Local Interest

Absentee voting for the General Election continues through Monday, November 4th. Walk-in absentee locations are the Lake George Municipal Complex at 1101 7th Street S in St Cloud and the Stearns County Service Center at 3301 Co Rd 138 in Waite Park. Both locations are open 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. daily. Additional locations will have direct voting 7 days … [Read more...] about Absentee Voting: Additional Locations and Hours

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for 85 counties in Minnesota due to extreme fire danger for Thursday, October 17. Effective 8:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. for northwest Minnesota. Affected counties include Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake Of The Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, … [Read more...] about Red Flag Warning Issued for Extreme Fire Risk

On July 29, 2024, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a missing person complaint regarding Sherrice Shantanya Williams, age 46, missing from an address in the city of St. Augusta, Stearns County. It was reported that Williams walked away on her own. Williams has an active Ramsey County arrest warrant. Attempts have been made to locate her, but she has not been located. … [Read more...] about Missing Person

On September 27, 2024, at approximately 5:40 PM, the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a report of a crash with injuries just east of the intersection of County Road 65 and 325th Avenue, in Melrose Township. This location is less than a quarter of a mile from the city of Melrose. The initial report was that there had been a two-vehicle crash and there was … [Read more...] about Crash with Injuries: Melrose Township

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 9-29-2024 at approximately 10:20 pm, their office was involved in a motor vehicle pursuit that started on Highway 115 near the Camp Ripley Main Gate and ended in the city of Little Falls, MN. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a Morrison County deputy attempted to stop a vehicle traveling east on Highway 115 with expired … [Read more...] about Morrison County Motor Vehicle Pursuit: Sept. 29, 2024