Stearns County

An update to a story we told you about yesterday. Stearns County says they are out of the free radon test kits. However, test kits are available for purchase at local hardware stores.

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Stearns County is the first county in the state to offer property tax statements via e-mail. You now have the option to sign up to have your truth-in-taxation and property tax statements sent to your inbox rather than sent through the mail..

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The National Weather Service is predicting a high likelihood of significant flooding across Minnesota this spring. It has emergency management personnel in Stearns and Benton counties working hard to be prepared.

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Two teenagers have been charged with cattle rustling in three Minnesota counties. The two planned to sell the calves.

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The Stearns County Sheriff's Department is investigating a bomb threat made to the county's downtown facility. The telephone threat came in at about 2:45 p.m. yesterday (Thursday). The caller was brief and provided very little detail.

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Construction on a new intersection at Highway 15 and Stearns County Road 120 in St. Cloud is set to get underway in 2012. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is holding a public meeting tomorrow where you can learn more about the design.

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The speed limit is going up on a popular corridor behind Crossroads Center. A speed study by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and 3rd Street North has determined the speed limit should be increased to 35 miles per hour.

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Stearns County is trying to improve communication among licensed daycare providers, the county and daycare parents. The county's Department of Human Services is looking for parents of children in licensed daycares to join a work group to help foster that communication.

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Home sales in the Tri-County area, made up of Stearns, Benton and Sherburne counties, dropped 15.2-percent in 2010.

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The Stearns and Benton County boards will both choose a new chair and vice chair for 2011 at their respective meetings tomorrow (Tuesday).

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