Stearns County has qualified for federal disaster assistance for the storms on July 1st and 10th. The county has had over $531,000 in uninsured damage to infrastructure.
St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is hopeful the city and Stearns County will receive federal assistance to help pay for storm clean-up. The State Department of Public Safety and representatives from FEMA were in the area yesterday (Thursday) assessing the damage from the storms on Sunday and on July 1st.