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Cliff jumping at Quarry Park is popular — but dangerous

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Cliff jumping at Quarry Park is popular — but dangerous

WAITE PARK — Deep waters and large cliffs are exciting during the summer months, but they can also be dangerous. There have been four accidental drowning deaths since 2015 at Quarry Park and Nature Preserve in Waite Park. But safety has been a prominent concern since before Stearns County bought the land in 1992. The Stearns County coroner at the time, R. Lawrence Thienes, “felt that people were going to die left and right if the county bought t…Read Article

Food truck expanding into Sauk Rapids restaurant

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Food truck expanding into Sauk Rapids restaurant

SAUK RAPIDS — Four years after starting Dana's Kitchen Food Truck and Catering, Dana Carpenter is making a big move with a brick-and-mortar location inside the former Hernandez Burrito in Sauk Rapids. Carpenter told St. Cloud LIVE she purchased the Sauk Rapids building at the end of March, two days after Hernandez Burrito officially closed. Dana's Kitchen's brick-and-mortar location will serve up soup, salad, sandwiches, flatbread pizzas along …Read Article

16 teams face off in human foosball tourney

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16 teams face off in human foosball tourney

WAITE PARK — Little plastic players came to life in Waite Park for a human foosball tournament. United Way partnered with Scheels on Friday, June 6, for the second annual human foosball tournament, with many of the same teams returning from last year. The event, held in conjunction with Grill Fest in the Scheels parking lot in Waite Park, was meant to fight hunger for children who are out of school for the summer. In total, 302 pounds of food wa…Read Article

ISD 742 Welcome Center moving to Waite Park office

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Adoptions boom since animal rescue's move to Crossroads Center

WAITE PARK — Crossroads Center may be best known for clothing and retail shops, but now it's also home to something furrier: adoptable cats and dogs. That is thanks to a local nonprofit Green Acres Animal Rescue, which moved into the mall over Black Friday weekend in November 2024, according to founder and director Sheri Meline. Since then, the organization has seen a rise in both visitors and adoptions, setting a record in 2024 with 330 pets pl…Cats · Waite Park Read Article

Softball: Three Named to All-Star Team

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BRAINERD — Braiend’s Mya Tautges, Pierz’s Elizabeth Gross and Wadena-Deer Creek’s Jenna Dykhof were named to the 36th All-Star Series, which will be played Sunday, June 28th at Caswell Park in North Mankato. Tautges, a senior pitcher, is also up for Minnesota’s Ms. Softball and Gatorade Player of the Year. She is currently hitting .486 with 35 hits, five triples, nine home runs, 23 RBIs and 29 runs scored. She owns a 0.297 ERA with 219 total str…Waite Park · Waite Park See the Story

Stearns County opens free Fix-It Clinic on June 6

WAITE PARK — Stearns County is opening a free Fix-It Clinic. The clinic will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, at the Paramount Theater lab, 248 33rd Ave. S. in Waite Park, according to a county news release. Volunteers will help fix anything broken that needs to be repaired including broken appliances, toys, electronics, clothing, and more, according to the release. ]]>Waite Park · Waite Park Read Article

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Minnesotan cited for marijuana after stop

SHELDON—A 24-year-old Waite Park, MN, man was cited about 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, near Sheldon on charges of first-offense possession of a controlled substance — marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, speeding, no valid driver’s license, registration violation and failure…Waite Park · Waite Park Read Article

See photos from Cathedral's 10-3 softball victory over ROCORI

WAITE PARK — The St. Cloud Cathedral softball team improved to 18-1 on the season with an impressive 10-3 nonconference win over ROCORI on Wednesday, May 14, at River's Edge Park in Waite Park. CJ Jerzak led the Crusaders, who are ranked sixth in Class 2A, with three hits and four runs. In addition for CHS, Liz Bell, Tayla Vought and McKenna Buckentine each had two hits and Berkley Mathiasen drove in three runs. Mathiasen picked up the complete…Waite Park · Waite Park Read Article

Man gets life in prison for 2023 stabbing death of Waite Park woman

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Jarquez Bedford was charged in the death of 52-year-old Andrea Cottew, who was found in February 2023 during a welfare check in her apartment in the 300 block of Park Meadows Drive in Waite Park.Waite Park · Waite Park See the Story