Every small town has a story and this is the story of St. Wendel. St. Wendel is an unincorporated town located north of St. Joseph, Avon and Holdingford in St. Wendel township in Stearns County.
The majority of hydrants in St. Cloud are red fire hydrants. Recently St. Cloud has added some blue hydrants along Cooper Avenue and there are also yellow fire hydrants in some locations in the city.
This weekend is a big weekend for shopping and Alicia Mages from Waite Park P.D. and Tri-County Crimestoppers has some suggestions so you don't become a victim.
The St. Cloud area has many great shopping opportunities but St. Cloud isn't the only place to take part in Black Friday shopping in the state. Jake Juliot from Explore Minnesota joined me on WJON to highlight some great holiday shopping spots.
Last winter was a record setting winter for snow and a difficult spring for hot holes in the City of St. Cloud. St. Cloud Public Services Director Tracy Hodel indicated last winter they had a lot of overtime costs and pretreatment chemical costs.
The job market continues to be a job seeker market in the St. Cloud area. That according to Talent Director Gail Cruikshank from the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation.
St. Nicholas is an unincorporated community in Luxemburg Township in Stearns County. The community is south of Cold Spring, west of Marty and north of Watkins. St. Nicholas falls within the ROCORI school district.
We've had a stretch of warmer than normal temperatures in Central Minnesota recently but that is not the case in Alaska. There is a reason for this according to Meteorologist Megan Mulford from the National Weather Service in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
A year ago in mid November in Central Minnesota we had 4 inches of snow on the ground, high temperatures were in the teens and ice was forming on area lakes. We are a far cry from that in November of 2023 with temps in the 40s, 50s and 60s this week, no snow on the ground and open water fishing continues.
The St. Cloud Police Department are reporting numerous stolen vehicles. The first was on the 1400 block of 14th Avenue North. The vehicle is a dark blue Chevy Sonic with Minnesota License plate DLD 405.