A free women’s gathering will be held at the Litchfield Christian Church on Saturday, March 21st, from 10 a.m. to noon. Tina Richards of Branson, Missouri will be speaking and childcare will be available.
Sally Hulbert says the theme for the event is “Strong and Courageous: Never Give Up.” She says Tina is a mother, motivational speaker, missionary, realtor and artist who will speak about how God has brought her through various struggles in her life.
Hulbert says she met Tina in Branson last summer and she’s traveling 700 miles up to Litchfield this weekend just to speak at the Christian Church. She says if you did not register for Saturday’s event, come any way and enjoy Tina’s message and some food.
Tina Richards says she loves to speak and travel. She says she like to encourage women with a message that they can overcome – no matter what they’re going through.
Richards says she and her husband have been missionaries to the Philippines and they will be heading to Kenya in September for more mission work. She says she has a Facebook broadcast called “Be Encouraged.”
The Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee met on Tuesday evening. The group is getting ready to select delegates to travel to Hartford, Alabama in November for the annual sister-city exchange trip.
Student applications need to be turned in to FFA Advisor Rob Cole at Litchfield High School by April 4th. Student applicants will be interviewed on April 14th and those selected will need to help with the Committee’s summer fundraising activities.
Adults who have an interest in chaperoning the students should get an application from Terri Anderson. The adults who are selected are required to pay $200 each for their portion of the airfare to and from Alabama. Meeker County Dairy Princess Claudia Frenchick is also planning to be part of the trip this year which will be from November 7th through the 14th.
The Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee will be helping during the Center Bank Brat Feed on July 9th during the Litchfield Watercade celebration and will cover some of the shifts at the Moo Booth during the Meeker County Fair. Committee members may also be helping with the annual meeting dinner on May 20th at Meeker Energy.
The next Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee meeting will be on Tuesday, April 14th, at 7 p.m. in the Litchfield High School Ag room. This is a week earlier than the normal 3rd Tuesday meeting due to a conflict with the FFA State Convention. The annual meeting will follow that same evening – April 14th – immediately after the regular meeting. Everyone is welcome.
Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s deputies located a vehicle near 1st Street and Willmar Avenue on Tuesday night at 8:52 that had been reported stolen earlier in the City of Willmar. As the vehicle turned into the Cash Wise parking lot, deputies initiated a traffic stop.
The vehicle pulled over, but then the driver and 3 passengers refused to exit the vehicle despite commands from deputies. The driver then accelerated through the parking lot in an attempt to elude officers. Deputies pursued the vehicle which turned on to 5th Street Southeast and continued southbound at a high rate of speed. During the pursuit, the vehicle briefly stopped near Lakeland Drive and Becker Avenue at which time the three passengers exited and fled on foot. Officers were able to locate and apprehend all three individuals who were arrested and transported to the Kandiyohi County Jail.
The driver continued to flee for several more miles until a sheriff’s deputy successfully executed a PIT maneuver, safely disabling the vehicle. The driver was taken into custody without further incident. The driver was taken to the Kandiyohi County Jail and is being held on several charges including felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property, driving after revocation, reckless driving and fifth degree drug possession. Willmar Police assisted the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office.
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.
