Stearns County

A Minnesota police department is trying something new to hire, retain and improve the overall health of its police officers.

Both St. Cloud high school hockey teams honored a former player killed in a crash this summer, Mack Motzko, son of Gopher Men’s Hockey head coach Bob Motzko.

It has been 40 years since the unsolved murder of Myrtle Vera Cole, an 81-year-old widow who lived alone in her home in Fairhaven, Minnesota, in southeastern Stearns County.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested in connection to a carjacking in St. Cloud after the victim's GPS helped lead police to his location.

St. Cloud police officers who were called to check on a mother and her young baby discovered the infant's body in a dumpster, according to a criminal complaint filed on Tuesday.

A St. Cloud mother has been arrested after her three-month-old baby was found dead on Sunday.

Authorities are investigating a fatal crash Monday night in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

It appears a stabbing and hours-long standoff in central Minnesota was fueled by drugs and paranoia, a new criminal complaint details.

A standoff sparked by a stabbing Monday morning in Belgrade, Minnesota has ended peacefully, deputies said.

A driver was hurt Friday morning after deputies say his bus went off the road and flipped over Friday morning in Stearns County.

The state is expanding COVID-19 testing options to meet increased demand, particularly in areas like Mankato, Moorhead, Winona and St. Cloud.

A driver inspecting the damage to his pickup truck after hitting a deer was struck and killed by another pickup truck in Stearns County Monday morning. 

A 20-year-old St. Cloud State University wrestler has been charged in connection to an assault that left another student seriously injured in St. Cloud earlier this month.  

A 20-year-old man was arrested in connection to an assault that left another young man seriously injured Sept. 18 in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

The parents of the St. Cloud State student that was allegedly attacked tell FOX 9 their son will have to take the rest of the semester off to move home and undergo facial and jaw surgery.

A St. Cloud woman is facing charges for allegedly attacking her neighbor and a bicyclist with an ax Saturday morning. 

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday four children authorities had been searching for since Saturday have been found. 

Stearns County deputies are looking for four children who may be traveling with their parents -- including their father who is under a no-contact order for the kids.

As the second round of storms pushes through Saturday evening, there have been multiple reports of trees down in southwestern Minnesota.