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Nearly 200,000 cans may pose health risks. Check your pantry now.

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.

Are price hikes over the years reshaping your dining experience?

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.

A new partnership for Door Dash could open the possibilities for you to use their service more.

Road Construction season is coming and the Minnesota Department of Transportation offers some guidance to drivers around the state.

There have been so many businesses closing within the last year.

Join the CSB/SJU choir as they prepare for their debut at Carnegie Hall, performing alongside the New England Symphonic Ensemble.

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.

If you are a doctor looking for a change of scenery, you could do worse than Minnesota!

Sometimes the awkward pictures and the cute can be one and the same.

The St. Cloud Police Department is alerting the community to a level three sex offender moving to town.

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.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a crash that sent a Litchfield man to the hospital early Thursday morning.

A Stearns County man wanted on a felony warrant was arrested in Cold Spring Wednesday.

The 2025 Rock the River lineup in Cold Spring has been announced

A Sartell man has pleaded guilty to some of the charges against him related to exploiting vulnerable adults and defrauding homeowners.

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.

Youth archers will show off their skills at the Minnesota State Bullseye and 3D State NASP Tournament next week

Take a peak at the Weekender for some fun ideas of things to do around St. Cloud

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.