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June 2, 2024(3 events)

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report

May 13, 2024

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report, released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/watershed-information/mississippi-river-st-cloud

8:00 am: Pickleball


June 2, 2024

Pickleball: Mondays 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays 6-9 p.m.,  Saturdays 8 a.m.-noon, Sundays 8 a.m.-noon, Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St Joseph. Nominal fee. 

12:00 pm: Open Gym Basketball


June 2, 2024

Open Gym Basketball, noon - 2 p.m., Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Rd, St. Joseph. Nominal fee.

June 3, 2024(7 events)

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report

May 13, 2024

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report, released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/watershed-information/mississippi-river-st-cloud

2023 Summer Reading Challenge

June 3, 2024

2023 Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Join us for our summer reading challenge for children and teens, ages 0 to 18. This year’s theme is “Read, Renew, Repeat.” Have fun with reading and active challenges, programs, activities and more!

10:00 am: Benton County Museum


June 3, 2024

Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org

10:00 am: Book-A-Genealogist


June 3, 2024

Book-A-Genealogist, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Great River Regional Library Room 212), 1300 W. St. Germain St., St Cloud. Need extra assistance with your family research? Get one-on-one consultation from a professional volunteer genealogist researching your family tree and using the library's genealogy resources with expert guidance! Walk-ins welcome; First-come, first-served basis, but appointments are given top priority. Bring any info you already have and let us help you grow your family tree! Call 320-650-2500 to make an appointment. 

3:00 pm: Sartell Farmers’ Market


June 3, 2024

Sartell Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Scheels Athletic Complex, 1109 First St. S., Sartell.

5:30 pm: Sartell Lions Club


June 3, 2024

Sartell Lions Club, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Stewart Giffin's House, 813 9th St No, Sartell. Stewart Giffin, 651-261-4272.

More information

6:00 pm: Pickleball


June 3, 2024

Pickleball: Mondays 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays 6-9 p.m.,  Saturdays 8 a.m.-noon, Sundays 8 a.m.-noon, Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St Joseph. Nominal fee.

June 4, 2024(10 events)

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report

May 13, 2024

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report, released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/watershed-information/mississippi-river-st-cloud

2023 Summer Reading Challenge

June 3, 2024

2023 Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Join us for our summer reading challenge for children and teens, ages 0 to 18. This year’s theme is “Read, Renew, Repeat.” Have fun with reading and active challenges, programs, activities and more!

10:00 am: Benton County Museum


June 4, 2024

Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org

10:00 am: Memory Writers


June 4, 2024

Memory Writers, group develops topics and turn in stories, 10 a.m., Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S, St Cloud.

10:15 am: Summer Storytime


June 4, 2024

Summer Storytime, 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! Books are geared to 3- to 6-year-olds but younger and older friends are welcome. Limit 30 children per session. No advanced registration, please check in at the Children's desk upon arrival.

11:00 am: Summer Storytime


June 4, 2024

Summer Storytime, 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! Books are geared to 3- to 6-year-olds but younger and older friends are welcome. Limit 30 children per session. No advanced registration, please check in at the Children's desk upon arrival.

1:00 pm: Garden Chat: Q and A with the Master Gardeners


June 4, 2024

Garden Chat: Q and A with the Master Gardeners, 1-3 p.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Walk in and 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. 

1:00 pm: St. Joseph Food Shelf


June 4, 2024

St. Joseph Food Shelf, 1-3 p.m., 18 Birch St. E.

5:00 pm: Laundry Love


June 4, 2024

Laundry 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.

7:00 pm: St. Joseph Lions Club


June 4, 2024

St. Joseph Lions Club, 7 p.m., Millstream Park Pavilion 101 Fifth Ave. NW., St Joseph. Joanne Bechtold, 320-363-4483.

More information

June 5, 2024(4 events)

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report

May 13, 2024

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report, released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/watershed-information/mississippi-river-st-cloud

2023 Summer Reading Challenge

June 3, 2024

2023 Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Join us for our summer reading challenge for children and teens, ages 0 to 18. This year’s theme is “Read, Renew, Repeat.” Have fun with reading and active challenges, programs, activities and more!

10:00 am: Benton County Museum


June 5, 2024

Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org

6:00 pm: Pickleball


June 5, 2024

Pickleball: Mondays 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays 6-9 p.m.,  Saturdays 8 a.m.-noon, Sundays 8 a.m.-noon, Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St Joseph. Nominal fee. 

June 6, 2024(6 events)

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report

May 13, 2024

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report, released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/watershed-information/mississippi-river-st-cloud

2023 Summer Reading Challenge

June 3, 2024

2023 Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Join us for our summer reading challenge for children and teens, ages 0 to 18. This year’s theme is “Read, Renew, Repeat.” Have fun with reading and active challenges, programs, activities and more!

10:00 am: Benton County Museum


June 6, 2024

Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org

1:00 pm: St. Joseph Food Shelf


June 6, 2024

St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., 18 Birch St. E.

6:00 pm: Raptor Encounters Program


June 6, 2024

Raptor Encounters Program, presented by the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center, 6-7 p.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Come in and meet four real live raptors, including a bald eagle. Learn how they live, what they eat, what makes these birds raptors and what makes them unique. This program is made possible with Locally Growin’ donations. Limit 50.

6:30 pm: Tree Shakers Genealogy Club


June 6, 2024

Tree Shakers Genealogy Club, for ages 16 to adult, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Monthly genealogy club featuring an educational topic and discussion between members to share tips and ideas for the informal amateur genealogist. Beginner to advanced experience welcome. For ages 16 to adult. 

June 7, 2024(6 events)

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report

May 13, 2024

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report, released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/watershed-information/mississippi-river-st-cloud

2023 Summer Reading Challenge

June 3, 2024

2023 Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Join us for our summer reading challenge for children and teens, ages 0 to 18. This year’s theme is “Read, Renew, Repeat.” Have fun with reading and active challenges, programs, activities and more!

10:00 am: Benton County Museum


June 7, 2024

Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. https://mnbentonhistory.org

11:00 am: Member Appreciation Day


June 7, 2024

Member Appreciation Day, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Magnifi Financial, St. Joseph Branch, 1300 Elm St. E. Enjoy a free sit-down lunch (while supplies last). Pulled pork sandwich, baked beans, chips, cookie and water. And enter for a chance to win Twins tickets!

1:00 pm: Sartell Summerfest-Libertyville


June 7, 2024

Sartell Summerfest-Libertyville, 1-9 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N.

3:00 pm: St. Joseph Farmers’ Market


June 7, 2024

St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, at the Lake Wobegon Trailhead, CR 2.

June 8, 2024(4 events)

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report

May 13, 2024

Comment period for the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy report, released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/watershed-information/mississippi-river-st-cloud

2023 Summer Reading Challenge

June 3, 2024

2023 Summer Reading Challenge, Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Join us for our summer reading challenge for children and teens, ages 0 to 18. This year’s theme is “Read, Renew, Repeat.” Have fun with reading and active challenges, programs, activities and more!

8:00 am: Pickleball


June 8, 2024

Pickleball: Mondays 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays 6-9 p.m.,  Saturdays 8 a.m.-noon, Sundays 8 a.m.-noon, Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St Joseph. Nominal fee. 

9:00 am: Brat sale


June 8, 2024

Brat sale, hosted by St. Joseph Lions Club, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. All proceeds will benefit Lions Endeavors.