Jim Maurice

ST. CLOUD – Drive down Division Street in St. Cloud and you’ll notice some bright new banners, welcoming this year’s 30,000 college students back to town.

UNDATED – Red Cross volunteers from St. Cloud are in Louisiana helping victims of Hurricane Isaac. Spokeswoman Carry Carlson-Guest says Dick and Judy Pike are driving one of the Emergency Response Vehicles. The Pikes left on Tuesday and are expected to be deployed for three weeks...

A St. Stephen native is competing for a nationwide prize, and wants your vote.  Brittany Allyn is one of the finalists in the “Taste of Home” magazine’s “Mrs. Holiday” contest.

ST. CLOUD – The freshman students at St. Cloud State University we’re welcomed to campus this weekend with a video spoof of LMFAO’s song “Sexy and I Know It.”  This one’s called “Husky and I Know It.”  Pay close attention to President Earl Potter’s cameo appearance about half way through the video...

The new Princess Kay of the Milky Way is from Stearns County.

Over 60 local kids are getting the chance to experience what it’s like to be in a rock band. The 8th annual School of Rock is happening this week at the St. Katherine Drexel school in St. Cloud. Spokeswoman Ruth Steffes says the first step for this summer camp is to get the bands organized...

St. Cloud’s Alise Post will finally make her Olympic debut tomorrow (Wednesday).  She’s competing in the BMX bike race.

The Verso Paper Company Plant in Sartell will not re-open and 259 paper plant workers will be permanently out of jobs.

Authorities say they have found 16 pounds of cocaine hidden in a wooden pallet. Cold Spring Police were contacted by a local business that had discovered the drugs.  The employees noticed the narcotics when the pallet was accidentally damaged during handling...

Central Minnesota is fortunate to have a few athletes competing in the London Olympics. The opening ceremonies are this Friday night, then the athletes will be getting down to business. So when will we need to be paying attention to how our local athletes are doing?

The movies will go on a the Marcus Parkwood Theatres in Waite Park, but security will be beefed-up.

The movies will be shown as usual tonight (Friday) at Marcus Parkwood Theatre in Waite Park.