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This is the time of year deer are active and fawns can get left by their mother's. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He indicates conservation officers have been getting quite a few call about does dropping fawns.

The ROCORI softball team is back in the Class 3-A state tournament this week after capturing the section 8-3-A title last week by defeating Sauk Rapids-Rice 6-0 in the section final.

Despite the news of OPEC reducing oil production St. Cloud State Economist and Dean, School of Public Affairs, King Banaian doesn't believe gas prices will move much up or down anytime soon.

The St. Cloud Police Department are reporting a stolen vehicle on the 2000 block of 15th Street North. Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crimestoppers joined me on WJON. She says the vehicle is a 2011 blue Hyundai Sonata with Minnesota license plate CZN 466.

Sartell has a ceremony scheduled for June 9 at 8:30 p.m. to highlight the reopening of the pedestrian bridge to the community. The event coincides with this year's Sartell Summerfest celebration June 9-10.

The Freeport Black Sox will host the Avon Lakers on Wednesday June 7th to kickoff the Fox 9 Town Ball Tour. Rob Mettenberg is the Manager of the Black Sox. He says Fox 9 reached out to him and worked out a date that made sense.

Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week we’re going to start off talking to Ben about something that’s been frustrating parents to no end. Then, we talk to Grace about the plans to dredge the Wilmington harbor again, and finally we talk to Kelly about how affiliates get their stories on the air to a national audience.

Richmond, Minnesota is a town of 1,422 people southwest of St. Cloud on Highway 23. The community was settled in the 1850s, platted in 1856 and incorporated in 1890. Richmond has many lakes in the area including the horseshoe chain of lakes.

Richmond is a town of 1,420 people but the town wasn't always known as Richmond. This is the story of Richmond in Central Minnesota located southwest of St. Cloud along Highway 23.

The Minnesota State Patrol has already started extra highway enforcement in preparation for a busy Memorial Day weekend on Minnesota roads. Sargent Jesse Grabow from the Minnesota State Patrol and MN-Dot Regional Coordinator William Van Koevering joined me on WJON and took calls from listeners.