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Oct 27, 2009

Archived: Man Faces Multiple Charges after Police Chase

A 48-year-old St. Cloud man was arrested after leading police on a mile-long chase Monday night. Just before 7:00 pm, St. Cloud Police responded to a driving complaint near 13th Street and 11th Avenue. Police say the suspect driver, Daniel Gedker, didn’t stop when officers tried to pull him over. Police say Gedker kept driving […]

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Oct 27, 2009

Archived: St. Cloud Police Target Seat Belt Violators

The St. Cloud Police Department issued more than 250 seat belt citations over a two-week period. From October 9th thru the 22nd, officers participated in a statewide "Click It or Ticket” enforcement effort to increase seatbelt and child restraint use among Minnesota drivers. In all, St. Cloud Police issued 247 seat belt citations and five […]

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Oct 27, 2009

Archived: Cattle Removed from “Deplorable Conditions”

Stearns County officials capped a seven-month investigation Monday and seized a herd of dairy cattle from a farmer in Getty Township, east of Sauk Centre. Sheriff’s Deputies and the Animal Humane Society of Minneapolis used a search warrant at the farm of 69-year-old Richard Yarke. The county says 47 dairy cattle were malnourished, dehydrated, and […]

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Oct 26, 2009

Archived: New Bridge to Open Thursday

After 18 months without a bridge crossing the Mississippi River on one of St. Cloud’s main roads, the new Granite City Crossing is set to open to traffic on Thursday at 10:00 am. Mayor Dave Kleis made the announcement Monday morning at a dedication ceremony for the nearly completed bridge. People attending the ceremony were […]

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Oct 26, 2009

Archived: Man Rolls Tractor Near Holdingford

A 78-year-old Holdingford man is injured after rolling his tractor into a ditch. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says it happened just after 10:00 am Saturday, near River Street and 165th Avenue. Officials say Clarence Namyst of Holdingford was driving his tractor when he reached for a piece of paper, drove off the street and […]

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Oct 26, 2009

Archived: St. Cloud Man Arrested for Allegedly Attacking Girlfriend

A 27-year-old St. Cloud man has been arrested for allegedly violating a no-contact order and attacking his girlfriend. St. Cloud Police were called to the 10 block of Rivercrest Drive at about 3:30 Monday morning. The 25-year-old victim says Jacob Williams punched, scratched, and choked her several times. Her injuries are not life-threatening. Williams is […]

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Oct 26, 2009

Archived: SCSU Celebrates Dia de Los Muertos

The campus celebration of Dia de Los Muertos begins Tuesday and will be hosted by M.E.Ch.A and Multicultural Student Services. Festivities begin at 2:00 pm in the Atwood Theatre Lounge. Dia de Los Muertos is a traditional Aztec ceremony honoring the dead, and is practiced and celebrated in Mexico and many parts of the United States. […]

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Oct 24, 2009

Archived: Little Falls Man Stabbed

A Little Falls was man taken to the St. Cloud Hospital after he was stabbed in the arm by unknown assailants. Police were called the hospital at 3:30a-m Saturday, where the 22 year old man told them he had been assaulted in the 700 block of 9th Avenue south. The victim says three unknown men […]

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Oct 24, 2009

Archived: Head On Collision 1st St North

St. Cloud police witnessed a head-on collision on 1st Street North Friday night. In their report, a squad in the 600 block of 1st Street North reported the crash at 8:55p.m.   25 year old David Allen Robb of St. Cloud was traveling west when he apparently lost control of his vehicle striking a  pick-up truck. […]

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Oct 23, 2009

Archived: Metro Bus Hikes Rates

The St. Cloud Metro Bus Board of Commissioners voted this week to increase bus fares by 10 cents, to $1 per trip, starting November 1st. Then in July of next year, a second wave of increased fares will take place. That’s when 31 day bus passes will increase from $39 to $43. A public hearing was […]

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