98.1 - Minnesota's New Country

Minnesota Renaissance Festival runs Aug. 22 through early October, with themed weekends, parking tips, and ticket prices worth knowing before you go.

Grey crowned cranes are endangered, and Como Zoo just pulled off something it had never done before, successfully hatching two chicks that are now thriving behind the scenes.

Minnesota's largest nudist club is about an hour from St. Cloud, and it's been welcoming families for more than 50 years.

Something new is showing up at this year's car show, and if you like arts and crafts mixed in with your classic cars, you won't want to miss it!

Trying to dodge the Minnesota State Fair crowds this year? Two specific weekdays have historically drawn well under 150,000 visitors.

Mötley Crüe hits Mystic Lake Amphitheatre Aug. 21 with Tesla and Extreme. Tickets start at $26.

A free outdoor jazz concert is coming to Buffalo's Sturges Park Bandshell, and the musicians playing it are active-duty members of the U.S. Air Force.

Fire and Wave is bringing sushi and customizable hot pot to Mall of America's fourth floor, which has sat mostly vacant for years.

A prep kitchen is going in at Iron Street's tasting room, which means cocktails and food could soon be on the menu at the same time.

Luke Combs is bringing his My Kinda Saturday Night tour back to U.S. Bank Stadium in April 2027, and tickets go on sale sooner than you might think.

The St. Cloud Rox are headed to the Northwoods League Championship after beating Eau Claire 10-5, and Thursday night's title game is at Joe Faber Field.

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The festival runs Thursday through Saturday with outdoor stages, student showcases, and a lineup built to support central Minnesota musicians.

A Sauk Rapids teenager has been charged with cutting down a St. Cloud License Plate Reader camera.

If you fly out of MSP, the shrinking schedule at Sun Country is worth paying attention to, especially if you've been counting on lower fares.

Minnesota has somewhere between 12,000 and 18,000 black bears, and sightings are climbing. Trail cameras and doorbell cams are catching a lot more than people expected.

The Stearns County Jail is out of room, and inmates are being sent to neighboring counties while a new facility takes shape on the west side of St. Cloud.

The city council is expected to weigh in Monday on a plan that would put an animal shelter inside City Hall, right where lockers used to be.

Lindsey Stirling played violin while descending a silk beanstalk at Waite Park's Ledge Amphitheater, and that's just one moment from a wild Thursday night show.

Sherburne County is the latest government organization to discontinue the use of license plate reading cameras.

Two young college wrestlers from the same region were critically injured in separate crashes just days apart. The timing has shaken more than one community.

A man from the north Twin Cities metro faces a felony charge after a road rage incident in St. Cloud.

A one-car crash in Stearns County sent a woman to the hospital Thursday morning.

A Morrison County moped crash sent a 73-year-old man to St. Cloud Hospital Wednesday afternoon after he lost control on a curve along Highway 238 near Bowlus.