crime

A homeowner scared off a bold burglar in North St. Cloud on Sunday morning. The suspect walked through an unlocked door and began rifling through belongings before he was chased out of the house.

The air is cooling, and you might be thinking about using your fireplace. The Better Business Bureau has tips on avoiding con artists who claim to perform chimney maintenance, but don't actually deliver on their word.

Anoka County's warning the town of Nowthen it will cut off all but true emergency calls to the town unless it starts paying for police service.

Sauk Rapids police are investigating an alleged murder. On Tuesday morning at 11:00 a.m. officers were called to 107 3rd Avenue South to check on 43-year-old James Omara, who did not show up for work. Omara was last seen alive on Friday evening. He was found dead in his apartment from a gun shot wound.

State health officials have substantiated cases of abuse at several nursing homes in central Minnesota.

St. Cloud police say shots were fired at a south St. Cloud home early this (Tuesday) morning. Officers found two bullet holes in a home going through an upstairs bedroom.

A till was broken into and a safe was taken in a St. Cloud burglary.

A 25-year-old Willmar man allegedly hit a 22-year-old woman with a spiked shoe. Enrique Garcia-Dormes was taken to the Stearns County Jail.

A burglar got into a south St. Cloud home and stole a TV while the occupants were sleeping.

Authorities say someone broke into the Avis car rental company building on Roosevelt Road and made off with a 2012 Black Ford Mustang.