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Coon Rapids Council Approves Fire Station 3 Payments, Upgrades Water Plant and Soccer Complex
The Coon Rapids City Council wrapped up its business this past Tuesday with a series of moves aimed at community improvement and infrastructure development, keeping local services on the upgrade path. According to the City of Coon Rapids official website, the council approved final payments for the new Fire Station 3, ensuring that the city's emergency services remain responsive and well-equipped for the safety of its residents.
St. Cloud Area School District keeps school resource officers for new academic year
ST. CLOUD — As the St. Cloud Area School District prepares to embark on another academic year, its school board received an update on Wednesday from the St. Cloud Police Department regarding its school resource officer program. The school district is keeping officers in its schools this academic year, which comes after the program's brief two-month pause last fall due to a state law that has since been altered, with six school resource officers spread out throughout...
WCCO at 100 Years: The origins of the Coon Rapids transmitter site and early history of the station
We’re looking back on 100 years of WCCO’s history in 2024. Today, we’ll go back to the very beginning and one of the key pieces that has kept WCCO on the air for a century: the transmitter! Find out how it all came to be in the 1920s and 1930s.
US Secretary of Education to visit Green Bay in September
GREEN BAY, WI – (WGBW & WISS) – U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will visit Green Bay next month. Starting September 3rd Cardona will visit schools in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania as part of the “Back to School Bus Tour. The theme of the...
St. Cloud VA Medical Center to Mark 100th Anniversary with Focus on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
(KNSI) – The St. Cloud VA Medical Center will celebrate its 100th anniversary on September 14th. It will enter its second century in a period of rapid growth. After World War I, the Veterans Bureau consolidated into 12 hospitals across the country, one of which was based here in St. Cloud. Executive Director Cheryl Thieschafer says St. Cloud continues to expand its mission.
Rongstad gets 21-month prison sentence
(Montevideo, MN) -- A Watson man yesterday was sentenced to 21 months in prison for threatening to shoot people on the University of Minnesota campus in January. Forty-two-year-old Joseph Rongstad pleaded guilty to two counts of threats of violence this summer. Investigators said Rongstad made threats to shoot U of M students on social media, saying, "kids will die for real." He was arrested by a SWAT team after a standoff at his home. Rongstad is the former mayor of Watson. He received credit for 224 days already served in jail. Watson has struggled with mental illness but was found mentally competent to be tried in this case. In court Rongstad said he made the threats to draw attention to a government conspiracy to kill people in the upper Minnesota River valley area to clear the way for green energy wind and solar farms.
Wisconsin Weekend: Mexican Fiesta, Green Day, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
There's plenty of summer left here in southeast Wisconsin and there's plenty of things to do in our area! The weather is supposed to be great, if a little hot, this weekend, so get out and enjoy it!
Wisconsin's assisted living workforce is 'in crisis'
I'm Hope Karnopp and this is the Daily Briefing newsletter by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Sign up here to get it sent to your inbox each morning. A very pleasant weather week continues today with a high temperature of 77 degrees. Tomorrow will warm up a bit to 81 degrees, and it'll rise to the mid-80s for the weekend. (Side note: The weather has been absolutely gorgeous for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where reporters on our...
Eau Claire Police release more video of incident between officer and woman on Water Street
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - An Eau Claire woman is facing multiple charges, including making a threat to a law enforcement officer. The incident took place on Water Street July 27th. Below is the video Eau Claire Police released Friday afternoon:. Makayla Patterson spoke to WEAU about the incident, which...
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