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State Fair Express Bus Service Returns to Maple Grove
We’re one month away from the start of the Minnesota State Fair, and for the first time in five years, fair-goers will have an express bus option in the northwest metro. Maple Grove Transit will provide bus service to “The Great Minnesota Get-Together” at its main transit station next to the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes.
SR-R Community Survey on Two Potential Projects
SAUK RAPIDS (WJON News) -- Residents in the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District are encouraged to fill out a community feedback survey. Superintendent Brad Bergstrom says the survey was recently mailed out to every single address in the district. The survey includes information on two possible projects and the potential tax impact they could have on property owners.
Plans for Osseo’s 150th Anniversary Continue with Collection of Old Family Photos
When Annette Charest Noon heard the call go out for old family photos in Osseo, she knew she had to respond. “My dad was one of seven children. He had six sisters, and one of his aunts, Eva Mary, became a nun at St. Scholastica,” said Noon, who now lives in St. Francis and has a lot of family in Anoka and Osseo. “It was a family that spread out from basically Quebec to Osseo MN.”
18th Annual School Of Rock Taking Place in St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- Kids who love to play music will be rocking out for the next few weeks. The 18th annual School Of Rock starts Tuesday and runs through August 1st. Sixty students who have just completed 6th through 12th grade will be forming 10 bands with each band learning two songs. They'll perform their songs on August 1st on stage at the Paramount Center for the Arts.
‘Most Smiley Dog’ Finds Furever Home After 94 Days at Rockford Shelter
A dog at a Rockford animal shelter got adopted and her "going home" photo is the most precious thing you'll see all week. Every day is another chance for animals to get adopted. For Twila, it took 94 days at Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary to find her "furever home". 'Most...
Park Center Senior High student takes second in national poster contest
Park Center Senior High School student, Natali Morin, recently received news that she won second place in the national School Bus Safety poster contest! Morin won a $100 prize, and her poster will be featured by the National Association for Pupil Transportation in early August.
Brito's Burrito opens in downtown St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD — Downtown St. Cloud welcomed a new Mexican restaurant on June 15 when Brito’s Burrito made its way to 515 W. St. Germain St., near the old Polito's Pizza. Brito’s Burrito comes to St. Cloud after successfully opening other Minnesota locations, primarily near the Twin Cities, with its first location opening roughly three years ago in St. Louis Park. ...
Multilingual Academy wraps up summer session
Osseo Area Schools offers a Multilingual Academy summer program each year that is open to all of its multilingual students, and around 150 students spend a month of summer engaged in a wide variety of activities with students from all around the district. Despite the camp’s name, Multilingual Academy’s scope...
Michael Hall III, Hall Law P.A.
Born and raised in St. Cloud, Michael Hall III has Hall Law P.A. offices there and in Minneapolis and Edina. The firm’s website is replete with six- and seven-figure judgments and settlements. Hall’s current case load is full of a variety of matters. One is Doe v. USFS...
Twins get screwed by lame loophole in fan interference rule vs. Brewers
While most eyes in Twins Territory were fixed 1,100 miles away from Target Field and on Joe Mauer's Hall of Fame induction speech, some chaos broke out in the Twins-Brewers game. Milwaukee took a late lead in the eighth inning on a Rhys Hoskins home run that initially looked like...
Vikings have classy gesture for Khyree Jackson’s family
Minnesota Vikings rookie Kyhree Jackson died in a car accident earlier this month, and the team is doing what they can do help his family through the tragedy. The Vikings announced on Monday that they are covering a “significant portion” of the expenses for Jackson’s funeral, which will take place on Friday. The team also... The post Vikings have classy gesture for Khyree Jackson’s family appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Vikings Season 6 Katheryn Winnick and Kristy Dinsmore LEAK New Details
History confirmed Vikings season 6 to the surprise of no one back in September of 2017, which was about two full years before it was expected to arrive. While the guarantee of another season of the action-packed drama for a 20-episode sixth season remains true in 2019, an unfortunate addendum has been added: Vikings season 6 will serve as the show’s final outing. However, don’t expect History’s Vikings continuity to fade into, well, history, just yet. Creator Michael Hirst has revealed his intent to craft a spinoff series. He’ll be joined on this endeavor by writer Jeb Stuart (Die Hard, The Fugitive).
Vikings First Choice at QB Wasn’t JJ McCarthy, Sam Darnold or Kirk Cousins
The Minnesota Vikings are assembling for their first training camp in a new QB era. Without their first QB choice. The post Vikings First Choice at QB Wasn’t JJ McCarthy, Sam Darnold or Kirk Cousins appeared first on MinnesotaSportsFan.
Waterville downs Waseca as town ball postseason play rolls along
After Waseca defeated Lake Crystal in the play-in round, the matchup was set in the 13-60 playoffs between the Braves and top seeded Waterville Saturday afternoon. Five innings of scoreless ball eventually gave way to a torrent of runs which saw the hard-hitting Indians pull away to earn a 9-4 victory. The pitching battle between starters Dalton Grose of Waterville and Tyson Reger of Waseca was nothing short of dominant through the first five innings with just four combined hits spread throughout the early action,...
2 Blaine daycare teachers charged with abusing infants in their care
BLAINE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Two teachers at Blaine daycare center have been charged after being caught on surveillance video being rough with multiple infants in their care. Chloe Kaye Johnson, 24, and Elizabeth Augusta Wiemerslage, 22, have both been charged with felony malicious punishment of a child under four, third-degree assault against a victim under four and two counts of gross misdemeanor malicious punishment of a child.
I-35 in Faribault shut down: Video shows standoff on highway
FARIBAULT, Minn. (FOX 9) - Traffic cameras show a confrontation between police and a man holding a weapon along Interstate 35 near Faribault, Minnesota, that shut down traffic for hours. The Rice County Sheriff’s Office released additional details about the standoff on Sunday night. What we know so far.
Train Derailment Near Big Lake Caused Weekend Delays, Service Resumed Monday Morning
(KNSI) – Authorities say no one was hurt when a train derailed in Sherburne County early Saturday morning. Fifteen cars carrying consumer goods came off the track near Big Lake around 3:15 a.m. The derailment snarled train schedules over the weekend as freight trains were rerouted around the site.
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