Michael “Spanky” Thill died Dec. 23. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, 107 Avon Ave. S., Avon. A visitation will begin an hour prior to the ...

The Sartell Police Department is one of three central Minnesota law-enforcement agencies that will receive part of $4.5 million in grants for training and recruitment announced last week by Gov. Tim ...

Sartell Firefighter Tony Brown toasts marshmallows over a fire pit Dec. 6. The fire department served s’mores to all who joined them for the opening night of the Country Lights Festival at Lake ...

Two St. Joseph students, Adam Novak and Brandon Zimmer, are part of a group of 17 students from the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University that traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan in Asia in ...

The St. Cloud-based “Place of Hope Ministries” is in the process of raising $3 million in funds for what will be known as the “Compassionate Hope Family Center.” The fundraising effort is dubbed “Be ...

In an act of generous kindness, St. John’s Prep School students recently donated $1,800 and 900 pounds of food to the St. Joseph Community Food Shelf, and several SJP students from both St. Joseph and ...

The Meyer sisters of St. Joseph admire a window display along a sidewalk dotted with luminaries Dec. 6 during the JoeTown WinterWalk Festival. photo by Carolyn Bertsch The Ebnet family of Avon works ...

This winter is the “season of construction” in St. Joseph as new businesses prepare for openings in the spring and summer of 2025. In an interview with the St. Joseph Newsleader, Nate Keller, the city ...

Property owners in Stearns County who have purchased or moved into a new home within the past year and need a homestead classification have until Dec. 31 to file an application. The property tax ...

A final city budget and levy of $10,421,500 for 2025 was approved unanimously by the Sartell City Council at its Dec. 9 meeting. According to Sartell Financial Director Rob Voshell, who presented ...

On Jan. 13, the Sartell City Council is expected to approve a contract agreement with a team of consultants that will help develop the “Mill District” area in the city. That is the huge vacant site ...

My parents, I think, moved into my house last fall even though they both passed on almost 30-plus years ago. I look around and see no luggage, but I hear their voices so often. Ghosts? Good golly, ...