The Sauk River Watershed District received a $298,000 grant and $175,000 loan to reduce the amount of phosphorus and sediment reaching the river through storm drains and runoff, the St. Cloud Times reports. The project area includes St. Cloud, Waite Park and St. Joseph. The aid was recently approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
There's something different about Kirk Cousins, but what is it?
Cousins's "swag" has fueled a hot start to the season.
Cameron Dantzler tweets out frustration over playing time
The second-year corner has been benched while Bashaud Breeland continues to struggle.
Chaska Papa Murphy's to temporarily close due to worker shortage
The closure is "due to a lack of employees and applicants across the company," the manager wrote.
Authorities find body, vehicle in search for missing WI woman
Hailey Anderson was supposed to be travelling to Hibbing, but never showed up.
Karl-Anthony Towns sounds off on Wolves' constant 'instability'
Gersson Rosas' firing was the latest in a string of problem situations the Wolves have been involved with.
Duluth man arrested after police chase in stolen pickup truck
He was driving a vehicle that had been reported stolen in North Dakota.
1 killed in crash between car and tractor in western MN
First responders arrived and found the vehicle off the roadway, in a cornfield.
New video, body cam footage shows police beating prone Jaleel Stallings
Stallings, who was acquitted, said he fired on the unmarked van not knowing officers were inside.
Body in dumpster leads to police chase with young child in car
A 911 call said they saw someone place a body into a dumpster outside a Bloomington apartment complex.
SUV driver crashes into bar patio, injuring woman; man hurt in related shooting
Two men were arguing on the patio prior to the incident, witnesses said.
Cyclist critically injured in hit-and-run in Plymouth
Police are seeking the public's help in locating the driver who fled.
Second person dies after head-on crash in Anoka County
The crash injured three others, including a 4-year-old boy.
Water quality of rivers suffered from May's heavy rains
Last month's downpours across southern Minnesota carried plenty of sediment and farm-field runoff into rivers and streams. After one storm the Pollution Control Agency measured phosphorus in Watonwan River at five times the preferred level.
Untreated sewage spills into Mississippi after Sauk Rapids pipeline split
A split in a wastewater pipeline in Sauk Rapids early Wednesday sent untreated sewage into the Mississippi River for several hours, the St. Cloud Times reports. Sauk Rapids Mayor Dave Saunders said the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency was notified, and workers had the sewage flowing back to the St. Cloud wastewater treatment plant by Wednesday night.
Kayakers rescued from Mississippi River
Two kayakers, ages 16 and 21, were rescued Tuesday after they lost control of their kayaks in the fast-moving Mississippi River and ended up yelling for help on an island in Sauk Rapids near St. Cloud.
Wild turkey in Sauk Rapids ties up traffic 4-5 times a week
Authorities say they have no plans to trap or kill a wild bird that has become a well-known nuisance in the central Minnesota city. But they do hope it moves along. The St. Cloud Times says the same wild turkey regularly wanders onto a downtown road and just stands there.
Mississippi River low-water mark is a concern for shippers
The drought that's squeezing trade on the lower part of the Mississippi River is threatening to force barge lines to lighten cargos in Minnesota if it doesn't rain more soon, the Star Tribune reports.
SHELBY SHARES: Sauk Centre celebrates native son Sinclair Lewis
You may know Sinclair Lewis was born in Minnesota, and that he was the first American awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. But you probably don't know the Lewis secret that inspired what is now an annual writers conference in Sauk Centre.
The Mississippi River is 'in great shape' – until it flows through cities and farms
The river is healthy ... until it passes through St. Cloud.
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