A former mayor of Sartell is excited to get to work on the Stearns County Board of Commissioners after he unseated the incumbent in District 2 Tuesday night. Joe Perske defeated Mark Bromenschenkel for the chance to serve parts of Sartell, Waite Park and St. Joseph.
After years of debate, and one previously failed referendum, St. Cloud is getting a new Technical High School. Voters in District 742 passed question number one on Tuesday's ballot by just 324 votes.
Gov. Mark Dayton says he's bracing for a Republican-controlled Legislature next year. Republicans expanded their majority in the state House in Tuesday's election.
A Sauk Rapids city council member has been elevated to the position of mayor. Kurt Hunstiger has defeated newcomer Guy Konietzko 60 percent to 39 percent.
President-elect Donald Trump has a lot of support in greater Minnesota. Trump got 64 percent of the vote in both Benton and Sherburne Counties, and he received 60 percent of the vote in Stearns County.
Central Minnesota voters re-elected all four members of the Minnesota House of Representatives which cover a majority of the Stearns County area. Voters also re-elected one state senator from the area and chose a new senator for an open seat.