Good morning, St. Cloud.

The 13th annual Tee It Up for the Troops event will be held Monday, Aug.

31 at St. Cloud Country Club (301 Montrose Road) with a noon flag ceremony to honor returning veterans and raise funds for programs addressing housing and job challenges. Organizers say the event is sold out.

Echoes in the Night: The Search for Jacob Wetterling, a documentary about the region's 1989 case, premiered in St. Cloud this spring and is now screening at theaters across Minnesota; Q&A sessions with director Chris Newberry & Jacob’s family are planned during selected showings through late August.

TEDxStCloud celebrates its 10th anniversary at the Paramount Center on Thursday, Oct.

8 from 6:30 p.m.—a pre-show begins at 5:00 p.m. featuring six local speakers, including a nonprofit news founder and a former NFL player.

All 22 students in St. Cloud State’s ABA program passed the BCBA exam on their first try, far above the 51 percent national average.

The achievement highlights the program’s quality teaching and careful training.

St. Cloud State University's Huskies Academic Center opened in February at Halenbeck Hall to give student-athletes a space for studying and tutoring.

The center was built with two grants, added technology upgrades, and logged 393 check-ins in its first three months.

Bear season will open Sept.

1 and the DNR is asking hunters to check for collared bears, with about 50 radio-collared black bears tracked near Chippewa National Forest by looking for colorful ear tags and a small heart monitor on the left side if shot.

A U.S. Drought Monitor report from Thursday shows that a small area in west-central Minnesota reached extreme drought status, creating wider drought conditions.

In the Mississippi Headwaters watershed, where St. Cloud is located, officials urge residents to cut water use (the DNR warned) as lake and soil moisture drop.

In Minnesota, standard license plates remain with the sold car while personalized or specialty plates (like Club 100) can be transferred to a new vehicle if the buyer fills out the required paperwork at the dealership.

Construction delays at the Benton County roundabout have kept the intersection closed with detours past the start of school because inspections found cracks in the concrete; work is expected to finish by the end of September, and families in the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District should check bus route changes.

Health officials reported 129 salmonella cases in Minnesota linked to Sinaloa-grown jalapeños from Coast Citrus Distributors, and restaurants and grocery stores are recalling affected items since the outbreak began June 19.

Minnesota health officials are warning consumers not to eat alfalfa sprouts from Everything Sprouts after 23 local cases of E. coli and salmonella emerged; Wisconsin reported 18 similar cases as investigators work with federal agencies to trace the source.

The Alzheimer’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s is set for Saturday, Oct.

3 at Lake George Municipal Complex in St. Cloud, with registration opening at 9:00 a.m. and a Promise Garden ceremony at 10:00 a.m. Participants may register individually or as teams (free).

St. Cloud Police and Fire departments will play in the second annual Guns ‘N Hoses Softball Game on Monday, Sept.

14 at Joe Faber Field, part of the Municipal Athletic Complex — with a Touch-a-Truck event from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and first pitch at 6:30 p.m.