(Editor’s note: Total donations as of March 19 are as follows: 195 blankets, 25 winter hats/gloves/scarves, five winter coats and six sets of sheets.) \A lot of people will be a little warmer thanks ...

Stearns County residents will have a chance to walk through (virtually, that is) the future Stearns County Justice Center at a public-engagement session from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 at the ...

Ingrid Johnson, a Sartell seventh-grader, won third place in the regional central Minnesota Spelling Bee on Feb. 11. Sponsored by Resource Training & Solutions, the spelling event took place in ...

Esther L. Neussendorfer, 90, died peacefully March 26 at Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Sauk Rapids. Her funeral was held March 30 at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids. The Rev. Thomas ...

A meeting about a proposal to increase the number of Amtrak trips between Minneapolis and St. Cloud (and possibly to Fargo-Moorhead as well) is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26 at Salem ...

Al Dahlgren of St. Joseph recently agreed to serve on the seven-member St. Cloud Area School Board (District 742) after member Bruce Hentges resigned due to health concerns. Hentges, a recently ...

President Trump appointed billionaire friend, Elon Musk, who calls Sen. Mark Kelley a TRAITOR. How dare he do that to one of our distinguished American heroes. Kelley, while serving in the Navy, flew ...

Once again, a kiddie “Fun Fest” will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the main gymnasium at Sartell High School. The annual event, which was started 15 years ago, raises funds for ...

As a South Asian American – often dubbed the “privileged” minority – I have felt safe from most negative current events. I always felt some combination of my American citizenship, ability to pursue ...

The ancient Chinese had a name for it: “Death by a Thousand Cuts.” It was a form of hideous torture-and-murder they perpetrated against enemies, real or imagined. The victim would be tied up and over ...

The people I tend to admire most are those who have the spunk, the courage and the curiosity to do what’s not been done before. “Grandma Gatewood” for example. The other day Kerry Nelson, a friend of ...

A Sartell man has pled guilty to criminal charges related to incidents of defrauding homeowners and to check forgery that occurred during a period of years. Travis Peterlin, 42, was arrested on Feb.