From the WJON Newsroom

GenCon pulls in tens of thousands of board game fans every year — and a few familiar names will be right in the middle of it all this time around.

Three thousand tadpoles from a St. Paul zoo are making a long trip to Wyoming — and the reason why says a lot about how close we came to losing this species entirely.

St. Cloud Police are investigating an assault early Saturday morning that sent a Sauk Rapids woman to the hospital.

Richmond's summer festival has something most Minnesota towns can't claim — a grown-up big wheel race run under black lights inside a civic arena.

The American Red Cross has declared an emergency blood shortage after the blood supply fell nearly 25% in June.

Thirteen years in, and this golf event has quietly raised three hundred thousand dollars for veterans right here in the St. Cloud area.

The St. Cloud area is getting a long-range transportation plan, and the people behind it actually want to hear from you before anything gets decided.

A man shot by a St. Cloud police officer last year goes on trial this week.

Last year, over 400 cars and bikes rolled into downtown Rice. This July, organizers are expecting close to 600 — and they've nearly doubled the space to fit them all.

Six tours, a waiting list already forming, and a story about how St. Cloud became St. Cloud — not a bad way to spend a Wednesday or Thursday.