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Individuals with Milaca roots injured in Becker crash
Two people with roots and family in Milaca were involved in a crash in Becker Township on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The two-vehicle crash on Highway 25 injured the three people involved. At approximately 4:20 p.m., Amy Horrigan, age 51, from Oak Park, was traveling southbound on Highway 25 in a 2012 Subaru Outback. Also in the vehicle was Heather Kiehm, age 45, from Foley, according to the Minnesota State Patrol....
Minnesota American Legion Fall Conference in St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- The Minnesota American Legion is holding its annual Fall Conference in St. Cloud this week. The event on Friday and Saturday will be at the River's Edge Convention Center. Commander Carl Moon says one of the topics of discussion is recruiting more younger veterans. We...
Toward Zero Deaths Statewide Conference in St. Cloud This Week
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- Hundreds of professionals from across Minnesota and some border states are in St. Cloud this week to promote traffic safety. The Toward Zero Deaths Conference is bringing officials from law enforcement, health care, education, and engineering to the River's Edge Convention Center. TZD spokeswoman Kristine...
Highway 25 study seeks community feedback on transportation alternatives
MONTICELLO — The Highway 25 Area PEL study, conducted jointly by Wright and Sherburne Counties, is progressing toward the end of its second phase, with information on potential transportation improvements now ready to be presented to the community for feedback. This Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study is focused on identifying cost-effective transportation alternatives to enhance capacity, access, mobility and safety along the Highway 25 corridor between Interstate 94 and Highway 10 in Monticello and Big Lake. ...
Historically Speaking: Bertram Chain of Lakes named for sheriff
Our story here starts with the previously mentioned sheriff of Wright County, George Monilaws Bertram (1820-79). Bertram had first come to this state to scope out land to settle under an association that had been established in New York. He arrived here in 1852 and selected the site now known as Excelsior, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. The first true settler of the land was a man who Bertram...
High School football section preview and first round live score updates
SAINT CLOUD — The first round games in Minnesota high school football section tournaments are here. Around central Minnesota teams in the St. Cloud area are playing Tuesday night with their seasons on the line. Below is information on local teams' section outlooks and live score updates for Tuesday's first-round games. Becker (8-0) and...
St. Cloud's Metro Bus will give free rides to polling places on Election Day
Metro Bus is giving free rides to polling places on Election Day, Nov. 5, the company announced. Fixed Route and Northstar Link customers will need to inform the bus driver that they are going to vote and Dial-a-Ride customers will have to let the dispatcher know when they call to schedule their ride. ...
Sauk Rapids football wins first round, move on in section to face Andover
SAUK RAPIDS — On Tuesday, the Sauk Rapids-Rice football team won its first section tournament game in eight seasons. But the win wasn’t pretty. “We could have played a lot harder this game,” senior receiver Hudson Omoke said following the win. “We still came out with the W, we just need to fix some little mistakes.” ...
Taking it to the Haus, Holthaus brothers combine for 5 TD in big win over Bluejackets
Monticello football hosted Cambridge-Isanti in the final game before the section tournament and the Magic ran the Bluejackets out of the stadium. The offense ran the ball 40 times and turned that into 366 yards and seven touchdowns. Senior Brock Holthaus and sophomore Cale Holthaus combined for 179 of those yards and five touchdowns. “Hard work, effort, leadership and steadiness,” said Coach Andy Pierskalla after the game when describing the...
Stop The Bleed Class In Rice To Teach People Life Saving Skills
RICE (WJON News) -- You can learn valuable life-saving skills at a class on Saturday in Rice. Stop The Bleed will teach people about different types of life-bleeding injuries, and skills on how to treat them like direct pressure, wound packing, and how to apply a tourniquet. Instructor Kevin Peine...
High School Volleyball Results Wednesday October 23
(25-19, 23-25, 14-25, 25-23, 15-13)(For Cathedral; Ellie Voth - 13 Kills / 20 Digs / 6 Blocks / 1 Ace, Sophia Sinclair - 11 Kills / 2 Blocks, Berkley Mathiasen - 10 Digs / 29 Set assists, Izzy Meyers - 15 Digs / 11 Set assists / 4 Aces. Cathedral is 11-16. Cathedral plays at Albany Friday at 7pm)
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