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Princeton Man Arrested After Investigation Reveals Peephole In Bathroom

09/03/2010 - 11:00 AM

Hot and Wet August in St. Cloud

09/02/2010 - 12:25 PM

August 2010 will go in the books as the seventh warmest and eleventh wettest in St. Cloud history. SCSU Meteorology Professor Bob Weisman says the average August temperature in St. Cloud was 72.7 degrees, more than five degrees warmer than normal. There were seven days in August when the high reached at least 90 degrees, which ties a St. Cloud record. Weisman also says August rainfall in St. Cloud was 6.36 inches, almost two and a half inches above normal. That made it the wettest August since 1995. Looking ahead to September, Weisman says the chance for another 90 degree day is slim, but don’t count it out. 90 degree highs and even a few 100 degree highs have been observed in St. Cloud as late as the 17th of September.

Star Witness in Petters Case Sentenced to 1 Year

09/02/2010 - 12:00 PM

The woman who blew the whistle on Tom Petters' $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme, even as she was implicated herself, has been sentenced to one year in prison. Deanna Coleman was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul for her October 2008 guilty plea on a charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. She had been Petters assistant for more than a decade when she approached federal prosecutors in 2008 and went on to cooperate with their investigation.

Petters is now serving a 50-year sentence for allegedly orchestrating the scheme, but he's appealing. Prosecutors say Coleman's help was vital to their case and did not ask for a long sentence, though they also did not specifically ask Judge Richard Kyle to spare her time behind bars. Kyle says the seriousness of Coleman's crimes compelled him to give her a short prison sentence.

80 St. Cloud Soldiers to Deploy to Iraq

09/02/2010 - 11:50 AM

80 St. Cloud soldiers will soon deploy for a year of service. Soldiers of the St. Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion will serve in Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn, the drawdown phase of US military operations in Iraq. In late November, the troops will travel to Fort Hood, Texas, for about two months of pre-deployment training before their 10 month deployment to Iraq. This is the second deployment for Company B.

Waite Park Police Looking for Attempted Robbery Suspect

09/02/2010 - 11:10 AM

Waite Park Police are looking for the man they say tried to rob someone in the parking lot of Casey’s General Store. It happened at around 11:30 Wednesday night on 10th Avenue South. Police say the man displayed a small gun then ran away after the attempted robbery. No one was hurt. The suspect described as a thin black man in his early 20’s between 6'0" and 6'2". He was wearing a red bandana over his face, gloves and a black hoodie at the time of the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call Waite Park Police at (320) 251-3281.

St. Cloud Police Seeking Robbery Suspect

09/02/2010 - 11:00 AM

St. Cloud Police are trying to find a man they say robbed a woman on the street near St. Cloud State. It happened at around 11:00 Thursday night on the 500 block of 7th Avenue South. Police say a 23-year-old St. Cloud woman was walking home when she was approached by a man who demanded her purse and cell phone, threatened to hurt her, and showed her his gun. After the woman gave the suspect the items requested, police say he ran away, heading eastbound on 5th Street. The suspect is described as a 6'3" black man in his mid-20’s who weighs more than 200 lbs. He was wearing blue basketball shorts, long-sleeved blue zip up shirt with a white t-shirt underneath at the time of the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call St. Cloud Police at (320) 251-1200.

Mahnomen Woman Arrested For Shoplifting

09/01/2010 - 1:45 PM

A 19-year-old Mahnomen woman was taken into custody Monday after allegedly shoplifting over twelve-hundred dollars worth of property from JC Penney.  Kathleen Mattraca Beaupre was charged with felony theft. 

Art For Artists Annual Community Art Show Seeks Artists

09/01/2010 - 12:30 PM

Artists of all mediums and professional levels from the St. Cloud area will put their works on display to compete for cash awards during the Art for Artists Annual Community Art Show, presented by Visual Arts Minnesota and US Bank. 

St. Cloud Regional Human Rights Office Opens Monday

09/01/2010 - 12:00 PM

Monday marks the opening of the St. Cloud Regional Human Rights Office, the only office of its kind in the area.   The office is located in St. Cloud’s City Hall, and will be run by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

Police Looking For Suspect In Weekend Assault

09/01/2010 - 11:15 AM

A Nineteen-year-old Lake Elmo resident was taken to St. Cloud Hospital late Saturday night after an assault in the 300 block of 5^th Avenue South resulted in several lost teeth.

Suspicious RV Fire In Waite Park

09/01/2010 - 11:00 AM

Waite Park Police responding to fire call at Noon on Tuesday arrived to find a recreational vehicle engulfed in flames. The vehicle was parked at a self-storage yard, and was outside at the time of the fire. 

Twelve-Year-Old Boy In Custody After Assauting Officer

09/01/2010 - 11:00 AM

A twelve-year-old boy, described by police as “out of control,” was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon on charges of fourth-degree assault and obstructing legal process with force.

SCSU Recommends Eight Programs to be Cut

08/31/2010 - 11:15 AM

Eight more majors, minors and pre-professional programs at St. Cloud State are in jeopardy of being discontinued. The university recently completed its second phase review of academic programs amid the state’s considerable budget deficit. In an email sent to faculty and staff, SCSU Provost Devinder Malhotra put the rumors to rest about what additional programs might be dropped, and announced the university’s official recommendations.

The recommendations call for a discontinuation or reduction of eight programs at St. Cloud State, including undergraduate programs in Applied Computer Science, Aviation, and General Biology and master’s programs in College Counseling and Student Development, Computer Science, Geography and History. Malhotra says, for the programs that do end up getting cut, students already enrolled will be grandfathered in, but those programs will stop accepting new admissions.

These are only recommendations. SCSU President Earl Potter will make the final call later in the semester. Between now and then, the University is hosting two open meetings where students, faculty and staff can voice their opinions on the future of St. Cloud State’s academic structure. Those meetings will take place Wednesday, September 8th from 2-4 pm in the Atwood Ballroom, as well as Thursday, September 9th from 10 am to 12 pm in the Atwood Cascade Room.

Last semester, it was announced that 26 programs would be cut from the St. Cloud State academic catalog.

KVSC Rolls Out twitter.com/KVSCnews

04/09/2010 - 1:30 PM

In the beginning there was spoken word.  Then those words evolved to stone tablets and then came paper.  Years later, the Internet was introduced and shortly after that, came TWITTER!  

Just as communication evolved, so has KVSC... We already have our main Twitter pages for the station at twitter.com/kvsc881fm and Husky hockey updates at twitter.com/KVSCHockey ... now we introduce the world to KVSC News on Twitter!  To catch all the latest news in Central Minnesota and St. Cloud State University, follow KVSCnews on Twitter.  All you need to do is set-up an account on Twitter and follow twitter.com/KVSCnews.  

Yes, the KVSC 88.1FM network on Twitter is growing and all in an effort to keep the world tuned-in to what's going on at SCSU and Central Minnesota.