The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office recently added a new bloodhound to the K9 division. K9 Porter was born July 4, 2024, and was acquired directly from the Georgia K9 Center in Canton, GA. Deputy ...

The Melrose Fire Department and EMS responded to the scene and were able to remove and extinguish the skid steer before further damage occurred. No injuries were reported as a result of the fire. All ...

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office has recently launched a program to help vulnerable persons interact with first responders. It’s a first-of-its-kind in Minnesota called Take Me Home and is being ...

High School seniors throughout Stearns County are continuing the practice of the “Senior Assassin” game. This may also be referred to as Nerf wars. This game involves students “stalking” and “shooting ...

While watching “Green and Gold” in the theaters during its opening weekend on Jan. 31, Paige Coulter of Sartell was filled with pride and gratitude seeing her family farm (“Sawyer Farms”) appear as ...

Andrew Weinand of Sartell and his son Brody, 3, design a button together April 12 at Fun Fest. photo by Carolyn Bertsch Sartell Student Council member Paisley Watson of Sartell hands a customer a snow ...

Laurie Allen of Sartell always loved her teaching job, but when she retired she missed the dynamic interactions she’d had with students, and so quickly decided to start volunteering. She learned about ...

As winter fades and spring arrives, Sartell-St. Stephen Schools come alive with new energy. The snow melts, the days grow longer and the air feels lighter. In our schools, the shift is real. Students ...

At the age of 75, Denis Hines of Collegeville decided he needed a break from the many decades of his career as an attorney so he decided to do volunteer work, and that is exactly what he did and what ...