Jim Maurice

SARTELL — The Verso Paper Company Plant in Sartell will not re-open and 259 paper plant workers will be permanently out of jobs.

That’s the word this afternoon from Verso officials at a news conference at Sartell City Hall.

The Senior Vice Pre

Central Minnesota is fortunate to have a few athletes competing in the London Olympics. The opening ceremonies are this Friday night, then the athletes will be getting down to business. So when will we need to be paying attention to how our local athletes are doing?  

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WAITE PARK – The movies will be shown as usual tonight (Friday) at Marcus Parkwood Theatre in Waite Park.

In a statement posted on their Facebook page, they say,

“We are saddened by the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, the associates at the Century Theater

ROCKVILLE – It’s Rockville’s turn to celebrate this weekend.  Their annual Rock-Fest runs today (Friday) through Sunday.

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UNDATED – Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may still lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago.

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ST. CLOUD – Eleven men are competing against each other today (Friday) for the title of  Toughest Competitor Alive” in the Can-Am Police Fire-Games in St. Cloud.

The only local competitor is Adam Bondhus from Anandale.

It’s an ei

ST. CLOUD – Competitors in the Can-Am Police-Fire Games put down their guns and hoses on Wednesday afternoon and picked-up their pots and pans for the Chili Cook-Off.

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ST. CLOUD – The crowd was treated to quite a spectacular opening ceremony Sunday night for the Can-Am Police Fire Games.

The North Memorial Air Care helicopter flew over the near capacity Husky Stadium to open the ceremony, followed by the Minnesota Police Pipe Band.  The National

SAUK RAPIDS – Rapids River Days starts tonight (Thursday) in Sauk Rapids with the 2012 Miss Sauk Rapids Scholarship Pageant.  It starts at 7:00 p.m. at the high school auditorium.

Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for kids 10 and under.

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ST. CLOUD – St. Cloud’s Granite City Days kicks off today (Thursday) with the 39th annual Lemonade Concert and Art Fair.  It runs from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at St. Cloud State University.

Granite City

WAITE PARK – The celebration continues today (Friday) in Waite Park.

Family Fun Fest events today at the Community Park include: the “Best of Show” car show at 4:30 p.m., Germain night from 4:00 until 10:00 p.m., and the Grand Marshall ceremony at 7:00 p.m.

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SARTELL – Sartell is celebrating their 20th Summerfest today (Friday) and tomorrow.

Today’s events include the Mayor’s 5K walk/run at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.  The Sartell Community Band Concert starts at 7:00 p

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