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Major League baseball owners and the players union met for approximately 5 hours Monday in hopes of ending the lockout which has already delayed the start of spring training and threatens the on time start of the regular season.

Parents, grandparents, friends, neighbors, mentors and teachers can all be influencers of young people. Gail Cruikshank, the Talent Director for the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation, joined me on WJON today. She talked about the latest EPIC (Exploring Potential Interests and Careers) event.

The Paramount Theatre has a full schedule of shows and has for the past few months. Gretchen Boulka is the Director of Performing Arts at the Paramount. She joined me on WJON. Boulka says the policy of proof of vaccination or negative test within 72 hours continues for now.

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been the predominant variant over the past couple of months in Central Minnesota. Dr. George Morris from CentraCare joined me on WJON today. He says the Omicron variant to proven to trigger more break thru cases of COVID-19 than the Delta variant did.

The Avon police department is reporting a porch pirate. This is someone who steals packages off of people's front steps or porches. A picture of the person is on the Tri County Crimestoppers facebook page and is pictured above.

Cathedral high school Monday night held a food drive called love your neighbor food drive for the boys basketball game against Minnewaska. Cathedral Activities Director Emmett Keenan and St. Cloud Catholic Schools President Scott Warzecha joined me on WJON today.

The Avon police department is reporting a porch pirate. This is someone who steals packages off of people's front steps or porches. A picture of the person is on the Tri County Crimestoppers facebook page and is pictured above.

A wolf hunt in Minnesota isn't likely anytime soon. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON today. Schmitt says a ruling by a judge in California in favor of the people suing the Federal government to reinstate wolves onto the endangered species list.

Longtime Melrose boys basketball coach Ryan Dusha has been named as one of 50 2022 regional recipients of the PCA’s Double-Goal Coach Award presented by TeamSnap. PCA stands for Positive Coach Alliance.

The St. Cloud V.A. continues to highlight whole health. Dr. Sean Omara and Public Affairs Officer Barry Venable from the St. Cloud V.A. joined me on WJON today. Dr. Omara says a recent discovery indicates many health benefits for people when using a sauna.