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Minnesota Named 6th Best State for Millennials to Live and Work A new study done by Wallethub has just named Minnesota as the 6th best state in the country for Millennials to live and work. Millennials are the generation born between 1981 – 1996 that often gets a bad reputation for being entitled, parentally dependent, emotionally fragile. As a Millennial myself, I can confirm that we arent all that way. Millennials have come of age and entered the workforce in the shadow of the Great Rece...

Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Dies in Crash The Minnesota DNR has identified her as officer 39-year-old Sarah Grell.  She was stationed in Grand Rapids and leaves behind a husband and three children. She served as a conservation officer since 2005 and had a deeply held dedication to serving Minnesota’s people and natural resources. Her husband Gene works for DNR’s Forestry Division and her mother worked for DNR Fisheries until her retirement. The Minnesota State Patrol is investigati...

Burturm Bar Warns of Counterfeit Money in Circulation Unfortunately we have to keep a close look out for fake cash! We are thankful for a very busy fun saturday night but this ended up here so we just want to make sure everyone knows there is fake money going around! The bar shared a photo of a $100 bill that has pink Chinese writing, and black marks from a counterfeit testing pen. Get our free mobile app Just for reference, using counterfeit money is illegal, and a conviction for the offe...

Central McGown CEO Named Small Busines Owner of the Year Get our free mobile app Central McGowan president/CEO Joe Francis has been named the Small Business Owner of the Year recipient as part of the chambers 2021 Small Business Awards. Originally started in 1947, Francis grandfather bought the business in 1954.Francis began working at Central McGowan at 16-years-old. He says while it was always the plan to one day take over the family business, it was the unexpected passing of his father in ...

Waite Park and St. Joseph Bike Rentals Back Out Again for Summer Waite Park and St. Joseph’s grant-funded Bike Share program that launched last August is back and ready for summer 2021. The bike-share program originally started in 2019 as a pilot program that was funded by Stearns County Public Health from the Statewide Health Improvement Program. It then officially launched with the bikes being available to the public in August of 2020. Get our free mobile app The bikes are located at both ...

Waite Park American Legion Auctioning Off Signs, Canopy, and More Waite Park -- Here is your chance to own an iconic piece of Waite Park history. The Waite Park American Legion Post 428 was sold back in February to make way for a car wash, and now its moving time. The Legion is hosting an online auction through Black Diamond Auctions to clear out everything in the building, and outside of it: The real estate has been sold.  We will be doing an online auction of everything remaining inside the...

Bear Cub Spotted in Southeast St. Cloud Neighborhood An officer with the St. Cloud police department says the cub was about one year old. It was in the 1700 block of Woodland Road on Wednesday afternoon, which is east of Highway 10 and south of Highway 23 in east St. Cloud. The neighborhood is very wooded and has a lot of wildlife including deer, wild turkeys, fox, and other animals.  But, this could possibly the first time a bear has wondered though. It didnt appear to be very scared of the p...

Apparently NOT a HIPAA Violation to Ask About a Vaccination Pool/Getty Images Also, there was the announcement that the MDH wasnt going to require businesses to ask if customers have been vaccinated before entering their business without a mask.  They stated that it may cause unwanted behavior at the door to an employee that is just doing their job.  And there was/is the belief that asking if someone has had the COVID vaccination was violating HIPAA, which is the Health Insurance Portability ...

Minnesota Has Millions In Unclaimed Property The State of Minnesota might have something thats yours. Each year they acquire millions of dollars worth of property and other belongings that go unclaimed. So, what do they do with it? Nothing, actually. It just sits there waiting for you to claim it. If youre wondering how they get it in the first place, theres a few ways. Get our free mobile app According to the Minnesota Department of Commerces website, it can happen when you have a chance of ad...

Minnesota Has Millions In Unclaimed Property The State of Minnesota might have something thats yours. Each year they acquire millions of dollars worth of property and other belongings that go unclaimed. So, what do they do with it? Nothing, actually. It just sits there waiting for you to claim it. If youre wondering how they get it in the first place, theres a few ways. Get our free mobile app According to the Minnesota Department of Commerces website, it can happen when you have a chance of ad...