Rice city leaders are gearing up for a summer of road improvement projects. After hearing cost estimates for the efforts, they opted to increase the upcoming workload.   During an April 21 …

Sauk Rapids council members have established a local housing trust fund to protect state funds. Todd Schultz, community development director, provided background about the fund April 14. …

Sauk Rapids Police Department   April 22, 9:46 p.m. — Officers were dispatched to a business on the 500 block of North Benton Drive for an unwanted person. The caller reported a …

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported the following conservation activity as of April 28.   District 11 : A report was not available from Brett Fox, MN DNR …

Sauk Rapids man   charged with drug possession FOLEY — A Sauk Rapids man is facing felony drug charges following a trespassing complaint in March.   Cordell Martez Hall, 38, …

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is May 10   ST. CLOUD — For the 33rd year, the National Association of Letter Carriers and National Rural Letter Carriers Association are excited to …

Sauk Rapids employee attendance at conference events is now governed by policy. City leaders approved a resolution to formalize the approval process for attending events April 14. Rinke …

With the Sauk Rapids-Rice Youth Baseball Association set to use Lions Municipal Park in Rice for a second consecutive season and the city’s recreation department gearing up for six weeks of …

Kara Fussy’s passion for horses and ponies traces as far back as her memory does, even before the then 8-year-old Mille Lacs County resident and her younger sister convinced their parents to …

Benton County leaders are preparing for a critical meeting regarding new facilities. Legal notices about a 6 p.m. May 6 bond hearing were published 14 days prior to a high-stakes meeting. …

Throughout Foley’s 125 years since its incorporation as a village in 1900, the story of the State Bank of Foley has been intertwined with that of the community from the very beginning and …

ST. CLOUD — An ambulance transported a Milaca man to St. Cloud Hospital April 23 after his Chevy Silverado collided with a black bear along Highway 23 in eastern Benton County. Douglas Jon …