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Missing 14-year-old girl last seen leaving her central Minneosta home
MORRILL TOWNSHIP, Minn. — The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says it received a missing juvenile report Sunday morning.Sophya Cherne, 14, left her residence late Saturday night and has not returned to her residence in Morrill Township off Partridge Road, officials said. There are no reports on what she was wearing or where she may have gone. Cherne is 5 foot 4 and around 140 lbs.If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the Morrison County Sheriff's Office at 320-632-9233.Morrill Township is located about 29 miles northeast of St. Cloud.
Stumpf reflects on horseshoe career
Pat Stumpf has proven to be a force to reckon with when pitching horseshoes. With 40 years of experience under her belt, the Pierz woman has pitched in 19 state championships in women’s Class A, the highest level for women competition in the National Horseshoe Pitching Association (NHPA). She earned her second consecutive state victory in Genola during the Labor Day weekend Aug. 24-25. Between playing in Minnesota and South Dakota, she has five first place finishes in state tournaments, competing in women’s Class A....
High School Sports Results Friday, Sept. 27th
St. Cloud Tech 3, St. Cloud Apollo 0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-9) Albany 22, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 8: Boone Roemeling had 2-passing touchdowns for the Huskies. Becker 49, Hutchinson 6: Tristan Kowalkowski threw 2-TD passes and ran for another score to lead the Bulldogs. Holdingford 26, Osakis 6. St. Cloud Cathedral 35,...
Minnesota’s River Mystery: Exploring The Alleged ‘Sartell Alligator’ On Google Maps
A Facebook user named David Ruedy recently posted some images that seem to, with a lot of imagination, reveal a giant alligator(?) lurking under the water that can be seen via Google Maps. You can see the images for yourself via Google Maps right here:. To me, it looks like...
Record High Temperature in St. Cloud Saturday
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- There was a record high temperature in St. Cloud on Saturday. The National Weather Service says we got up to 87 degrees at 3:30 p.m. That broke the old record of 85 degrees set twice in 1905 and 2014. The normal high for this time...
Sauk Rapids football team bullied by Elk River backfield in blowout loss
SAUK RAPIDS — Elk River's power T offense is easy on the eyes — unless you're a defense. After sometimes multiple fake handoffs, Sauk Rapids-Rice defenders often didn't know who to read and the Storm football lost its second game of the season Friday at Sauk Rapids Midde School by a score of 58-19. ...
Folk 2 Folks Festival Brings People Together To Create Community
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- People turned out for a mini-arts festival at the St. Cloud Library on Saturday. Lyricality held its first-ever Folk 2 Folks Festival from 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. The festival had various artist-facilitated sessions like crafting comedy monologues, dot painting, and a poem-to-song poetry collaborative jam session.
Tri-County Humane Society’s Woofstock A Paw Raising Success
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- The Tri-County Humane Society's (TCHS) 2024 annual companion walk fundraiser was a great success. The companion walk took place on September 7th and raised over $38,000. The theme this year was Woofstock a play on words from the 60's music festival Woodstock and in addition...
St. Cloud Airport’s Fly-In Aims To Educate People About Aviation [PHOTOS]
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- A St. Cloud facility held the first of what it hopes to be an annual event on Saturday. The St. Cloud Regional Airport held its first Fly-In from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. The Fly-In was to encourage pilots to come to the airport and see what it has to offer, but it was also for community members to drop by and check out the planes, talk with pilots, and learn more about the airport.
Elk River Fire extinguishes dumpster fire at PetSmart
Elk River Police and Fire were dispatched to a dumpster fire at Petsmart, 18050 Zane St NW, about 8 a.m. on Sept. 19. The fire was directly against the building and quickly spread to a second dumpster, according to an ERFD report on Facebook. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire and there was limited damage to the building, the report stated. Officers arrived and found dumpsters to be fully...
SJP’s Amanda Bolton & 4 Other Area Students Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists
COLLEGEVILLE (WJON News) -- Five area students have been named as semi-finalists for the 70th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. St. John's Prep Senior Amanda Bolton has been named a semi-finalist. Bolton is co-captain of the soccer and basketball teams, has leadership positions on the National Honor Society, and German...
The Story of St. John’s Athletic Facilities
Guild Hall or Rat Hall as it's also known, was built in 1901 and served as the main gymnasium on the St. John's University campus for many years until 1972. To help tell the story of St. John's buildings I was joined by St. John's/St. Ben's Archivist Peggy Roske. St. John's University archives says the gym became the site for handball, basketball, indoor baseball, tennis and other games. There were two bowling alleys in the basement and the second floor contained a billiard room. In 1937, the gymnasium was moved from its original location (between the Science Hall and the Quadrangle Building) to 150 feet west. Guild Hall is named after the Saint John’s Workers Guild. It is currently houses the offices of the student newspaper, The Record,the Collegeville U.S. Post Office, and the Military Science Department (Army ROTC.) St. John's Prep also plays basketball in the facility.
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