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July 17, 2024

St. Cloud Murder Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

(Learfield News/St. Cloud, MN) — A man who pleaded guilty for his role in the 2022 St. Cloud fatal shooting of 39-year-old Michael Batsche has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Fifty-five-year-old Paul Coleman pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree murder in March. His co-defendant, 44-year-old Alphonso Cotto, was sentenced to over 22 […]

July 16, 2024

Stearns Co Death Investigation

Stearns County authorities are investigating the death of a man they say jumped from Veterans Bridge in St. Cloud Friday whose body was later found in 14 feet of water. At about noon, authorities responded and a St. Cloud Police Officer confirmed someone was floating south on the surface of the water before losing sight […]

July 15, 2024

Granite Falls Man Pleads Guilty to Criminal Sexual Assault

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — A man from Granite Falls has agreed to plead guilty to charges of second-degree criminal sexual conduct after prosecutors say he held his girlfriend captive for four days in her dorm room at Saint Catherine University in Saint Paul, raping, beating, and waterboarding the victim before she escaped. The Star […]

July 14, 2024

Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump

(ABC News/Butler, PA) Former President Donald Trump says he was shot in the ear after a gunman perched on the roof of a nearby building opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday — a harrowing incident that the FBI called an assassination attempt. The shooting, which set the country on edge on […]

July 12, 2024

ALL HIGHWAYS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BE OPEN AFTER TODAY (FRIDAY)

MnDOT says Highway 93 between Le Sueur and Highway 169 is scheduled to open at 4 pm today (Friday). MnDOT expected it to be open by 4 today (Friday) with a five-ton weight restriction for about two weeks. Repairs to highways, bridges and culverts along with debris clearing operations are expected to continue this summer […]

July 12, 2024

Eden Lake Township Fire

Fire destroyed a building in Eden Lake Township, north of Eden Valley early Wednesday morning. At about 3am, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from the homeowner at 16218 County Road 9 saying they woke up to loud popping noises outside their house and they saw flames and black smoke coming from […]

July 12, 2024

Investigation Concludes in 1980 Stearns Co Newborn Death

The investigation into the death of a newborn baby girl found alongside a road in St. Augusta in Stearns County has concluded. On April 3rd 1980, a deceased infant, identified as Baby Jane Doe, was located about five feet from the roadway. In 2020, the Sheriff’s Office and BCA examined evidence collected during the original […]

July 11, 2024

Tom Furth

Tom Furth with Bavarian Blast talked about the festival starting with country artist Chayce Beckham Wednesday and then the four-day blast starting Thursday, July 18 – 21. Tom talked about all the food, more than ever, five bands a day plus the wide variety at night.

July 11, 2024

Name Released of Stearns Co Drowning Victim

Authorities have released the name of the teen that drowned in Waite Park Tuesday afternoon. He’s identified as 17-year-old Emmanuel Seward, Jr., of Brooklyn Center. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office has determined the cause of death to be accidental drowning. Authorities in Stearns County received a 911 call about a possible drowning at Quarry 11 […]

July 11, 2024

Candy Store in Jordan No Longer Relocating

(Jordan, MN) — Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store on Highway 169 in Jordan will not be moving after all. Owner Robert Wagner had planned to relocate nearby but scrapped the move due to the condition of the soil at the proposed site. An interchange construction project on Highway 169 is expected to close off access to […]