By Grace Jacobson / News Director A federal judge approved an agreement between conservation groups and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday that puts the agency on a prompt schedule to consider and designate critical habitat for highly endangered rusty patched bumblebees. The bee became an endangered species in 2017, in part due to […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director Stearns County will be hosting an open house at the end of Feb. to present their proposed changes involving two major highways. During the summer of 2026, the County plans to reconstruct the intersection of County State Aid Highway 32 and Trunk Highway 4. The County will present reconstruction […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director To ensure the integrity of this year’s elections, Wright County will be conducting a public accuracy test next week. It will happen at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the Wright County Government Center in Buffalo and will test the County’s absentee voting equipment for the March 5 Presidential […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director To maximize the life span of county highways and roads every year, Wright County places spring load restrictions on numerous roads within the 512-mile highway system. Given the warm weather, the Wright County Highway Department is giving a head’s up that the restrictions may come sooner–as soon as in […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director The unusually warm winter might leave more than a mark on the record books. It could hasten invasive oak wilt infection risk. The non-native fungal disease is spread when sap-feeding beetles become active in warm weather and carry oak wilt spores from one tree to the next. These beetles […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney Gen. Keith Ellison announced on Tuesday that he reached a settlement with an insulin manufacturer for the next five years. The settlement with Eli Lilly will provide insulin products for $35 a month to all Minnesotans with or without insurance. Eli Lilly will also […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director ST. CLOUD, Minn. — St. Cloud Area School District 742 and the St. Cloud Education Association (SCEA) announced on Tuesday that they’ve reached a tentative two-year agreement for the 2023-2025 teacher contract. According to the press release from St. Cloud Area School District, the teacher salary schedule will increase […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director Experts say fuel made from crops can reduce carbon emissions by more than 60-percent compared to petroleum jet fuel or diesel. To support research into seed-based oil production, Cargill awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant to the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota. Forever Green is an […]

BUFFALO, Minn. — 2024 marks the third year since the tragedy at the Allina Crossroads Clinic in Buffalo. All this week, the Buffalo community is coming together to remember the mass shooting that killed one and injured four others on Feb. 9, 2021. As part of Buffalo Strong Week, the Wright County Justice Center will […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director ROSEVILLE TWP., Minn. — A two-car crash just outside of Stearns County hurt four people over the weekend, one of them severely. It happened just before noon on Sunday in Roseville Twp. The Minnesota State Patrol says 34-year-old Brandy Peterson from Paynesville was heading north on Highway 4 when […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director Unseasonably warm weather, combined with a lack of snow cover, has created unsafe ice conditions on some bodies of water in Minn. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s are weakening the ice, with small ponds and drainage ditches melting the fastest. The Minnesota DNR wants to remind adults and […]

By Grace Jacobson / News Director LAKE GEORGE TWP., Minn. — A man is in the hospital after falling 15-feet off scaffolding in Stearns County. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call around 3:15 p.m. Thursday about a man that had fallen off scaffolding while working on the side of a building in […]