New Flyer

About 22 teams with 12 people each came out for the 7th Annual United Way of Central Minnesota Bus Pull.

Zero-emission public transportation is the way of the future, and a St. Cloud company is leading the effort. New Flyer of America says they've just signed a contract to build eight battery-electric buses for Minneapolis.

Teams of 12 people will try their best to pull a 60 foot bus as fast as possible.

Despite being under a wind chill advisory community members joined Metro Bus, New Flyer and Townsquare Media for the third annual "Fill The Flyer" food drive yesterday (Monday).

Stearns County has approved a $250,000 no-interest loan to the New Flyer bus manufacturer to help pay for a $5-million expansion project.

The New Flyer bus manufacturer is asking for financial support from Stearns County taxpayers to help pay for a nearly $5 million expansion at its St. Cloud plant. New Flyer says the expansion, including $3 million in new machinery and equipment, will generate 136 new jobs.

New Flyer is planning to expand, and is looking for financial support from local governments. The nearly $5 million project would add 12,000 square feet to the St. Cloud facility, and add 136 new jobs in the next two years.

The Fill the Flyer holiday food drive is back, and it's traveling through our area beginning on Monday.

The Salvation Army's "Fill the Flyer" campaign is a smashing holiday season success. As of yesterday, the total amount of food collected through the bus food drive campaign, through various stops around the St. Cloud area, has reached over thirteen hundred pounds.

The St. Cloud Technical and Community College has received a grant for over a quarter-million-dollars to help train new employees for New Flyer. The $260,000 grant comes from the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership.