Category: Area News
Archived: Third Annual St. Cloud Pride
The third annual St. Cloud Pride Festival will kick off their Pride Celebration tonight in Barden Park. St. Cloud Pride will last until Sunday, September 23rd. The SCSU LGBT Resource Center is a proud collaborative partner with this community event and celebration. Listen to the audio story here.
Archived: The St. Cloud Area Job Fair Will Be On Tuesday
The sixteenth annual St. Cloud Area Job Fair will be held on Tuesday, September 25th at the River’s Edge Convention Center. The fair is a great way for employers and job seekers to meet at one location. Linda Yozamp, manager of the Minnesota Workforce Center, says that the fair continues to be a success each […]
Archived: I-94 Lane Closure Near Clearwater Starting On Monday
On Monday, September 24th a lane on I-94 between St. Cloud and the Twin Cities will be closed temporarily. This will cause delays for drivers traveling to and from the Twin Cities. I-94 will be reduced to a single lane between Highway 24 in Clearwater and County Road 75 in St. Cloud. The lane will […]
Archived: Fire Watch And Wind Advisory In Effect Today
The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch and a wind advisory for all of western and parts of central Minnesota. With highs today in the upper 60’s, and wind speeds of 15-30 MPH along with gusts of wind up to 40 MPH combined with a very dry ground making for easily spread […]
Archived: The Road Next To The National Hockey Center To Close Thursday
St. Cloud drivers who use 4th Avenue South from 12th to 13th street will experience delays in the area. The block of road next to National Hockey Center will be closed starting on Thursday for utility work.The block is expected to re-open Saturday. Detours will be posted. A map of the closing can be seen […]
Archived: Lilly Ledbetter Coming To SCSU In October
The SCSU Women’s Center invites you to attend an event that features Lilly Ledbetter. Lilly Ledbetter is the namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. The Fair Pay Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 29th, 2009. The Act was the first new law of his administration. Ledbetter […]
Archived: Strong Economic Growth Reported For Central Minnesota
A recent survey of 76 area businesses and employment statistics show that the economy has experienced a strong growth according to economics professors King Banaian and Rich MacDonald. According to the St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report, which was published this week, local employment grew 3.5 percent in the year ending July 2012 and local […]
Archived: St. Cloud Man Arrested After Leading Police On Car Chase
A 41-year-old St. Cloud man was arrested after leading the police on a car chase Friday night. The Stearns County Sherriff’s office and the St. Cloud Police were looking for Jason Alan Abel in connection to a violation of an order of a protection. Abel was found near the St. Augusta Fire Hall where he […]
Archived: UPDATE: Victim Identified In Mobile Home Fire
Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner has identified the victim in a mobile home fire early Monday morning. 47-year-old Scott Vogelpohl of Paynesville was found dead inside the home located at 19503 293rd Avenue in Paynesville Township. When Stearns County Sheriff’s Deputies and Paynesville Fire and Ambulance services arrived around 6 a.m. they found the mobile-home […]
Archived: St. Cloud Man Arrested After Police Receive Possible Child Abduction Call
A 49-year-old St. Cloud man was arrested late Friday night for domestic assault. St. Cloud Police were called to the 500 block of 9th Avenue North for a possible child abduction. Police found that Michael Liddell had allegedly assaulted a 34-year-old St. Cloud man. Liddell was arrested and taken to the Stearns County Jail on […]
