Enjoy this American classic: the road trip

It’s here — the summer travel season is officially a day old today. So where are you going?

The road trip, a great American classic, always beckons at this time of year. Many of us who grew up with this Griswoldian tradition have a love-hate relationship with the idea of [...] Continue Reading…

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Cathedral is No. 1 in 2A baseball

The latest coaches association state baseball rankings are out. And look who’s No. 1: St. Cloud Cathedral.

Little Falls is fifth and Albany is 13th. Foley is receiving honorable mention. All four are members of the Granite Ridge Conference.

Here are the rankings:
The latest Associated Press rankings for Minnesota high school baseball, [...] Continue Reading…

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You know you need more “Fast & Furious,” don’t you?

The Parkwood Cinema is quenching that much-needed Paul Walker, Vin Diesel void in your heart. Watch all of the “Fast & Furious” franchise movies leading up to the latest installment “Fast & Furious 6.”

The showing starts at 11 a.m. Thursday and is $30. For more details, visit www.marcustheatres.com/Movie/ MovieDetail/65436.

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Cloud City Boz give shout out to Cloud city

Cloud City Boyz have released a song all about their St. Cloud roots, dropping the names of bars and parks — and even the Whitney Recreation Center.

Check it out at http://sclk.co/b56qe.

The group has previously recorded tracks with Talahi Elementary students. Hip-hop artists Tyler Lydeen and Leroy Hirdler attended Talahi [...] Continue Reading…

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Cost of travel going down

It doesn’t happen often, but there was good news in the April travel price index: The cost of domestic travel went down last month.

The TPI, which is a derivative of the federal consumer price index, tracks changes on the price of travel-related goods and services: restaurant meals, lodging, transportation. [...] Continue Reading…

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Imholte’s walkoff wins it for Huskies over Southern Arkansas

MANKATO – Phil Imholte singled in Brandon Arnold in the bottom of the ninth inning to give St. Cloud State a 2-1 win over Southern Arkansas at the Division II Central Region baseball tournament late Friday night. 

The Huskies advance to play Minnesota State-Mankato at 1 p.m. today in a winner’s [...] Continue Reading…

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Google shows commitment to core services at I/O 2013

This week, Google invited the tech press and Android developers to San Francisco for the 2013 edition of the Google I/O conference.  The search giant uses this gathering to talk about Google and web products, like Android, Chrome and other Google-branded applications.
Last year, I/O attendees saw the introduction of [...] Continue Reading…

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Huskies finalize football schedule

The St. Cloud State football team finalized its fall schedule with times for home games.
The Huskies have six home games this fall. The home opener is Sept. 14 against Winona State at 6 p.m.

That is followed by the “Celebrate St. Cloud Weekend” game against Augustana at 6 p.m. on [...] Continue Reading…

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SJU tied for 4th at nationals

It wasn’t perfect, but senior Dennis Granath and the rest of his St. John’s teammates felt pretty good about the way things started at the Division III national golf meet Tuesday.

Granath shot a two-under-par score of 69 to finish the first day of the four-round event in second place [...] Continue Reading…

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New state softball rankings are out

The state softball coaches association has released some new state rankings with the playoffs just around the corner (next week).

Of note locally is that Becker is ranked eighth and Paynesville is ninth in Class 2A.

 
State softball rankings, provided by the coaches association

CLASS 1A
Rank.(prev) School (Section) -(Points)
1.(2) Mankato Loyola (S2)-(69)
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