Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Good luck to the Pierz Pioneers baseball team in the Class AA State Tournament at Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud. Pierz takes on Pine Island around 12:30pm today (there is a 10am game before Pierz) on AM960 KLTF and online at fallsradio.com where you can stream the game anywhere. Win or lose Pierz will play again on Thursday morning also on KLTF. Good luck Pioneers from Little Falls Radio.

The Little Falls Fire Department was dispatched at 1215pm Tuesday on a lawn mower fire near the intersection of Lawson Road & Matte Road in Fort Ripley Township in Crow Wing County.  The mower was mostly burned up when they arrived and they extinguished the remaining fire and cleared by 1pm. There were no injuries from the lawn mower fire. 
 
Last week a story was posted on a Scam circulating around Minnesota that you owe money from the Department of Motor Vehicles. In the past days the Little Falls Police Department has also been called and notified of a scam going around the Little Falls too. SCAM***** Minnesota Department of Vehicles (DMV) Final Notice: Enforcement Penalties Begin on June 7. Our records show that as of today, you still have an outstanding traffic ticket. In accordance with North Minnesota State Administrative Code 15C-16.003, if you do not complete payment by June 6, 2025, we will take the following actions: 1. Report to the DMV violation database 2. Suspend your vehicle registration starting June 7. 3. Suspend driving privileges for 30 days. 4. Transfer to a toll booth and charge a 35% service fee. 5. You may be prosecuted and your credit score will be affected Pay Now:https://dps(.)mn-govw(.)icu/us. Please pay immediately before enforcement to avoid license suspension and further legal disputes. (Reply Y and re-open this message to click the link, or copy it to your browser.) Again this is a scam the DMV does not send out text messages or emails like this and if you received one please delete it or contact your local law enforcement DO NOT CLICK ON IT. The police department stated that scams like this will continue to be an issue and if you do click on an site that you are not aware of, make sure to contact your bank and make sure financial items are not affected. 

 

--A Sartell couple is charged with filing fraudulent tax returns and failing to pay income tax. Acting on a tip from the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, the Minnesota Department of Revenue began investigating Orlando Lam and Amanda Foss. The investigation began when the sheriff's office learned that Foss was obtaining welfare benefits by claiming to be the sole provider for her three children. The investigation determined Lam and Foss were married and living together, but were filing separate income tax returns with both claiming Head of Household. It is illegal for married couples living together in Minnesota to each claim Head of Household filing status. The couple also allegedly falsified unreimbursed employee expenses, overstated charitable and 529 plan contributions, and business losses for two businesses that did not exist. Lam and Foss are each charged with five felony counts of filing false income tax returns for years 2019 through 2023 and five counts of failing to pay income tax. Foss is also charged with five felony counts of filing fraudulent property tax refund returns. Lam allegedly owes more than $27,000, and Foss allegedly owes more than $25,000.

A 19-year-old driver was hurt when the truck and trailer he was driving left the road and went into the ditch. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened at about 5:40pm on Monday in Leaf Valley Township. Nineteen-year-old Reilly McCorkmick of Miltona was driving a Ram pickup towing an empty triple-axel tilt flatbed trailer. The vehicle left the road, entered the shoulder, and continued into the ditch, where it struck a field approach. McCormick was not wearing a seatbelt. He was taken to the hospital by air ambulance. The extent of his injuries is not known.

Over 4,300 customers were impacted by a power outage affecting downtown St. Cloud, the Hester Park neighborhood, as well as parts of Sauk Rapids and the St. Cloud State University campus Tuesday that lasted for over 2 hours in many areas. Xcel Energy says the issue began at 4:17pm on Tuesday, and no cause has been released. The utility estimated that all power restoration was completed around 7:30pm. The outage caused several intersections to have stop signs in place instead of the signal lights which caused from minor accidents during the outage, no injuries were reported.

As there is a National Parade on the 250th Birthday in Washington DC on Saturday. The sounds of patriotic music will fill the air along the Mississippi River in Sauk Rapids. The Sauk Rapids Rice-Area Musicians Collective is hosting a concert Tuesday, June 17th at 5:30pm at the Clearing. Organizer Ryan Kissinger says the group was formed in August of last year as a way to raise funds for the Sauk Rapids-Rice school music boosters program. We have a band and a choir, and we're going to actually be doing a couple of pieces together, so you are going to see upwards of 90 to 100 people performing all at one time. They'll be performing songs like "The Star Spangled Banner", "America The Beautiful", "Battle Hymn of the Republic", and more.  Kissinger says the night will also include the Honor Guard from the Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992, and they'll be highlighting all branches of the United States military. Our band and choir will be doing a salute to the armed forces, which includes all six anthems of the military branches of the United States. They are also expecting representation from local police, fire, ambulance, and other first responders. The concert is free to attend but they are requesting a non perishable food donation to support Agape Warriors Ministry also all monetary donations can be used to benefit the music programs at Sauk Rapids-Rice.

Weather- areas of smoke possible today with partly cloudy skies, high 76. Some smoke still possible tonight with lows around 54 with clear skies. Increasing clouds Thursday with midday showers high 73, showers and heavy rain with thunderstorms possible in the evening and overnight Thursday with low of 58. Showers and thunderstorms, breezy and much cooler Friday, high 61, low around 44 with rain ending Friday night. Saturday partly sunny, with high near 70 low near 50 with more rain possible Sunday, high of 77. 

Sports- Texas exploded on the Twins last night routing them 16-4 at Target Field. Twins and Rangers have game 2 of the series tonight at 6pm on Q92 WYRQ. The Lynx tries to stay undefeated Wednesday night at Seattle at 9pm. Game 3 of NBA Finals Wednesday night with series tied at 1 a piece. Imagine Hines of Little Falls finished 25th at day 1 of the State Girls Golf Tournament in Jordan and Whitney LeBlanc of Pierz is 57th. The State Boys and Girls Golf Tournament wraps up today for all 3 classes. State Track and Field had preliminaries yesterday with more today with Class A finals tonight and the rest on Thursday at St. Michael Albertville High School. State Baseball begins Wednesday for all 4 Classes around Minnesota again that includes Pierz vs. Pine Island today at 12:30pm on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com.