A Cold Spring/Richmond police officer arrived at the scene to find a Wenners Gas Company propane truck leaking propane. The ...

County officials are asking for state support to modernize outdated tech systems, while also engaging residents in ...

Stearns County and central Minnesota will see wind gusts up to 65 mph Thursday night into Friday morning, the National ...

Stearns County wants your thoughts on a new law letting deer hunters use rifles instead of just shotguns. Join the public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. CLOUD — Waite Park and southwest St. Cloud residents can vote in August and November for the Stearns County Board of ...

The referendum, which will be on the Election Day ballot on Nov. 5, 2024, proposes to raise sales tax .38% in Stearns County. “That’s less than a half of a percent,” Williams said, “and that will pay ...

Stearns County Sheriff’s Office reaches out to investigative genetic genealogists to help in cold cases ...

Some 48% of people living in Stearns County are fully vaccinated as of Sept. 14, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers ...

John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. PAYNESVILLE, Minn. — A ...

An Eden Valley man faces criminal vehicular operation charges after a July 2025 crash caused a motorcyclist to lose a leg.

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has quarantined a Stearns County, Minnesota, dairy herd after samples collected as part of Minnesota's milk surveillance plan tested positive for H5N1, ...

A central Minnesota deputy was unhurt when a man fired a shotgun at him during a standoff on Saturday, authorities said. The standoff began when the Stearns County Sheriff's Office responded to a ...