Lifelong St. Cloud resident Bruce Hentges has filed as a Democratic candidate to replace Tarryl Clark in Minnesota Senate District 15. Clark is stepping down from her seat as she attempts to unseat Republican Representative Michele Bachmann in the election for Minnesota’s 6th District. Hentges, a St. Cloud School Board member, grew up in Clear […]

Three people are injured after a two car crash in rural Stearns County. It happened at 7:30 Wednesday morning in the Brockway Township, just east of St. Stephen. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Department says 19-year-old Paul Plombon of Rice made a left turn onto County Road 5, into the path of an oncoming car, causing […]

Stearns County is recognizing people who deliver lifesaving care this week. This year’s theme for National Emergency Medical Services, or "EMS" Week, is “Anytime, Anywhere, We’ll Be There.” EMS is a system of care for victims of sudden illness or injury. Stearns County has 53 EMS agencies, which consist of fire departments, first responder units, […]

Downtown St. Cloud drivers can expect possible traffic delays near Lake George over the next ten days. Crews from the state Department of Transportation will be cleaning and painting the Lake George Bridge on Division Street from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm beginning Wednesday. The work is expected to be completed by May 28th.

A man who says he was sexually abused by an instructor at St. John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville is filing a Ramsey County lawsuit against the school, the religious order of monks that runs it, and his alleged abuser. The plaintiff is represented by Jeff Anderson, the St. Paul attorney who has pursued hundreds of […]

Former St. Cloud State Student Government Association president Michael Jamnick is running for the Ward 2 seat in St. Cloud’s city council.  Jamnick has lived for five years in St. Cloud and considers the city his home. Jamnick says he really enjoys the town and the people he has met and worked with. He said […]

Democratic State Representative and St. Cloud resident Larry Haws will not seek re-election this fall for a seat he’s held for five years. The former Stearns County commissioner and St. Cloud city parks director made the announcement on the House floor late Sunday night.  "I have served the St. Cloud community for 48 years as a […]

The Regional Human Rights Partnership will hold its first meeting this week. The partnership was formed in response to public outcry after a Waite Park man posted anti-Muslim cartoons in various places around St. Cloud last December. The cities of St. Cloud and St. Joseph will participate in the regional partnership. Other central Minnesota cities […]

A repeat offender is in the Stearns County Jail and is facing new felony driving under the influence charges. The arrest of 25 year old Jami Tjernagel stems from a stop by a Stearns County sheriff’s deputy Saturday afternoon. His car was pulled over on McKinley Place South after the deputy noticed his vehicle registration […]

Sauk Rapids police are describing the death of a 29-year-old man as unusual.  Garret Michael Reem was found dead just before 8 p.m. on Friday night, but the details were just disclosed Monday.  Reem was found sitting in his vehicle at 975 Summit Avenue North in Sauk Rapids. His cause of death is unknown at […]