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Law enforcement officers do much more than arrest bad guys. That is only a piece of the public safety puzzle that comes with putting on that uniform every day. When disaster strikes, it is often those in law enforcement who are the first on scene and — in conjunction with other emergency responders such as firefighters and EMTs — work to ensure those impacted can get to safety, or receive any necessary medical attention. ...

To the editor: We need to work really hard to keep historic buildings standing in Little Falls. Hurrle Hall is in danger at the present time as the number of Franciscan Sisters is declining and they don't think that they need Hurrle Hall so want to demolish it.  Two buyers have come forth who are...

A small town in Minnesota got hit with severe thunderstorms and rain as flooding completely hammered the town. The flooding happened in the small town of Randall, Minnesota. The town has a population of about 600 and a slogan that says "Little city with a big heart". The last time a flood happened in this town was back in 1972. Residents reported that the small town received over 13 inches of rain in a single day back then, however official precipitation data does not exist for it.

Newsweek's 'World's Best Hospitals' report is out for 2022, and Mayo Clinic in Rochester was named 'Best Hospital in the World' for 2022, which obviously makes it #1 in America, and #1 in Minnesota. Saint Cloud Hospital came in behind only Mayo Clinic in Rochester on the list of the...

FORT MADISON — A man sent to prison for his involvement in a 1969 crime spree in northern Iowa has died in the Iowa State Penitentiary. According to Iowa court records, Elvin Gilroy was one of four men who broke out of a jail in St. Cloud, Minnesota in June of 1969. They stole a county car, ditched that vehicle and stole another car. They made their way south and robbed a grocery store in Spirit Lake, a filling station in Emmetsburg and the Fareway Store in Algona. Melvin Bay, the store manager in Algona, was shot during the robbery. He died ten days later.

An accident involving a garbage truck and a train bridge resulted in a series of events that damaged vehicles and closed down part of Highway 23, or Division Street, in St. Cloud Thursday afternoon. The accident happened around 1:25 p.m. on Eastbound Highway 23 just east of Wilson Avenue. St....

By Monday afternoon, the floodwaters in Randall had dropped considerably from where they were Friday, June 24. That morning, after the city and surrounding area received between 8 - 12 inches of rain in a matter of only a few hours, flash flooding caused major damage. About 30 homes had to be evacuated due to unsafe water levels. Those same residences and at least one business sustained heavy damage. “Things...

In the family I grew up in, we almost never talked about anything political. I have a very vague recollection of seeing John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debating on television when I was five, almost six, years old. I also recall watching television with my dad in 1967 and seeing news about Muhammad Ali refusing to fight in Vietnam. ...

ST. CLOUD -- The Bernick Family Foundation is accepting grant applications. The Bernick Family Foundation will award grants from $5,000 to $40,000 to organizations that support youth, either by building career skills or supporting activities that address active lifestyles and well-being. Applicants must be 501(c) (3) nonprofits, schools, or government...

Answers provided by Dr. Mitchell Gossman, M.D., ophthalmologist at Eye Associates of Central Minnesota, St. Cloud. What are floaters? Are they anything to be worried about?. Floaters are shadows, spots, and strings that you might see from one or both eyes. It is often best seen by you against a uniformly colored background such as a painted wall or blue sky. It is caused by a degeneration in the “vitreous body” of the eye. The eye is much like a camera because it has the cornea and lens in the front of the eye that collect and focus light. This image is projected onto the retina in the back of the eye which is much like the film or sensor of a camera that detects the image and delivers it to either your computer or, in the case of your eye, to your brain. In a camera, there’s nothing but air between its lens and the film/sensor.

COLD SPRING − Starting pitcher Jake Brinker was perfectly fine sitting in the Cold Spring Rockies dugout for a longer period of time as the Rockies put some runs on the board early in the game. As he stepped onto the mound in the top of the second, he...

Junior forward Cady Compton is part of a big family on the Ankeny Centennial girls’ soccer team. She found a similar vibe with the St. Cloud State women’s program. That’s why Compton has verbally committed to play soccer for the Huskies, beginning in the fall of 2023.