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St. Cloud School Superintendent Willie Jett is stepping down as Superintendent following the school year. That announcement came last week. He joined me on WJON today.

St. Cloud School District 742 is still experiencing a bus driver and substitute teacher shortage. That according to Superintendent Willie Jett. He says the Human Resources office is very busy looking for many open positions that aren't exclusive to the before mentioned positions.

Members of the Central Minnesota Optimists, Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs are teaming up to host a food drive Thursday October 28th at Pathways4Youth headquarters located at 203 Cooper Avenue North in St. Cloud as part of a Celebrate Community project.

Explore Minnesota's Alyssa Hayes joined me on WJON today. Some examples for people to explore include S.S. William A. Irvin / Duluth Haunted Ship, Palmer House Hotel, Sauk Centre, Crazie Annie’s Bridge, Henderson, and the Rochester ghost trolley tours. More details below from Alyssa Hayes from Explore Minnesota.

The weather has gone from highs above normal to below normal over the past couple of days. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON this week. Glen says the drop in temperature has led to great conditions to do some fall fishing. He says walleye, pan fish, crappies and blue gills will be biting.

The number of COVID-19 positive patients within CentraCare hospitals in Central Minnesota continue to be high. CentraCare Spokesman Dr. George Morris joined me on WJON today. He says the the number can vary slightly each day or even each hour but they've been pretty steady with 80 to 85 patients with approximately 65 of them at St. Cloud hospital.

Explore Minnesota's Alyssa Hayes joined me on WJON today. Some examples for people to explore include S.S. William A. Irvin / Duluth Haunted Ship, Palmer House Hotel, Sauk Centre, Crazie Annie’s Bridge, Henderson, and the Rochester ghost trolley tours. More details below from Alyssa Hayes from Explore Minnesota.

The St. Cloud V.A. is offering a holistic way of living for veterans. Dr. Sean O'Mara is the Medical Director for Whole Health at the St. Cloud V.A. O'Mara says a unique way to build core strength to help prevent and minimize falls is to practice sitting on the ground and getting up from there.

CentraCare issued a vaccine mandate for employees in August. CentraCare spokesman Dr. George Morris joined me on WJON this week. He said in the past week they started the vaccination process of another 120 employees bringing their total vaccination numbers to just under 80% of their staff vaccinated.

The St. Cloud V.A. is waiting for the approval of booster COVID-19 Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines from the FDA. Public Affairs Officer Barry Venable joined me on WJON today. He says the V.A. is preparing for the go ahead to start administering 3rd doses/boosters to eligible veterans.