At 12:05 this morning, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a crash at the intersection of CSAH 1 and 255th Street in Litchfield Township. A pickup truck driven by 40-year-old Daniel Minton of rural Litchfield was located off the roadway having sustained heavy damage from impact with a row of trees. The driver and sole occupant were transported to Meeker Memorial Hospital by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries. Alcohol is believed to be a factor and the incident remains under investigation. Assisting at the scene were Mayo Ambulance, Litchfield Fire, Litchfield Rescue, and Litchfield Police.
The Litchfield Rotary Club has its Spring Fling on Monday, April 7th, at the Litchfield Eagles Club. It begins with social time at 7 and dinner at 7:30 during the final game of the NCAA basketball tournament.
Tom Zens says if you purchase your $50 ticket in advance, it helps the Eagles Club plan on the amount of food to prepare, and your $50 ticket includes a 2-meat buffet and drinks through half time. He says you can still purchase a $50 ticket even if you will not be there to support the Rotary Club which will still qualify you for the drawing of cash prizes which include first prize of $500, second prize of $200, third prize of $100 and four $50 prizes.
Zens says there are also raffle items and a live auction during half time. He says the Litchfield Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at 7 a.m. for breakfast at the Rescue Hall and new members are welcome to join.
Tim Swenson says the Spring Fling helps the Rotary Club raise funds for the many projects that it supports. He says they have their beds-for-kids project and spearheaded the building of the splash pad, just to name a couple.
Swenson says you can purchase tickets at the door on April 7th at the Litchfield Eagles Club, but again, if you purchase them in advance, it helps for planning the amount of food to prepare. $50 tickets are available from any Litchfield Rotary Club member.
On Wednesday, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Task Force identified an address in the City of Cold Spring where an individual with an active Stearns County felony arrest warrant for domestic assault – strangulation was believed to be staying. The individual was identified as 24-year-old Larry Gene Mosley of Cold Spring.
An assessment and evaluation of the related information resulted in the Stearns/Benton SWAT Team being deployed to execute a search warrant at an address in the City of Cold Spring. Mosley was arrested without incident at the location. The subsequent investigation determined probable cause to charge Mosley with an additional offense of violating a Domestic Abuse No Contact order. No injuries were sustained in this event. The operation was supported by the Cold Spring Police, St. Cloud Community Response Team, and Mayo Ambulance service.
The Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee met Tuesday evening and reviewed the events from the 53rd annual Festival which was held the first week of February. The Festival was a big success.
Treasurer Loree Schultz reported that the Chili & Soup Supper was well-attended, with $346 in freewill donations, and the Potluck Banquet was also well-attended, with the silent auction raising $1,476. She says the group had a great tour of the State Capitol with Brian Pease on February 5th, and had to get around the protesters that day to get into the building.
Student delegates have until April 4th for a chance to travel to Alabama in November. The students will be interviewed prior to the April 15th Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee meeting. That meeting will be followed by the annual meeting where officers will be elected.
The Committee approved of sending a $100 donation to the Forest City Threshers for use of their building on February 3rd for the Chili/Soup Supper. Committee members will be signing up during the next couple of meetings to help during Center Bank’s Watercade Brat Feed and at the Dairy Booth at the Meeker County Fair this summer. The Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee will meet next on Tuesday, April 15th at 7 p.m. in the Litchfield High School Ag Room. The regular meeting will be followed immediately by the annual meeting. Everyone is welcome.
Each day a business will be featured as “Business of the Day” and every time their commercial is aired be the 7th caller and win a chance to receive KLFD Bucks to be spent at our “Business of the Day” locations.
Monday thru Friday, at 4 pm we will draw out a winner to be put into our final drawing to be held sometime later in April. Once your name has been drawn out daily and put into the final drawing, you are no longer qualified to call in. Otherwise, you can keep calling in once a day to qualify.
Our sponsors include: Litchfield Liquors, Central Counties Coop, Litchfield Chrysler, DC Diesel, Farm-Rite Equipment, Davis Motors, Air Pro Heating & A/C, Miller Automotive, El Chilero, Atwater Ford
