Local Interest

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation, in partnership with the city of St. Cloud and Benton County, is excited to announce that construction will begin on a two-year, $43.7 million, interchange project on Highway 10 and Highway 23 in east St. Cloud on Monday, April 17. Crews will reconstruct bridges, road surfaces and accesses at the interchange; … [Read more...] about Highway 10 and 23 interchange construction begins April 17 in St. Cloud

***Statewide Tornado Drills on Thursday, April 20th*** The Morrison County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management wants to remind everyone that Severe Weather Awareness Week is April 17-21. On Thursday, April 20th, we will be participating in the Statewide Tornado Drills with sirens being activated at 1:45PM and 6:45PM. Outdoor warning sirens will sound in a simulated tornado … [Read more...] about Minnesota Severe Weather Awareness Week April 17-21, 2023

On April 8, 2023, at approximately 5:21 p.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a report of a capsized kayaker on the Sauk River between Highway 15 and Heim’s Mill. The overturned kayaker, who was helped out of the water by a passerby, was reporting that he couldn’t locate his son who had been with him in a separate kayak. The Stearns County … [Read more...] about Sauk River Water Rescue

On April 7, 2023, at approximately 11:48 p.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a single-vehicle crash in the 31200 block of Birch Valley Road in Millwood Township. This location is approximately ten miles northeast of the city of Melrose, on the south side of Big Birch Lake. Upon arrival deputies located a 2001 Buick Park … [Read more...] about Single-Vehicle Crash

On April 6, 2023, at approximately 2:11 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center received the report of a building fire. Stearns County Deputies, Upsala Fire Department, Freeport Fire Department, Holdingford Fire Department, and a MN DNR Conservation Officer responded to the scene located at 43985 248th Avenue in Krain Township. Upon arrival … [Read more...] about Arson