Huskies in the news

Up to 2,000 people are expected at this year’s Fifth Avenue Block Party on Thursday at Coborn’s Plaza.

Little Falls Friends began with an informal gathering of foreign students hosted by local families in the mid 1990s. Now officially recognized as a student-led group by St. Cloud State University.

A Minnesota Historical Society grant will fund archaeologists’ search for the remains of Fort Holes, a U.S.-Dakota War-era settlers fort believed to have stood on the St. Cloud State University campus.

When Chad Braegelmann walks down the hallway from his office, he can run into someone he has known for many years. St. Cloud State University head baseball coach Pat Dolan was Braegelmann’s American Legion baseball coach when he was in high school. Braegelmann, 37, was named St. Cloud State’s head volleyball coach in July.

Alumnus Dotoo Nebi ’13 seeks to help people in the St. Cloud community get to know the Omoro people. Five hundred Omoro people now call St. Cloud home.

Mark Sipple really wanted Ricardo Ramos to play for him at Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The St. Cloud State defensive coordinator came to the Huskies in 2014 after Jim Louis left for Grand Valley State.

Finding Matt Hentges in the end zone was never a problem for Jameson Parsons when the two were playing for the Eagan High School football team.

Paul Buckovich, who has been a social services supervisor in Morrison County for the past 10 years, was named as the new Meeker Social Services director Tuesday.

When Valarie Williams talks about the thrill of being accepted at the Juilliard School, at least three other local arts leaders know the feeling. Central Ohio is currently experiencing something of a Juilliard conglomeration among arts leaders.

The Aug. 23 Times news report “So why don’t Taylor Swift, Stones play in St. Cloud?” thoroughly answered that question. Think proximity to the Twin Cities, no large venue, costs vs. benefits, etc.

A signing ceremony will take place Friday afternoon to transfer George Friedrich Park from St. Cloud State University to the City of St. Cloud.

St. Cloud State University and the city of St. Cloud will officially close of the land swap for George Friedrich Park August 28.

North St. Paul siblings Charlotte and Evan Gill — 21 and 16, respectively — decided to unplug in pursuit of a more rustic adventure just across the border in Wisconsin.

The city of St. Cloud and St. Cloud State University will formally close on a land swap that will allow for the opening of George Friedrich Park in a ceremony scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday.

Graduate student Carol Kuhn serves as headmaster of the newly-launched Calvary Classical Academy.

Rain prevented last Tuesday’s Walk in the Park from taking place at Centennial Park. But we’re hoping for sunnier skies this week when we hit the trail — the Beaver Islands Trail, that is.

For about a decade, some community members have looked to what is now Herb Brooks National Hockey Center as the most likely venue to attract bigger concerts after all of its renovation is completed.

St. Cloud Times — St. Cloud Times reporter Mitch LeClair joined a neighborhood walk welcoming students back to the campus-area neighborhood and live blogged from the route. Read more: http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2015/08/23/calvary-classical-academy-launches-st-cloud/32237871/

It’s that time of the year again as nearly 2,000 new students get settled in at St. Cloud State University.

Upcoming stops on the Walk in the Park tour include George Friedrich Park on Sept. 8.

Q: What do you wear when you teach Broadcast Meteorology classes at, is it, St. Cloud State?

Bob Hoye ’75 was one of the most recognizable people in the St. Cloud area, owner of Hoye Home Furnishings for more than three decades and a frequent advertiser in print and on radio. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 56.

General manager Jim Rutherford would never say never, but it looks like the Penguins wrapped up a busy summer of transactions with one final free agent signing Thursday. The last addition was 38-year-old center Matt Cullen, who signed a one-year, $800,000 deal, the team announced.

Following in his older brother’s footsteps is something Tom Imholte has always done. But the Mankato MoonDogs catcher wouldn’t have it any other way. The older brother, St. Cloud Rox assistant coach Phil Imholte, is somebody he’s looked up to his entire life.

St. Cloud State University Director of Athletics Heather Weems has announced the appointment of Michael Seiffert ’98 as the head coach for the men’s and women’s golf teams at the University.