Huskies in the news

After years of conversations around climate change, the topic will become the focus of this year’s Winter Institute.

Andrew Askew ’10 has joined Essentia Health as vice president of public policy.

Dan DeSmet ’94 ’96 will be the next Lyon County emergency manager.

Matt Maier ’88 raises grass-fed beef, and in the Central Minnesota winter he lays out grass that was harvested on warmer days.

Officer Joey Benke ’12 and his K-9 Mesa will be featured on an upcoming episode of A&E’s “America’s Top Dog” competition.

Brothers Kyle ’07 and Jason Johnson are the fourth-generation owners of Johnson Builders & Realty Inc. (JBR), which has operated locally in Worthington for more than 80 years.

Criminal Justice graduate Tyler Hecht joins the Big Lake Police Department.

Hundreds packed the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud for Monday’s Martin Luther King Day Jr. Breakfast and Day of Service.

ST. CLOUD TIMES — At Monday morning’s Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast and Day of Service program, approximately 1,600 attendees gathered to do what the keynote speaker said she fears we don’t do enough of: Listen closely. Speaker Valerie Jarrett is a senior adviser to the Obama Foundation. She was the longest-serving senior adviser to President Barack Obama, ...

ST. CLOUD TIMES — When you haven’t lost a dual wrestling match in over three years, it’s hard to keep track of the win total. St. Cloud State its broke own NCAA Division II record last weekend with its 55th-straight dual match victory, and the Huskies extended that streak to 58 wins after a tight 17-16 win over ...

DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) – It may seem like they’re just on a walk in the park, but for this special group of dogs, it’s a full-time job. Police dogs from across the nation have been brought to Miami to help make sure all the events surrounding the Super Bowl are safe. “She sees the luggage over there ...

WJON — Archaeological materials documenting some of Minnesota’s earliest days will be curated, researched and preserved, thanks to a significant state grant. The Douglas A. Birk Collection, housed within the Anthropology Department at St. Cloud State University, has been awarded a $71,392 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant. Douglas Birk, who died in 2017, spent decades researching ...

You are invited to attend a free breakfast on Monday. The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Breakfast and Day of Service is being held at the River’s Edge Convention Center.

St. Cloud Times – If you landed a job in the construction industry in 2019, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re one of many who filled those jobs in the St. Cloud metropolitan statistical area, a federal designation that includes Benton and Stearns counties. … The employment growth in the construction industry was a large contributor to a “strong” ...

New Aitkin County Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Kathleen Ryan ’96 worked for the county in various fiscal-related capacities for almost 20 years before she assumed that role at the auditor’s office on Sept. 4.

The 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast and Day of Service is next week at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud.

Former Huskies baseball player and St. Cloud State University graduate Joey Benke ‘12 will compete in A&E Network’s show “America’s Top Dog,” which debuted in January in California. Benke is currently a police officer in Bismarck, ND with the Bismarck Police Department.

Men’s Hockey’s Zach Okabe is keeping a close eye on wildfires in Australia, where his extended family lives.

The principal of a St. Cloud Charter School is retiring after 40 years in education. STRIDE Academy Public School Principal Diane Moeller will call it a career after the end of the school year, effective June 30, 2020.

A new program at the Delaware School for the Deaf is expected to pay dividends both here in Newark and in China in partnership with the St. Cloud State University Confucius Institute.

Midway through his redshirt senior season at St. Cloud State, Tyree Overton is en route to wrapping up a stellar college wrestling career.

Nick and Jack Perbix have been the most competitive of brothers since they were children skating on a frozen lake north of their Elk River, Minn., home. If Nick’s St. Cloud State Huskies meet Jack’s Minnesota Gophers this weekend, fans will see an on-ice extension of the sibling rivalry that has fueled so much athletic ...

Nick Oliver wasn’t standing in his normal spot on the St. Cloud State bench last weekend. Instead of hovering behind the forwards, Oliver was right in the middle of the bench during St. Cloud State’s 7-2 upset win over No. 3-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato and subsequent loss to Minnesota in the championship game of the Mariucci ...

WJON—Today on WJON I was joined by retiring financial planner Steve Laraway from Laraway Financial and St. Cloud State Economist and Dean, school of Public Affairs, King Banaian.  We reflected on some of the key financial happenings and developments in the last 20 years and looked ahead to the future of money.

Winter driving can be tricky for many, but it can be especially difficult for new drivers.