For the past month, the Abbey Arboretum at St. John's University has been getting some help from a group of volunteers from all over the United States.
Students at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict celebrated their victory in a first-ever nationwide college outdoor challenge with a party this afternoon.
The Gopher basketball team lost 70-61 in Madison Square Garden in New York to St. John's Wednesday night. Minnesota led by double figures in the first half including a 40-31 lead at halftime.
Today, we'll take you a little further out of town to the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University to peek at what they have coming up for the month of December.
St. Cloud Tech recent graduate Kevin Heysse will play basketball at St. John's University starting in 2012-2013. Heysse is a 6'6 forward who was a solid rebounder, shot blocker and 3-point shooter at Tech. He was a all conference performer in the Central Lakes Conference for 2 seasons and started for Tech for the past 3 years. Tech was 15-12 in 2011-2012.
You can give the kids an introduction to the work of William Shakespeare this weekend. The GREAT Theatre Company will be performing a kid-friendly adaptation of the comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" tonight through Sunday.