Category: Area News
Race Unity Day to Take Place Saturday
By Alexander Fern / News Director The Race Unity Day Summer Kickoff will occur in St. Cloud on Saturday. The event takes place from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. on June 3rd at 1114 9th Avenue SE in St. Cloud and is free to the public. Food will be provided as well as other activities […]
Sartell Adopts Watering Restrictions
Grace Jacobson / News Director Make sure to water on the correct day in Sartell. The City of Sartell adopted an odd/even water conservation plan for the 2023 season. The City says the conservation plan comes from an increase in water usage affecting the overall water availability citywide. The odd/even conservation plans means odd-numbered houses […]
Formerly Incarcerated Minnesotans Can Now Vote
Grace Jacobson / News Director All Minnesotans who are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction are now eligible and able to register to vote. The law restoring voting rights to Minnesotans who left prison took effect Thursday. The newly effective law marks the largest expansion of voting rights since Minn. lowered the voting age […]
Stearns County Looking for Missing Kayaker
Grace Jacobson / News Director Stearns County Sheriffs are looking for a missing kayaker. Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, Stearns County got a call about an overturned kayak on the Mississippi River. Officers responded to the Mississippi River area near the St. Cloud Hospital. They conducted several inspections of the area, but did not find the […]
ATV Riders Can Explore Minn. Trails for Free
Grace Jacobson / News Director Riders with an ATV registered for private or agricultural use won’t need to pay the registration fee to ride the state’s public ATV trails June 10-11. This is the 10th year that Minn. is providing ATV riders with free access to more than 3,000 miles of state forest and grant-in-aid […]
State Legislature Awards Great River Children’s Museum $7 Million in Cash Bonding
Grace Jacobson / News Director A children’s museum is coming to St. Cloud next year. On May 22, the State Legislature voted to approve an all cash bonding bill for a $7 million award to Great River Children’s Museum. The funding will allow the museum to begin construction and set a target grand opening date […]
Level Three Offender Being Released to Public
Grace Jacobson / News Director The Stearns County Sheriff’s Department and the Minnesota Department of Corrections will be hosting a public notification meeting regarding the release of a registered predatory offender. The level three predatory offender is being released to Munson Township near Richmond. The Minnesota Department of Corrections says the offender has a history […]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Stops in Minn.
Grace Jacobson / News Director The traveling replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial made its first of two stops in Minn. over the weekend. The free exhibit, which is in its 28th year, stopped in Mendota Heights for Memorial Weekend. The memorial, called “The Wall That Heals,” includes a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans […]
Fort Snelling Reopens for Memorial Weekend
Grace Jacobson / News Director Fort Snelling State Park reopened to the public on Saturday. The DNR closed the park again on May 17 due to flooding. The visitor center, park office, parking lots, Snelling Lake trail, swimming beach and its picnic area are available again to the public. Some other areas will remain closed. […]
Highway 10 Crash Hospitalizes Two-Year-Old
Grace Jacobson / News Director A Highway 10 car crash hospitalized three people Friday, including a two-year-old child. The crash happened around 3 p.m. Friday. Benton County Sheriffs say a car tried to cross the southbound lanes of Highway 10 when it collided with an eastbound pickup. Officers brought the people in the car, 21-year-old […]