In a notable operation, Mille Lacs Tribal Police seized significant contraband including vape cartridges and cell phones, revealing ongoing smuggling challenges in Minnesota's prisons.
The St. Cloud Rox have announced the signing of four more pitchers for the upcoming 2025 season, including a pair of hurlers currently playing for Minnesota colleges.
Join the 111th anniversary celebration at McDonalds Meats in Clear Lake! Enjoy exclusive discounts and free samples of award-winning wild rice brats from April 1st to 4th.
Many businesses folded during the pandemic, and those that didn't may have taken out a loan in order to ride the storm out. Well it seems like those loans were perhaps more hurtful than helpful in the long run to more businesses than we thought.
Ice fishing is done for a large portion of the state. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He says there are reports of open water in southern Minnesota with places like Fairmont and Windom seeing ice out on area lakes. Schmitt expects Central Minnesota to see ice out within a few weeks.
All of us have household products that need to be disposed of in a safe and cost effective way. The Stearns County Household Hazardous Waste facility is located on the west end of Waite Park.
It can be tough to be happy these days but one St. Cloud resident perseveres despite numerous challenges. Bradley Renn is known by WJON listeners as "Happy Brad". He calls in regularly preaching his positivity.
The St. Cloud V.A. offers numerous mental health and relationship assistance programs. On today's Voices for Veterans segment on WJON I was joined by Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program Coordinator Voni Hovland, Local Recovery Coordinator and Psychologist Kristen Jurek and Public Affairs Officer Barry Venable from the St. Cloud V.A.
The Benton County Sheriff's Office are reporting brush fires in ditches with the warmer weather in Central Minnesota. Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crime Stoppers indicates they aren't sure how they've been started but she says some could have been intentionally started.