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Football schedule preview: Becker again playing championship contenders in 2024
BECKER – Football season is finally here and Becker will soon be back in action after a Section 8-4A championship loss to ROCORI. The Minnesota high school football season starts Thursday, August 29 and the Bulldogs are hoping to recreate or improve on a 9-1 record in 2023. Last year, Becker went undefeated in the regular season and the team was hoping to play for a fourth state championship. The Bulldogs last went to state in 2021, but...
Walz Appoints Tvedten to 7th District Court
ST. PAUL (WJON News) -- The seventh judicial district judge vacancies have been filled. Governor Tim Walz appointed Ole Tvedten to fill the vacancy to be chambered in St. Cloud, which was vacated when Sarah Hennesy was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Tvedten is currently head of the Criminal...
Work van cuts off trucker and ruins both their days
A motorist in a work van cut in front of a truck driver and ruined both of their days in this traffic cam footage captured in Minnesota. The accident happened on Interstate 494 at Highway 100 at around 6 in the morning. In the footage, traffic is flowing nicely until a work van realizes they […] The post Work van cuts off trucker and ruins both their days appeared first on CDLLife.
Heavy rain, t-storms Wednesday & Thursday; a nice weekend ahead
Temperatures and humidity have continued to climb over the past several days, and this will fuel our next system that will bring showers and thunderstorms to much of our region from late Wednesday afternoon through much of Thursday. While the overall threat of severe weather is low, there will be plenty of moisture available to be wrung out of the atmosphere, which could lead to locally heavy rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches or more before the system exits late Thursday. Behind the system, we will be left with a really nice, fairly typical August weekend with sunshine and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s.
Big Lots Closing Stores Nationwide, Including Minnesota And Wisconsin Locations
Another one bites the dust! A ton of big businesses have announced closures lately, or at the very least, the scaling back of some of their locations. A recent example of this is Italian chain Buca di Beppo, which abruptly closed thirteen locations across the country over the summer. Another...
Country Musician Undergoes Multiple Surgeries After Being Hurt In Sauk Rapids Hit and Run
(KNSI) – The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is providing more details on an incident that left rising outlaw country star Creed Fisher hospitalized and enduring multiple surgeries. Fisher was in town for a Saturday show as part of the Rollie’s summer concert series. At about 7:10 p.m., he...
Rox Advance To Great Plains Championship Game With Win Over Willmar
The St. Cloud Rox are two wins away from another Northwoods League championship after defeating the Willmar Stingers 6-0 Tuesday night. The win gives the Rox a two-games-to-one series win over the Stingers and advances them to the Great Plains championship game against LaCrosse Wednesday night. St. Cloud starting pitcher...
UPDATE: Summertime By George Postponed
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) - The St. Cloud Rotary Club has announced they are postponing the season finale of Summertime By George, due to rain in the forecast. They are exploring options to reschedule a date for a concert that will feature the Fabulous Armadillos and Collective Unconscious. The raffle...
Happy Snow Days Are Here Again For Sartell Students
SARTELL (WJON News) -- Sartell-St. Stephen students will have something extra to celebrate this school year. At Monday's School Board Meeting, the board voted to bring back "snow days" for the 2024-2025 school year. The board approved the eLearning Plan for the year which will allow for a snow day...
Stingers season ends with loss to Rox
WILLMAR, MN – In a decisive game three, the Stingers season ended at the hands of the Saint Cloud Rox, by a score of 6-0. The Stingers offense threatened throughout the game, but could never get anything across. Saint Cloud tallied two in the first, and another in the...
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