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Authorities responded to reports of three possible drownings Saturday from a boat launch on Marine on St. Croix to a pond at a park in Ham Lake to the quarry at Waite Park. About 4:30 p.m, a swimmer who was last seen 30 feet offshore from a boat ramp at William O’Brien State Park on Saturday afternoon appears to have drowned, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office’s Twitter account.

HAM LAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - A child was flown to a Twin Cities hospital on Saturday after being found in water at a park in Ham Lake, Minnesota. The Anoka County Sheriff's Office was called just after 7 p.m. for the report of a young child that was found unresponsive in a pond at Lions Park off 157th Avenue in the city.

The bummer summer of 2020 coupled with the extreme heat we've been dealing with this summer has put my family's search for summer fun into overdrive. If you're like us, you're probably currently looking for places to beat the heat, and I can't think of a better place to have fun than at Minnesota's largest outdoor waterpark!

HAM LAKE, Minn. — The Anoka County Sheriff's Office says a two-year-old was airlifted after a water emergency at Lions Park in the city of Ham Lake Saturday evening. Authorities say family and friends recovered the child, who was reportedly unresponsive in a pond within the park. First responders arrived...

ST. CLOUD — Four people have been charged after a woman was found dead along a south St. Cloud street last week. Angela Renee Jones, 33, of St. Cloud, was charged with one felony count of aiding and abetting second-degree firearm murder and one felony count of aiding and abetting kidnapping.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police in St. Cloud say they have taken a fourth person into custody in connection with a murder in the city that occurred on June 3. Around 10 p.m. Thursday, a 36-year-old woman from St. Cloud was taken into custody following a traffic stop in the area of Highway 10 and East St. Germain. She is currently in the Stearns County Jail facing a charge aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

ST. CLOUD — A St. Cloud woman is accused of strangling a man while he was sleeping, according to a Stearns County criminal complaint. Tanisha Renay Sullivan, 24, is charged with one felony count of domestic assault by strangulation and two misdemeanor counts of domestic assault. Sullivan made her first appearance in court Friday.

Every three months, St. Cloud State University economists King Banaian and Rich MacDonald analyze the latest Central Minnesota business and worker data as well as the results of an exclusive survey of local business leaders. The result is the St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report. It has been published four times per year since 1999.

AVON — A St. Cloud veteran accidentally stumbled upon the golden medallion Avon hides for its annual Spunktacular Days before the contest even began. Dan Becker said he was playing with his dog at Spunk Beach earlier this week when the dog's toy rolled under a safety railing. When Becker went to find the toy, he found the medallion hidden underneath the railing.

(KNSI) – A 12-year-old boy is dead after the ATV he was driving crashed near Monticello. The Wright County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched to the scene on private property along 120th Street Northeast in Monticello Township around 6:40 p.m. Thursday. Deputies and emergency medical personnel found the 12-year-old driver of the ATV and started life-saving efforts. He was taken to CentraCare Emergency in Monticello where he was pronounced dead.

St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd will mark the 150th anniversary of the church with a yearlong celebration of events, including speakers, workshops, concerts and special gatherings open to the entire community. The church celebrates its legacy of a continued commitment to the greater community throughout its history, officials said...

A youth mental health facility in East Bethel is closing a little more than a year after opening. Cambia Hills, a $26 million complex for children ages 6-17, announced this week it would run out of money and close at 3 p.m. Friday, June 11. “After many years of finding...