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PAYNESVILLE -- Thanks to enthusiastic local support, Lake Koronis will have a shelter at Veterans Park by the end of the summer. Mayor Jeff Thompson said that the Paynesville City...

PAYNESVILLE -- Thanks to enthusiastic local support, Lake Koronis will have a shelter at Veterans Park by the end of the summer. Mayor Jeff Thompson said that the Paynesville City...

ST. PAUL -- Three central Minnesota lawmakers are backing a measure to merge Stearns and Benton counties with a portion of Sherburne County. Lawmakers are expected to introduce a similar...

Three central Minnesota lawmakers have introduced a bill to combine all of Stearns and Benton counties plus the St. Cloud portion and Haven Township of Sherburne County into one new...

BELGRADE -- The 64-year-old woman found dead after a Saturday morning house fire in Belgrade is Dianne Marie Baker, according to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office. Baker is identified as...

FREEPORT -- An Albany police officer used a stun gun on a bull Sunday morning in order to rescue a farmer who had been knocked down and attacked by the...

EDEN VALLEY -- An Eden Valley boy was injured Saturday evening when the snowmobile he was riding flew off the edge of a gravel pit. The 16-year-old, who was not...

BROOTEN -- A 21-year-old Hawick man was arrested Tuesday evening for burglary and driving while impaired after he allegedly broke into a woman's home along School Avenue in Brooten. According...

Updated 1 p.m. with second crash death

MINNEAPOLIS -- Xcel Energy customers in southern Stearns County and northern Kandiyohi and Meeker counties could go without power until late tonight or early Friday. At 1:09 a.m. today a...