Morning Newswatch with Jay Caldwell

The Minnesota DNR has released its hunting incident report and the numbers from 2023 don't look bad. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He says in total there were 11 reported incidents and no fatalities.

The Sartell Police Department are reporting a check fraud. Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crimestoppers says someone had ordered a box of checks from their bank about a month ago and had not received them yet.

Professional wrestling has many Minnesota connections and some of those even have Central Minnesota connections.

Proviant Group, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., has earned the Ameriprise Client Experience Award for 2023.

More than a dozen hotels and resorts have water parks of varying sizes. Great Wolf Lodge in Bloomington near Mall of America features a massive, 75,000-square-foot indoor water park complete with five thrilling, all-ages water slides.

St. Cloud Police are reporting a knife complaint on 6th Avenue South and University Drive South. Mages says there was a report of a man walking in the area.

Stearns County Facility dog, Nova has been named the "Hero Dog of the Year" by the Minnesota Veterinarian Association. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall indicated every year they have an award ceremony and gather to discuss how animals can help us out as humans.

John Tenvoorde led a group of dutch settlers from Pennsylvania, then to Indiana and then St. Cloud. His son Steve in 1901 began selling cars from his bicycle shop in downtown St. Cloud. He signed the second Ford franchise on March 21, 1903, before Ford Motor Co. was incorporated that June.

Not everyone is fond of the warm weather in Central Minnesota this winter. Glen Schmitt from Outdoors News feels this could be the worst ice fishing season in Minnesota. He says last year's season wasn't good but this is worse.

To ease travel around the St. Cloud Metro area leaders have often brought up a beltway. Stearns County Commissioner Joe Perske was one of many who attended an event at Sartell Community Center Wednesday night to discuss the plan to execute this.