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Events in January 2025

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December 29, 2024(1 event)

Country Lights Festival

December 20, 2024

Country Lights Festival, sponsored by Country Financial, dusk to dawn, around Lake Francis. Parking available at Sartell Community Center, 850 19th St. S.

December 30, 2024(1 event)

Country Lights Festival

December 20, 2024

Country Lights Festival, sponsored by Country Financial, dusk to dawn, around Lake Francis. Parking available at Sartell Community Center, 850 19th St. S.

December 31, 2024(1 event)

Country Lights Festival and fireworks display

December 31, 2024

Country Lights Festival and fireworks display, sponsored by Country Financial, dusk to dawn, around Lake Francis. Parking available at Sartell Community Center, 850 19th St. S.

January 1, 2025(1 event)

2:00 pm: Advocates for Independence


January 1, 2025

Advocates for Independence, 2-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 Benton Drive N., Sauk Rapids. 320-529-9000.

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January 9, 2025(1 event)

10:30 am: Preschoolers Play & Learn Workshop


January 9, 2025

Preschoolers Play & Learn Workshop, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Encourage a love of learning as you and your child play, explore, discover, count and create. Join us anytime during the hour for this open-ended play session. Activities designed for ages 1 to 5. No registration, but room limits may be enforced.

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January 14, 2025(1 event)

7:00 pm: National Alliance on Mental Illness


January 14, 2025

National Alliance on Mental Illness, 7 - 8:30 p.m., online meeting via "Hey Peers" until further notice. The Family Support Group is for Family Members, Caregivers and Friends of a person affected by mental illness. Any diagnosis, any age. Follow these instructions to register: http://www.namistcloud.com/support-groups.html

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January 23, 2025(1 event)

9:00 am: Spiritual R & R Day


January 23, 2025

Spiritual R & R Day, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.., St. Benedict's Monastery, 104 Chapel Lane, St. Joseph. This day offers time and space for quiet prayer, reflection, reading, resting and meeting with a spiritual director if desired. Optional noon meal at the monastery for a nominal fee. Limit: 10 participants. To register: https://sbm.osb.org/event/spiritual-r-r-day/

January 24, 2025
January 25, 2025(1 event)

10:00 am: Digital Scanning Event


January 25, 2025

Digital Scanning Event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. The Stearns History Museum, in partnership with the Great River Library system, is offering a free community-scanning event. Bring your family photos or other documents important to your family history to be scanned with professional equipment. You will go home with a digital copy of your materials. Registration required for a 30-minute timeslot. Call 320-356-5987. Limit one time slot per person. Limit of 11 participants.

January 26, 2025
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January 28, 2025(1 event)

7:00 pm: National Alliance on Mental Illness


January 28, 2025

National Alliance on Mental Illness, 7 - 8:30 p.m., online meeting via "Hey Peers" until further notice. The Family Support Group is for Family Members, Caregivers and Friends of a person affected by mental illness. Any diagnosis, any age. Follow these instructions to register: http://www.namistcloud.com/support-groups.html

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January 29, 2025(1 event)

4:00 pm: 2025-26 School Year Open House for kindergarten enrollment, preschool registration and middle school


January 29, 2025

2025-26 School Year Open House for kindergarten enrollment, preschool registration and middle school, 4-5:30 p.m., Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St. Joseph.

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