St. Cloud Police were dispatched to BP Gas Station in the 1500 block of Northway Drive on Saturday for a report of a robbery. The robbery happened just before midnight and the robbers fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of money and goods.  Officers and the Benton County Sheriff K-9 Unit arrived checked the […]

St. Cloud Police are seeking leads on a burglary report. Police responded to a call on the 7200 block of Old Highway 52 at around 8:30 Saturday morning. An investigation revealed an unknown suspect entered a business sometime between 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday and stole several electronic items and an undisclosed amount of […]

Due to the Waite Park Family Fun Fest Grand Day Parade on Saturday, June 11th there will be road closures throughout the city. The parade begins at 2:00 p.m. but set-up and other events will call for roads to be closed from late morning through the evening. Click here for complete details.

Tuesday’s plus-100 degree temperatures made it the warmest day in several years in St. Cloud according to the St. Cloud State Weather Summary. At 3:00 p.m Tuesday, the temperature hit 100 degrees at the St. Cloud Regional Airport, breaking the old record for June 7th which was 96-degrees in 2006.  The last time St. Cloud […]

The Paynesville Fire and Police Departments were called to the scene of a fire at 31235 Highway 55 Tuesday night. A shed fire was noticed by a Stearns County Deputy who was on patrol and he notified the fire department.  The shed housed a tractor, motorcycle and miscellaneous tools, all of which were undamaged. The […]

Police were called Tuesday afternoon to the 900 block of 9th Avenue South to a report of an intoxicated man with a weapon. Police say 51 year old Paul Forcia, from St. Cloud, threatened physical harm by swinging a tree trimming blade at another male and had also threatened to kill a 20 year old […]

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, or MnSCU system will send layoff notices to 6,000 employees Friday if it can’t work out a deal to get access to its money in a state government shutdown.  St. Cloud State University’s assistant director of Human Resources Mary Bongers says that notice, if necessary, will be sent to […]

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is holding a public meeting at the Rice City Hall Council Chambers next Monday, June 13. The meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. and runs until 7:30 p.m. MnDot personnel will be presenting the layout for an interchange of the Highway 10 and Benton County Road 2 intersection and answering individual questions. […]

Two former monks at St. John’s Abbey say the monastery fosters a culture of sexual secrecy that comes from the top. Patrick Wall and Richard Sipe joined St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson on Tuesday to announce a lawsuit alleging a former abbot at St. John’s, Timothy Kelly, abused an altar boy when he was a […]

Crews continue the cleanup Tuesday of a train derailment in Paynesville. Eight cars of an 85-car Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed Monday afternoon. Two of the cars ended-up in the North Fork Crow River. Railroad spokesman Mike Lovecchio says crews worked through the night to remove the rail cars. He says the railroad expects to […]