A driver in Benton County has perished in a vehicle fire that occurred after a collision with a garbage truck. The accident occurred just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the junction of County Roads 5 and 7. Immediately after the collision, the second vehicle, a full-size van, caught fire. The responding Benton County Sherriff’s Deputy and […]

Thirty year old Carrie Lynn Hildebrant of St. Cloud died in a head-on car crash Monday afternoon.  Police were called shortly after 4:30 p.m. to the 2800 block of County Road 136. Officers investigating the crash learned that a vehicle driven by 50 year old Andy Leroy Elwood of St. Cloud was driving southbound on […]

A St. Cloud woman is in jail after allegedly cutting her fiancé with a knife. Twenty-nine year old Roberta Jean Bratsch was arrested Sunday at about 1:15 a.m. after police say she attacked her forty-three year old fiancé, with a knife, cutting him across the hand. Police say during the assault she “inflicted serious wounds” […]

A St. Cloud man was arrested Sunday for pointing a gun at a thirty-four year old St. Cloud man out of road rage. It happened just before six o’clock p.m. at the intersection of Waite Avenue South and second street south. Police say the suspect, twenty-five year old Jonathan Eli Ortizdones, left the area but […]

A 33-year-old Sauk Rapids man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a man at bar close Sunday morning. It happened just after 2:00 am at the Benton Station Bar on Benton Drive in Sauk Rapids. The Sauk Rapids Police Department says a fight broke out involving several people. That’s when, police say, Luke Matthew Pitzen stabbed […]

A twelve-year-old Long Prairie girl died Sunday in a single-car accident in Millwood Township, according to Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner. The accident happened on County Road 35 in Millwood Township at approximately 10 am yesterday. According to Sheriff Sanner, thirty-four-year-old Long Prairie resident Frank Luna lost control of his pickup truck on an icy stretch […]

CentraCare in St. Cloud opened a new wound center November 8th, a new outpatient service specializing in treatment of chronic non-healing wounds. CentraCare has planned an open house on Monday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Directed by Medical Director Denise Buruse and five other specialized local Physicians, the wound center will offer treatment plans individually […]

An award-winning novelist will share insights about the ups and downs of writing. SCSU English Professor Bill Meissner will host an informal workshop Monday about the process of writing a novel. Meissner is the author of six books, including “Spirits in the Grass,” which won the 2008 Midwest Book Award from the Midwest Independent Bookseller’s […]

The St. Cloud Metro Bus has announced its holiday hours. Metro Bus fixed route and Dial-a-Ride will be closed November 25th, December 25th, and January 1st. Metro Bus service will be ending early on Christmas Eve, as well. The Metro Bus will also will also operate on a holiday detour schedule mid days and weekends […]

Students at St. Cloud State support the long-term feasibility of Husky sports. In this week’s fall student election, students said “yes” to both referendum questions, supporting an athletic fee increase that will sustain athletics at St. Cloud State for the next decade. As a result of this vote, the student athletic fee at St. Cloud […]