Huskies in the news

As a teenager, Josh Savage was a handy kid who helped out at his dad’s South Side plumbing business. Twenty years later, Savage, 37, is a college graduate. And the owner with his wife, Sheree, of Uptown Plumbing, now located in north Minneapolis.

The history museum partnered with the archaeology program at St. Cloud State University to host an Archaeology I.D. event, in which people could bring artifacts found in their yards or elsewhere and learn where they came from.

A new administrator has been hired to lead Morris Area Elementary School: Shane Monson ‘95 is the new principal, scheduled to start just a few days after his students. Monson’s first official day with the district will be on Monday, September 14, but he joined Morris faculty and staff for the first day of school ...

The show’s choreographer, Debra Leigh (SCSU anti-racism educator), agreed that the themes of “Ragtime” resonate now, but she said it’s also interesting to compare “what’s different, and why is it different and how is it different, and what are the lessons that have been learned and what are the lessons that still need to be ...

Jeffrey Bleam (St. Cloud State theatre professor) had a suggestion ready when Pioneer Place on Fifth Artistic Director Jay Terry asked what show he would like to direct for the venue. It was “Pump Boys and Dinettes,” a show Bleam watched when he was 16.

Tracy Ore, a St. Cloud State University sociology professor, said it’s about much more than just making a different personal choice. It’s about structures. “If you want a healthy community, we need to do something,” she said.

St. Cloud Times Editorial Board — Everyone yelps for something to be done about crime on St. Cloud’s south side, especially in the campus area.

Some people were visiting George Friedrich Park for the first time Tuesday. Others were revisiting an area they’d frequented before, even in spite of the “no trespassing” signs that have been there since 1976. But all seemed happy the park was once again open to the public.

Just two and a half years after being acquired by Calgary Flames as part of the Jarome Iginla trade, 24-year-old forward Ben Hanowski has moved on from that franchise and the NHL.

Sara Olson has joined the Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center/Betty Strong Encounter Center as History Education Coordinator. She received a Friends Fellowship and an archival assistantship for her graduate studies in Public History at St. Cloud State University.

Mille Lacs Messenger — Heather Sasse is the new full-time guidance counselor at Nay Ah Shing after completing her post master’s certificate in school counseling at St. Cloud State University.

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.