The WJON Morning NewsWatch with Jay Caldwell

Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crimestoppers joined me on WJON today. St. Cloud Police is reporting a couple of burglaries where a bike was stolen out of a garage on 11th avenue North and on 32nd Avenue North a garage was entered and a bike and chainsaw were taken.

The St. Cloud area had a ton of supper clubs for many years but many of them went away. The WJON Morning News Watch debuted a new series this week on past St. Cloud area Supper Clubs.

The Vikings posted a 34-31 win over the Green Bay Packers Sunday. Greg Joseph made a 29-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Vikings to the victory. The Vikings improve to 5-5 while dropping the Packers to 8-3.

Treatments of the COVID-19 virus have changed since St. Cloud Hospital and CentraCare was first faced with the challenge of working with COVID-19 patients in the spring of 2020. CentraCare Spokesman Dr. George Morris joined me on WJON today.

COVID-19 cases at St. Cloud Hospital are up again this week and are now at levels they haven't seen since late December of 2020. CentraCare Spokesman Dr. George Morris joined me this week on WJON. He says CentraCare has 120 positive COVID-19 cases with 100 of them at St. Cloud Hospital.

The Minnesota DNR is reporting more than 120,000 deer harvested during the 9-day firearms deer season this year. Those numbers are down 10.5% compared to 2020 when more than 135,200 deer were harvested.

St. Cloud State University is reporting 10,401 students enrolled this fall which is down a bit according to St. Cloud State University Vice President Jason Woods. Woods joined me on WJON today. He says they had just over 11,000 students enrolled in the fall of 2020.