Morning Newswatch with Jay Caldwell

St. Cloud has over 3,200 job openings right now — and yet employers are still struggling to fill them. The reasons are more complicated than you might think.

Someone tried to rob a small-town bank in Greenwald back in 1980 — and the townspeople stopped it themselves. That detail alone says a lot about this place.

Most people walk past fire hydrants every day without giving them a second thought — turns out the colors actually mean something specific in St. Cloud.

The medallion is out there somewhere in Gilman, worth fifty bucks, and the only clues are posted at the liquor store. That's a pretty good Saturday morning right there.

The dog days of summer showed up early this year, and Minnesota anglers are feeling it. Water temps pushing into the 80s changes everything about where and when you fish.

St. Cloud's drinking water comes straight from the Mississippi — so when river levels drop up north near Bemidji, it's worth paying attention down here.

The number of women veterans using the St. Cloud VA has nearly doubled since 2020 — and this summer, there are programs built specifically around that growth.

Minnesota's got over 11,000 lakes, and some of the best swimming spots aren't the ones most people think of first.

A small town on the South Dakota border holds a temperature record that's stood since 1917. That number is hard to believe.

A tiny tube behind your eardrum does a big job — and when it stops working, kids between 3 and 8 can pay a real price in ways parents might not expect.