Category: Area News
Stearns County receives MDA grant to combat harmful weeds
By Zac Chapman / Assistant News Director Stearns County is receiving $5,000 from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) to help manage noxious weeds. The MDA defines noxious weeds are plants that could cause harm to human or animal health, the environment, public roads, crops, livestock or other property. Currently, there are 57 plants defined […]
Central Minn. students will present at History Day March 23 at SCSU
By Grace Jacobson / News Director ST. CLOUD, Minn. — More than 175 students from schools across central Minn. will present their History Day exhibits, documentaries, websites and performances at St. Cloud State University this weekend. Sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society, National History Day in Minn. is a co-curricular historical research program that builds college readiness […]
CSAH 35 construction begins March 25
By Grace Jacobson / News Director ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE, Minn. — County State Aid Highway 35 in St. Michael-Albertville will close to through traffic next Monday, March 25, when construction begins. This closure is from 30th Street Northeast to the CSAH 35 split of St. Michael Parkway and Central Avenue West. Contractors say CSAH 35 will […]
I-94 crash kills elderly man near Hasty over the weekend
By Grace Jacobson / News Director SILVER CREEK TWP., Minn. — Friends and family are mourning the loss of the man killed in an early morning crash in Wright County over the weekend. It happened around 5:30 a.m. Saturday near the Hasty exit of Interstate 94. The Minnesota State Patrol says a semi and pickup […]
Stearns County Sheriff’s Office announce new program to help inmates create a law-abiding future
By Grace Jacobson / News Director ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Steve Soyka announced Friday that they’ll be starting a new jail program from the National Sheriffs’ Association. The program called I.G.N.I.T.E. (Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education) is a nation-wide jail initiative that prepares inmates for release […]
U of M Extension offering maple syrup workshop in Wright County
By Grace Jacobson / News Director WAVERLY, Minn. — If you missed the maple syrup workshop in St. Joseph earlier this month, there’s another one next month in Wright County. The University of Minnesota Extension will offer a workshop in Waverly on Saturday, April 13. Whether you want to get started or fine-tune your syruping […]
Spring burning restrictions begin Monday in Minn.
By Grace Jacobson / News Director ST. PAUL, Minn. — Due to the increased wildfire risk across most of the state from this year’s warm and dry conditions, the Minnesota DNR will restrict the open burning of vegetative debris for over three dozen counties starting Monday. Around the Granite City, this restriction applies to Benton, […]
Spring load restrictions lift Monday for Wright, Sherburne County
By Grace Jacobson / News Director ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Transportation will end spring load restrictions next week in the Metro frost zone. This includes Wright and Sherburne County. Spring load restriction in this zone will end at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, March 18. MnDOT says end dates for spring load […]
NWS offers two more certified spotter trainings in Stearns County
By Grace Jacobson / News Director WAITE PARK, Minn. — Along with the training at St. Cloud State University later this month, the National Weather Service is offering two more opportunities in Stearns County for people to become certified spotters. The National Weather Service will hold two Skywarn Trainings on Wednesday, April 3, at the […]
DNR announces $35 million Get Out MORE investments to modernize boat access across the state
By Grace Jacobson / News Director ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesotans will see major improvements at more than 40 public water access sites across the state. It’s part of the once-in-a-generation Get Out MORE (Modernize Outdoor Recreation Experiences) investments. The $35 million investment will go toward modernizing boating access across the Land of 10,000 Lakes. […]