There were no injuries as a result of this fire. The residence is owned by Isidore Schmitz, 68, of Freeport, and appears to be a total loss. The State Fire Marshal’s Office was notified.

After a car chase and subsequently a foot chase, an Eden Valley man was arrested and is currently in the Stearns County Jail pending formal charges including burglary, fleeing police in a motor ...

Are you thinking about throwing away an old or unwanted pair of eyeglasses? Well, don’t. Instead, donate them to the Sartell and LeSauk Lions clubs. Bring them to one of nine eyeglass-collection sites ...

A scene at the beginning of “A Complete Unknown,” the new Dylan biopic movie, caused my memory to flash back instantly to St. Joseph resident Margy Hughes. The scene shows Robert Zimmerman ...

Thanks in part to the state-of-the-art disc-golf course in St. Joseph’s Millstream Park, the St. Cloud Disc Golf Club’s members have raised a lot of money and food throughout the years for the St.

Adelle Starin, 40, of Sartell is awaiting sentencing for a wire-fraud charge to which she pleaded guilty one year ago in U.S. District Court. According to U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Lugar, a sentencing ...

NOTICE is hereby given that a public accuracy test of the voting equipment to be used at the Feb. 11, 2025, Special Election for Sartell-St Stephen, ISD748 will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, ...

Rajahna is a returning team member of The Newsleaders Newspaper. She has been a part of the business since she was a young girl learning from Janelle. Rajahna attended Illinois State University where ...

Residents can get free radon testing kits through Stearns County’s Environmental Services Department. There are 200 test kits available. They will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis.

Imelda R. “Jackie” McCann, 85, of Sartell, died unexpectedly on Dec. 31, 2024 at her home. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 219 Second St. N., ...

At its first January meeting of 2025, Sartell City Council members agreed unanimously to authorize applications for two grants – one for infrastructure improvements in the medical-campus area, the ...