AM 1240 WJON » Sauk Centre http://wjon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 10:13:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Frozen In Time: Palmer House Hotel [VIDEO] http://wjon.com/frozen-in-time-palmer-house-hotel/ http://wjon.com/frozen-in-time-palmer-house-hotel/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:00:44 +0000 Ashli Gerdes http://wjon.com/?p=180840 The well-known Palmer House Hotel in Sauk Centre remains a destination to the early 20th century, keeping it frozen in time.

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]]> http://wjon.com/frozen-in-time-palmer-house-hotel/feed/ 0 Ashli Gerdes New Sauk Centre Home For Veterans Opens [VIDEO] http://wjon.com/eagles-nest-receives-licensing/ http://wjon.com/eagles-nest-receives-licensing/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:00:47 +0000 Ashli Gerdes http://wjon.com/?p=130768 The Eagles Nest in Sauk Centre was a dream that one mother had. It was meant to be a place where war veterans could surround themselves with people that were there to understand them and give them a home.

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]]> http://wjon.com/eagles-nest-receives-licensing/feed/ 0 Ashli Gerdes Sauk Centre Area Man Injured By Bull http://wjon.com/sauk-centre-area-man-injured-by-bull/ http://wjon.com/sauk-centre-area-man-injured-by-bull/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:12:59 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=116459 A Sauk Centre man is in the hospital after being hurt by a bull.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-centre-area-man-injured-by-bull/feed/ 0 iStockPhoto NWS – 90 mph Winds In Sauk Centre On Sunday http://wjon.com/nws-90-mph-winds-in-sauk-centre-on-sunday/ http://wjon.com/nws-90-mph-winds-in-sauk-centre-on-sunday/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:49:42 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=21566 Wind speeds may have reached 90 miles an hour as a powerful storm swept through Sauk Centre on Sunday night. The National Weather Service says the power went out at the airport just before an official wind speed could be clocked.

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]]> http://wjon.com/nws-90-mph-winds-in-sauk-centre-on-sunday/feed/ 0 Karen McCarver Sauk Centre Gets Brunt of Storm Damage, July 10, 2011 [GALLERY] http://wjon.com/sauk-centre-gets-brunt-of-storm-damage-july-10-2011-g/ http://wjon.com/sauk-centre-gets-brunt-of-storm-damage-july-10-2011-g/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:27:53 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=21504 One of the hardest hit areas in last night's storm was Sauk Centre.

Straight-line winds damaged hundreds of homes and uprooted a number of trees.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-centre-gets-brunt-of-storm-damage-july-10-2011-g/feed/ 0 Karen McCarver Stearns County Fair Moved Permanently To Sauk Centre – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/stearns-county-fair-moved-permanently-to-sauk-centre-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/stearns-county-fair-moved-permanently-to-sauk-centre-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:22:10 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=20161 Stearns County Fair held at the current fair ground in Sauk Centre for the first time. The holding of fairs was abandoned until 1903 when a new association was organized, a 28 acre tract of land was purchased in Sauk Centre and preparations were made. The new fair grounds and race track were formally opened July 3, 1903.

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-county-fair-moved-permanently-to-sauk-centre-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 Stearns County Fair in Sauk Centre in 1938 (Stearns History Museum) CentraCare Acquires St. Michael's Hospital In Sauk Centre http://wjon.com/centracare-acquires-st-michaels-hospital-in-sauk-centre/ http://wjon.com/centracare-acquires-st-michaels-hospital-in-sauk-centre/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:01:12 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=17111 The city of Sauk Centre and CentraCare Health System have struck a deal to make St. Michael's Hospital part of the CentraCare system. St. Michael's will officially join CentraCare in 2012 and will be named CentraCare Health System - Sauk Centre.

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]]> http://wjon.com/centracare-acquires-st-michaels-hospital-in-sauk-centre/feed/ 0 Lane Closures Planned In Sauk Centre Monday http://wjon.com/lane-closures-planned-in-sauk-centre-monday/ http://wjon.com/lane-closures-planned-in-sauk-centre-monday/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 15:37:28 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=14582 Motorists in Sauk Centre will experience some lane closures starting Monday as crews install some new traffic lights.

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]]> http://wjon.com/lane-closures-planned-in-sauk-centre-monday/feed/ 0 iStockphoto Explosion Destroys Building On Villard Pig Farm http://wjon.com/explosion-destroys-building-on-villard-pig-farm/ http://wjon.com/explosion-destroys-building-on-villard-pig-farm/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:24:42 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=6614 A storage shed exploded in western Stearns County last (Tuesday) evening. Officials were called to the Paul Fiedler Pig Farms near Villard in Ashley Township just after 5:30 p.m.

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