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(KNSI) – UPDATE 2: At 1:25 p.m. Thursday a garbage truck hit an overpass while traveling on Highway 23 in East Saint Cloud, setting off a chain reaction that closed the road entirely in one direction. The 58-year-old man operating the truck is from Milaca and the rear assembly...

ST. CLOUD -- St. Cloud police responded to a crash on Highway 23 Thursday afternoon. The incident happened just before 1:30 p.m. at the train bridge that crosses Highway 23, just east of Wilson Avenue. Authorities say a garbage truck had not lowered its rear assembly and struck the bridge...

CROSBY -- An Albany man was taken to the hospital after his vehicle struck items that fell off a trailer. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened just before noon Thursday on Highway 210 just outside of Crosby in Crow Wing Township. Troopers say a vehicle driven by 44-year-old...

A traffic accident occurred near Irondale Township in Crow Wing County today. According to Public Information Officer Lt. Gordon Shank’s report, Michael Kollars, 44, of Brainerd was hauling a trailer on Highway 210 westbound when items from the trailer became dislodged. Falling into the eastbound lane, the items went through the window of an oncoming GMC Envoy driven by 60-year-old Ross Peterson of Albany, Minnesota.

Variety is the name of the game if you have a large family, like a lot of people do from the Midwest. It can be so difficult to find something for everyone if you are trying to rally people together for a place to eat, and everyone can agree. You usually will have some people wanting one thing, others wanting another, people can't agree, it's like herding cats.

Eastbound traffic on Division Street/Minnesota Highway 23 between Wilson Avenue and Lincoln Avenue reopened after a garbage truck collided with the overhead train bridge that crosses the highway just east of Wilson Avenue, according to the St. Cloud Police Department. The collision was reported at 1:25 p.m. Thursday. The driver of the truck, a 58-year-old Milaca man, was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No other injuries were reported at the scene. ...

The St. Cloud Police Department is reporting a stolen vehicle on the 1400 block of 3rd Street North. The vehicle is a 2006 blue Chrysler Sebring with Minnesota license JBA 832. Alicia Mages from Tri-Count Crimestoppers joined me on WJON. Mages says St. Cloud Police is reporting a burglary of...

Street rods, hot rods, rat rods, muscle cars, classic cars, drag cars, stock cars, bring your ride down!

FOLEY -- Governor Tim Walz toured a dairy farm in Foley Thursday. Governor Walz, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, and other ag leaders were in Foley to highlight bipartisan agricultural accomplishments in the last legislative session. While in Foley, the governor signed the agriculture bill, which provides drought relief, broadband investments,...

Benton County authorities have identified the pilot of a drone involved in an unusual incident Monday at Little Rock Lake near Rice, Minn. — saying it was an “ill-conceived effort to obtain footage” to use on social media. Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck said five children and...

SARTELL -- A popular Sartell restaurant has announced it is closing temporarily due to staffing issues. The owners of Pacific Wok say they are confident this pause will allow them to find the correct staff resources to come back better than ever in the future. In the meantime, Pacific Wok...

This stately two-story home is nestled into an almost one-acre wooded lot in the Blackberry Ridge Estates neighborhood. A brick and stone exterior add to the classic curb appeal of this home while a front portico flanked with columns creates a statement. Just inside, the two-story foyer provides a glimpse...

With gas prices soaring, Minnesota motorists are searching for the cheapest fuel. According to GasBuddy.com, a website that provides gas prices through user-submitted data, as of June 30, the nation's average gas price for unleaded is $4.85. The price has risen nearly 24 cents in the last month. Within the last year, fuel price averages have increased by $1.72.

Six years is a long time for anyone or anything to be gone. A family in Milaca has been reunited with their sweet 19-year-old kitty after he went missing six years ago. The Tri-County Humane Society in St. Cloud shared this amazing story on their Facebook page on June 28th: