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The city of St. Cloud is cutting spending as it sees a sharp drop in revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Dave Kleis delivered his 15th Annual State of the City Address Tuesday afternoon in an empty city council chambers.

As work to clear the site of the future Costco store in St. Cloud continues, skateboarders are concerned about their plaza. A Facebook video created by Mike Thienes has been shared over 900 times and has had about 30,000 views.

The next stage in extending the Beaver Island Trail is in the works. The St. Cloud Park and Recreation Department is working on Phase 8, which is the final one-and-a-half miles that takes it to the southern city limits.

We continue with our series of follow-up stories on WJON we're calling "Whatever happened with that?". Today we're updating you on the plan to redevelop three areas of St. Cloud.

St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is asking the St. Cloud Area School District to donate the current Technical High School, and the land, to the city. During Monday night's city council meeting Kleis and Superintendent Willie Jett gave an initial presentation about the plan.

You have more chances to take a trolley tour and learn about St. Cloud's history. Mayor Dave Kleis says he's hosting additional tours throughout the rest of this month, August, and September.

From one meeting that lasted 24 hours, to another that took place on a Metro Bus, St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis has been all over the city holding his weekly Town Halls.

As the search continues for missing St. Cloud State University student Jesse Dady, law enforcement officials are using surveillance camera footage that wasn't available to them the last time an SCSU student went missing from the downtown area.

St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is giving President Donald Trump's budget proposal mixed reviews. The President wants to eliminate the Community Development Block Grant program. Kleis says St. Cloud gets about $500-thousand a year from that federal program.

On this Martin Luther King Junior holiday, St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis has announced the creation of a new park in memory of the first two slaves brought to the city.