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Week of Aug 3rd
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Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge
June 9, 2025
Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library. For kids ages 0-18. For registration details contact your library or visit griver.org/summer-reading-challenge.
Pickleball Pickleball
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August 3, 2025Pickleball, 8 a.m.-noon, Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St. Joseph. Nominal fee.
Open Gym Basketball Open Gym Basketball
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August 3, 2025Open Gym Basketball, noon - 2 p.m., Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Rd, St. Joseph. Nominal fee.
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Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge
June 9, 2025
Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library. For kids ages 0-18. For registration details contact your library or visit griver.org/summer-reading-challenge.
Sartell Summer Farmers’ Market Sartell Summer Farmers’ Market
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August 4, 2025Sartell Summer Farmers’ Market, 3 - 6 p.m., Scheels Athletic Complex (Bernicks Arena - Pine Cone North), 1109 1st St. S.
Sartell Lions Club Sartell Lions Club
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August 4, 2025
Sartell Lions Club, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Stewart Giffin's House, 813 9th St No, Sartell. Stewart Giffin, 651-261-4272.
Pickleball Pickleball
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August 4, 2025Pickleball, 6-9 p.m., Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St. Joseph. Nominal fee.
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Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge
June 9, 2025
Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library. For kids ages 0-18. For registration details contact your library or visit griver.org/summer-reading-challenge.
Benton County Museum Benton County Museum
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August 5, 2025 – August 8, 2025Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org
Memory Writers Memory Writers
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August 5, 2025Memory Writers, group develops topics and turn in stories, 10 a.m., Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S, St Cloud.
Summer Storytime Summer Storytime
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August 5, 2025Summer Storytime, for ages 3 to 6, 10:15-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:30 a.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Join us for stories, songs and fun. Younger and older friends are welcome. Limit 30 children per session. No advanced registration. Check in at the Children's Desk upon arrival.
Summer Storytime Summer Storytime
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August 5, 2025Summer Storytime, for ages 3 to 6, 10:15-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:30 a.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Join us for stories, songs and fun. Younger and older friends are welcome. Limit 30 children per session. No advanced registration. Check in at the Children's Desk upon arrival.
St. Joseph Food Shelf St. Joseph Food Shelf
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August 5, 2025St. Joseph Food Shelf, 1-3 p.m., 18 Birch St. E.
Laundry Love Laundry Love
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August 5, 2025Laundry Love, 5-8 p.m., St. Joseph Laundromat, 31 W. Minnesota St. The first and third Tuesdays of the month, guests will be able to get quarters and laundry supplies to do their laundry. Volunteers come from St. John’s Campus Ministry, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and the Central Minnesota Catholic Worker.
Giant Games Giant Games
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August 5, 2025Giant Games, for ages 6-16, 6-7 p.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Bring your family and friends to play giant games such as Yahtzee, Tower Crash, Word Scramble and more.
St. Stephen National Night Out St. Stephen National Night Out
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August 5, 2025St. Stephen National Night Out, 6-8 p.m., Lions Park, 111 Fifth St. NE. Enjoy games, prizes and a car show.
St. Joseph Lions St. Joseph Lions
August 5, 2025
St. Joseph Lions, 7:30 p.m., Millstream Park Pavilion 101 Fifth Ave. NW., St Joseph. Joanne Bechtold, 320-363-4483.
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Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge
June 9, 2025
Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library. For kids ages 0-18. For registration details contact your library or visit griver.org/summer-reading-challenge.
Benton County Museum Benton County Museum
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August 5, 2025 – August 8, 2025Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org
Pickleball Pickleball
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August 6, 2025Pickleball, 6-9 p.m., Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St. Joseph. Nominal fee.
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Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge
June 9, 2025
Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library. For kids ages 0-18. For registration details contact your library or visit griver.org/summer-reading-challenge.
Benton County Museum Benton County Museum
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August 5, 2025 – August 8, 2025Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org
Garden Chat: Q and A with the Master Gardeners Garden Chat: Q and A with the Master Gardeners
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August 7, 2025Garden Chat: Q and A with the Master Gardeners, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Great River Regional Library (Main Lobby, first floor), 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Ask gardening questions of the Master Gardeners of Stearns and Benton counties who will be available to provide research-based information from the University of Minnesota Extension. Find additional gardening information at https://www3.extension.umn.edu/county/stearns. Walk in; no registration required.
Tech Help Time Tech Help Time
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August 7, 2025Tech Help Time, noon-2 p.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Register in advance with library staff for a 30-minute, one-on-one session. For adults and teens.
St. Joseph Food Shelf St. Joseph Food Shelf
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August 7, 2025St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., 18 Birch St. E.
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Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge
June 9, 2025
Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library. For kids ages 0-18. For registration details contact your library or visit griver.org/summer-reading-challenge.
Benton County Museum Benton County Museum
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August 5, 2025 – August 8, 2025Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org
St. Joseph Summer Farmers’ Market St. Joseph Summer Farmers’ Market
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August 8, 2025St. Joseph Summer Farmers’ Market, 3 - 6 p.m., Lake Wobegon Trailhead (Resurrection Lutheran Church parking lot), 610 County Road 2.
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Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge
June 9, 2025
Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library. For kids ages 0-18. For registration details contact your library or visit griver.org/summer-reading-challenge.
Pickleball Pickleball
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August 9, 2025Pickleball, 8 a.m.-noon, Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St. Joseph. Nominal fee.