Stearns County will continue collecting a 0.25% local option transportation sales tax for another five years to help pay for road construction projects.
A large portion of the money spent by the Stearns County Attorney's office went into trials in 2021. Janelle Kendall is the Stearns County Attorney. She joined me on WJON today. She says they were close to a record setting number of trials last year.
The Stearns County Sheriff's Department is reporting that sometime last week in the overnight hours on the 3700 block of County Road 10 in Krain Township about $3,500 in tools were taken from a job site. Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crimestoppers joined me on WJON.
The Stearns County Sheriff's department is reporting tool theft on county road 23 in Farming Township. Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crimestoppers joined me on WJON today. She says the tools were taken from a construction site.
Stearns County is adding to 3rd full time investigator working with the Human Trafficking Task Force. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall joined me on WJON today. Kendall says this allows them to get to more of the public education piece.