Stearns County

Stearns County has put an application in to acquire 202 acres of park land near the golf course in Paynesville. Stearns County Commissioner Joe Perske joined me on WJON. He says the location of this potential park is just to the south and west of the golf course toward Lake Koronis.

Stearns County continues to move forward in the process of creating a new jail and justice center.

Stearns County commissioners have some major decisions ahead of them as efforts ramp up this year to build a new Justice Center.

Stearns County will be featured on Thursday on ABC's Good Morning America. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall indicates the piece will air on GMA 3 and will be posted on GMA's website later that same day.

Every year the Stearns County Sheriff's Office honor guard honors an officer on the anniversary of that officer's death. Wednesday they honored deputy Steven Sandberg from Aitkin County who was killed while guarding a prisoner on October 18, 2015 at St. Cloud Hospital.

An Iowa man was hurt in a crash in Stearns County Friday afternoon.

Stearns County is launching new road maintenance alerts that include information on snowplows.

In 2021 Stearns County added a golden retriever named Nova who was trained to work with victims who've dealt with a traumatic experience. Nova was the first in the State of Minnesota to be allowed to accompany victims to the witness stand.

A Freeport teenager was hurt in a rollover crash Sunday morning.

A line of strong storms rolled through Central Minnesota Monday afternoon.