Good morning, St. Cloud.

Catholic Charities honored businessman Mark Thelen and Associated Wholesale Grocers with Good Samaritan Awards at Harvester Square on Sept.

15 - recognizing their community service and food rescue efforts.

Thirty teams of shooters raised over $54,000 for youth programs at the Rox Community Foundation’s sixth annual Sporting Clays Shootout on Sept.

17 at Rice Creek Hunting Club in Little Falls, with administrative costs covered by the Rox & volunteers so every dollar helped kids. Next year’s shootout is planned for Sept. 16, 2027.

Six-year-old husky mix Gypsum is available for adoption at Tri-County Humane Society where she can enjoy daily walks and summer swims + she weighs 80 pounds and is fully trained, so adopters without cats should arrange a meet-and-greet with dogs.

Twelve families were displaced Monday night when an unattended candle sparked a fire in the 900 block of Fifth Avenue South; firefighters controlled the blaze around 10:30 p.m. and the Health Department closed the building until cleanup and alarm repairs are complete.

The museum is hosting guided cemetery tours this fall with tours scheduled for Oct.

10 at St. James Cemetery in Jacobs Prairie, Oct. 17 at St. Benedict’s Monastic Cemetery in St. Joseph, and Oct. 24 at Big Grove Church Cemetery near Brooten—tickets cost $10 and members enter free.

Central Minnesota’s most haunted sites have drawn paranormal investigators (reports include unusual sounds and cold spots), featuring Sauk Centre’s Palmer House, Litchfield Opera House, Anoka State Hospital, a Dairy Queen in St. Anthony, and Ferguson’s Cemetery in Norwood Young America.

Flannel Fest will take place this Saturday, Oct.

3 at the Ledge Amphitheatre in Waite Park. The event, for adults 21 and over, will feature live music by Tammy Jo, Church of Cash & Mason Dixon Line, food trucks, games and free beverage sampling from Westside Liquor.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin three weeks of prep work at the Highway 15 and Highway 10 intersection in Sauk Rapids on Monday, Oct.

5, realigning a right turn lane at Benton County Road 29 as weather permits, with major bridge reconstruction planned for spring.

Essentia Health and HealthPartners will merge their services after regulatory review, with the combined organization set to operate in 2027.

Patients and employees face no immediate changes as the new network — covering 22 hospitals and over 135 clinics across three states — aims to offer improved care coordination.