Local Interest

Little Falls area residents and businesses are invited to attend an open house about a major road project that will reconstruct Highway 27 through downtown Little Falls in 2019. The public open house will be held Thursday, April 4, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Little Falls City Hall, 100 7th Ave. NE. A business “Meet and Greet” open house and information session will be held from … [Read more...] about Highway 27 Little Falls construction project open houses set for April 4

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 3-14-2019 at approximately 7:02 am, their office received a report of a business burglary at the Sobieski Co-op Creamery, located on Cable Road in the city of Sobieski, MN. According to the Sheriff’s Office, sometime overnight the rear door of the business was pried open and the suspect(s) made entry inside the building. A … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office – Burglary March 14, 2019

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Winter load increases will end Thursday, March 14 and spring load restrictions will start Friday, March 15 on highways in the south, southeast, metro and central frost zones, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The frost zones can be found on the MnDOT load limits map. Road restriction maps showing locations of weight-restricted routes … [Read more...] about Spring load restrictions start for south, southeast, metro, central frost zones

On March 13, 2019 at approximately 4:17 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received multiple calls about a barn on fire and fully engulfed. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, Holdingford Fire and Gold Cross Ambulance were dispatched to 41828 County Road 3 which is a few miles east of the City of Holdingford. St. Stephen Fire assisted with … [Read more...] about Barn Fire

Commander Jay Salzer advised that the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force started an investigation in January of this year reference a group of individuals in the St. Cloud area distributing large amounts of Methamphetamine. Through the investigation, Investigators identified Armondo NMN Gonzales, 58, of Texas, and Maria Luisa Placencia, 68, also from Texas. … [Read more...] about Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force