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It was a busy week in the news room covering many stories, including the discovery of Mandy Matula, an Albany apartment catching on fire, a Princeton plane crash, Henry Maybury's arrest and charge of kidnapping and assault and… Ghost Hunting.

Authorities had to block off a busy retail block after an apartment caught fire above a coffee shop near the University of Minnesota.

October is Fire Safety month and the St. Cloud Fire Department is reminding you of the safety precautions to take this week during Fire Prevention Week.

A fire destroyed a home in Lynden Township this afternoon. The house was located off Englewood Road in Clearwater. Clearwater, Clear Lake, and St. Augusta Firefighters were on the scene to extinguish the flames. About half of the home was completely destroyed during the fire.

The St. Cloud Fire Department responded to a deck fire on Saturday afternoon at about 3:45 p.m. at 1074 Voyager street. The cause of the fire was a pot of deck plants.

Multiple garbage dumpsters were on fire in South St. Cloud yesterday (Monday). It's the most recent incident in a string of similar fires that have occurred over the past few months.

HIGHWAY 10 -- Northbound Highway 10 traffic was at a standstill this afternoon and backed-up due to a fire at a Royalton business. The fire is at Gene's Repair of Royalton, an auto repair shop. Witnesses reported seeing smoke from a distance from the highway...

Everyday Heroes -- A new WJON weekly series spotlighting those who put their life on the line everyday to keep our communities safe. This week's story features the Sartell Fire Department.

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a multiple-alarm fire at a Plymouth apartment building that displaced residents of at least 20 units.

There was a fire at a Collegeville Township home last (Monday) night. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says the fire was called in at about 8:30 p.m. on Island Lake Road.