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WJON is continuing our series of Supper Clubs revisited in the St. Cloud area. The Persian Club opened on New Year's Eve 1961 on the south side of St. Cloud on 33rd street and Oak Grove Road Southwest. The owner of the Club was Al Kirmeier.

The Benton County Sheriff's Department are reporting that during the Fair 3 vendors were broken into and another vendor had a ladder stolen from their food truck area. Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crimestoppers says it was a collapsible ladder.

In1856 in Central Minnesota a fort was built north of what is now the town of Kimball. That fort and settlement was called Maine Prairie. In 1886 the railroad went through a location south of Maine Prairie where present day Kimball is now located.

The Minnesota State Fair kicks off in a few weeks and Minnesota author Karlyn Coleman in her book The Great Get - Together highlights what makes the Minnesota State Fair so special.

The Pirates Cove Supper Club opened in the early 1970s by Roger and JoAnn Kirmeier. I was joined this week by John Decker and Steve Penick from the Stearns History Museum and longtime St. Cloud resident Jim Grabinski.

WJON is continuing our series of Supper Clubs revisited in the St. Cloud area. The Persian Club opened on New Year's Eve 1961 on the south side of St. Cloud on 33rd street and Oak Grove Road Southwest. The owner of the Club was Al Kirmeier.

South Haven is a small town located in northwestern Wright County along Highway 55 between Kimball and Annandale. The town has a population of 187 and was platted in 1888. South Haven is in southside township and is 2 miles south of Fairhaven which likely contributed to the name of the town.

Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 lakes but the state actually has 11,842. What constitutes a lake in Minnesota? The Minnesota DNR has the following definition:

St. Cloud Police are reporting an attempted burglary on the 600 block of 9th Avenue South where a home owner woke up to see a male with a flashlight reaching through the bedroom window grabbing a TV from the bedroom.

Move in weekend is only a couple of weeks away for St. Cloud State. Move in day is August 17 and SCSU President Dr. Robbyn Wacker expects more than a 1,000 first year or transfer students to be moving in that weekend into campus housing.