![Entrepreneurs’ $4M Fund Offers Scholarships to Students](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/09/Taking-Test.jpg?w=630&h=420&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
Entrepreneurs’ $4M Fund Offers Scholarships to Students
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ A couple set up a $4 million scholarship fund upon their deaths to give higher education opportunities to Wisconsin and Minnesota students who wouldn't otherwise have the option.
Reports say that Wisconsin entrepreneurs Marty Ryan and Richard Sterbenz lacked formal educations but amassed a fortune running several businesses.
Longtime friend Karen Hansen says the couple established the Sterbenz-Ryan Scholarships to ``give kids like them a shot at life that they never had.''
The scholarships will be awarded annually to about 100 students. Eligible applicants include students attending a vocational-technical school; high school students from the St. Croix River Valley attending a two- or four-year college; or students attending Metro State University in St. Paul, Century College in White Bear Lake or Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.
More From AM 1240 WJON
![Making Connections Name Of The Game For St. John’s Prep](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2023/12/attachment-processed-9A476F33-3264-485F-92FA-3CC0A608926E-70D36D1C-C2B4-41AE-8F72-A72BCB9D1808.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Four Local Spellers Advance to State Spelling Bee](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2023/02/attachment-Spelling-Bee.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![AmeriCorps Looking for 26 Tutors to Work at St. Cloud Schools](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/01/Kids-Reading.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![13 Awful Google Reviews of St. Cloud Schools By Unhappy Students](http://townsquare.media/site/68/files/2019/02/Apollo-High-School-Stock-Image.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![1st Graders in Grand Marais Make “Virus Traps” for Cleaner Air](http://townsquare.media/site/68/files/2022/01/attachment-CR-Box-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![St. Cloud School District Sees Small Decline in Enrollment](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/09/Tech-High-School-5.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Ridlehoover: It’s Exciting to See Students Learning Again](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2021/07/attachment-Jeff-Ridlehoover.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![St. Ben’s, St. John’s Enforcing Temporary Mask Requirement](http://townsquare.media/site/164/files/2020/07/GettyImages-12163946441.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![School of Rock Concert August 5 Features over 50 Young Musicians](http://townsquare.media/site/68/files/2021/07/attachment-RS43531_GettyImages-1148637564-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)