system in Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, and Wright Counties. GRRL2GO is a locker system that allows you to pick up items at the Sartell Community Center. GRRL supplies the residents of Central Minnesota with nearly 1 million books, CDs and DVDs, 250 public computers, programming, and information services.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has completed a road safety audit on Highway 169 between Princeton and Elk River. The audit was completed to examine current conditions, gather crash data, conduct field reviews, gather public feedback, and identify potential improvements. It's the first step in identifying both short-term and long-term solutions. Some short-term improvements include installing high-tension cable barriers, curve signage, and intersection lighting. Long-term improvements will be determined during the next phase with a corridor study in late 2026. MnDOT says a total of 12 fatal crashes and 17 serious injury crashes happened along that corridor between 2015 and 2024. Eight of those crashes involved motorcycles. More information on the audit, including the final report, can be found on the Mn Dot webpage on this link for the 169 road project. 

The 45th Annual Northern Minnesota Draft Horse Field Day is Saturday at the Joey and Dianne Staricka residents on Apollo Road, Swanville MN. Starts at 10am, parade at 3:30pm and raffle at 4pm. Yard items, crafts, many events from cultivating corn, shredding, disking, harness demonstration and more meet the Draft Horse Royalty and more. For more information www.NMDHA.com. 

Weather: some morning fog again today then sunny and warmer, high 81, fog possible overnight into Friday clear skies, low 48. Friday sunny and warm, some AM fog, high 78, clear skies at night low 55. Saturday partly sunny, cooler, breezy, high 71, clear Saturday cooler low around 45. Sunday sunny and warmer, high around 78, clear Sunday night low around 54. Monday and Tuesday still warm, highs both days around 80 with lows around 60. Next chance of rain in the forecast is not until next Thursday October 2nd. 

Sports- Texas gets 3 late runs to beat the Twins 4-2 last night. The Twins wrap up series at Texas this afternoon pregame is at 1pm on Q92 WYRQ. Thursday Night Football is Seattle at Arizona pregame at 6:30pm tonight on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com. The Vikings are in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday against Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:30am kickoff central time on Sunday. Listen to sports updates today on LF Radio.