The Veterans Affairs office is making it easier for veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War to receive more benefits. Vets who served during the war and who have a “presumed” illness will no longer have to prove a connection between their disease and military service. These presumed illnesses include B Cell leukimia’s, […]

St. Cloud State University is hosting a four day history conference called Northern Great Plains History Conference. The conference started Wednesday and will last thru Saturday at the Best Western Kelly Inn located in St. Cloud. SCSU faculty from multiple departments will be presenting papers, chairing sessions and providing commentary. Awards will be given out to university […]

Wondering what that giant exhibit is on the second floor of the Miller Center Library? It’s a 1,000 square foot Lewis & Clark traveling exhibit, and St. Cloud State is one of 23 libraries in the nation chosen to display it. The exhibit, titled “Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country,” depicts Indian Country before […]

St. Cloud folks with city issues and concerns, or those who just want to meet the mayor have a chance to do so over the lunch hour Friday, October 16. Mayor Dave Kleis will hold his next town hall meeting at noon in the Great Hall of the Whitney Senior Center.

Workers are digging up earth and laying the groundwork for the $100 million 5th Avenue Live project. The St. Cloud State University welcome center and 455-student housing complex located at the former Coborn’s grocery store is expected to be complete next August.   The two, four-story buildings will have student apartments on the upper floors, […]

A 30 year old St. Cloud woman was arrested after she allegedly assaulted her 68-year old boyfriend with a telephone Tuesday night.  St. Cloud police were called to the 600 block of 12th Avenue North shortly after 6p.m. where the victim told the officers he had been hit in the head with a phone. He […]

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is switching signal light operations at an intersection on Highway 15 in Sartell. The intersection with County road 120 will change to a three-way stop while the work is being done on the signals. The work will start at 7:00 p.m. Thursday and continue overnight until 6:00 a.m. on Friday.  […]

A head on collision left two men with minor injuries Wednesday morning at about 6:30a.m. A vehicle driven by 40-year-old Kevin Janssen of Cold Spring was traveling north on County Road 2 when it crossed over the center line and struck an oncoming car. The oncoming car was driven by 31-year-old Royce Teague of Royalton. […]

Saint Cloud police were able to catch a burglar who broke into an area home Monday night. It happened just before 11:00 in the 10 block of 29th Avenue North. Police first got a call about a burglary in progress. When they got to the home, the 17-year-old suspect was on a bike and tried […]

A burglary in Benton County has police on the watch for a suspect who stole $350 and a credit card from an apartment. According to Police, the incident occurred Tuesday between 2:30 and 3:30 PM in the 1500 block of St. Germain Street East. The victim, a 19-year-old St. Cloud man, was asleep in his […]