Stearns County Jail

A morning disturbance at a local eatery leads to a wild police chase.

Stearns County Commissioners are looking at 3 options for the future of the Stearns County Jail. The two downtown options include building a 2-story building which would be an extension of where the current jail, is expanding to the west.

Stearns County is in need of more jail space. Stearns County Sheriff Steve Soyka joined me on WJON. He says they have 130 inmates currently in the Stearns County Jail with another 20 housed in another neighboring county jail because they are beyond capacity here.

Authorities have arrested the third and final suspect in a July 6th shooting in south St. Cloud.

The Stearns County Jail is offering a new program to incarcerated parents and their children.

Stearns County Officials are meeting with the National Institute of Corrections this afternoon. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall joined me on WJON today. She will be attending that meeting today.

Twenty-six year-old Darrian Ambrose was charged in Stearns County District Court Friday with multiple felony charges.

A man wanted on murder charges in Memphis, Tennessee was found and arrested in St. Cloud on New Year's Eve Day.

A St. Cloud man was arrested after allegedly stabbing another man with a knife.

Police characterize the incident as a traffic dispute between two men which led to a gun being fired.