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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.