A Stearns County teenager sustained life-threatening injuries in a one-vehicle collision March 9. On Sunday, at approximately 12:50 p.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a ...

March 7, 2025. Roy O. Wesenberg, 91, died March 7 at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center. His funeral will be from 1-4 p.m.

Madison Evans, a young freelance reporter for the Newsleaders, will speak about her journey in the world of journalism at the Thursday, March 27 session of “Coffee and Conversation” at the Sartell ...

John D. Schaefer, 81, of Sartell died March 6 at the St. Cloud Hospital. His funeral will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 219 Second St. N., Sartell. The Rev.

Stearns Electric Association employees shared messages of electrical safety to fourth-graders Jan. 27 at Riverview Intermediate School in Sartell. As part of Stearns Electric’s commitment to safety ...

It’s with great humility, the Newsleaders is asking for help from our readership. Now more than ever, we need to be the safe platform for people to speak the truth, an independent media outlet, which ...

Early absentee voting is now underway for a bond-referendum election concerning Apollo High School that will take place Tuesday, April 8 throughout the St. Cloud Area School District. St. Joseph (city ...

After years of residents’ concerns about Grizzly Lane in Sartell’s “The Wilds” neighborhood, that roadway is about to be fixed, but will residents be satisfied with those “fixes?” Some clearly won’t, ...

Kendal Coffin of St. Stephen was recently named to the fall dean’s list at Minnesota State University, Mankato. To qualify, students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average. Allie Verkuilen of ...

On March 6, at approximately 12:01 p.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call for a building fire at 34402 370th St. in Grove Township. The owner, Jonathon Klaphake, 38, ...

There is a big question (and momentous decisions) that is already leading to bitter divisions among Minnesotans whether to allow copper-nickel mining in the Boundary Waters area of northern Minnesota ...

When the late Michael Hazen founded St. Joseph Dollars for Scholars back in 1996, little did he know then just how downright generational the organization would become. In the early years, Hazen’s ...