Farmers’ markets in St. Joseph, St. Cloud
Join us for the St. Joseph Farmers’ Market from 3 to 6 p.m. Fridays at the Resurrection Lutheran Church Parking lot on CR 2 or the St. Cloud Area Farmers’ Market from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays in the Lady Slipper Parking Lot, Seventh Avenue S., downtown St Cloud. Experience the joy of getting your produce and artisan goods directly from our local growers and makers. You will find a wide variety of items from vegetables, fruit, flowers, eggs, meat, bread, coffee, honey, maple syrup, herbs and spices to soaps, lotions, candles, wool, jewelry and much more. These family-friendly farmers’ markets have something for everyone to enjoy.
School board candidate forum set Sept. 24
The League of Women Voters, St. Cloud Area will conduct a candidate forum for the St. Cloud Area District #742 School Board at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 in the District Administration Office, 1201 Second St. S., Waite Park. All candidates on the ballot have been invited: Scott Andreasen, Yoanna Ayala-Zaldana, Al Dahlgren, Diana Fenton, Shannon Haws, Bruce Hentges and Monica Segura-Schwartz. The general public is invited to attend the forum and submit written questions. On Nov. 5, District #742 voters will select up to four of the seven candidates. https://www.lwvsca.org/
‘Explorer Program’ accepts applications
The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications from young people between the ages of 15-21 who are interested in exploring careers within the public-safety realm, such as law enforcement, dispatch and corrections.
The Explorer Program started in 1976 and has been a very successful program that provides training and guiding youth toward a career in public safety. Explorers learn procedures from everyday law enforcement scenarios, report writing, defensive tactics and arrest protocol. Explorers are also taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation and basic first aid. They learn how to dispatch and what it is like to work in a jail setting.
Explorer Program members volunteer at community events by providing security, first aid and traffic control. They are also allowed to participate in ride-alongs with officers and sit-alongs with dispatchers. The group meets on a weekly basis during the school year and periodically throughout the summer months.
For more information, interested young people should email SheriffExplorer@stearnscountymn.gov.
Campaign signs illegal in right-of-way
Stearns County would like to remind property owners that placement of campaign signs and other unauthorized signs or objects in highway rights-of-way is illegal. In addition, campaign signs may not be placed on private property outside of the right-of-way limits without land owner’s consent.
Highway rights-of-way typically include the driving lanes, inside and outside shoulders, ditches and sight corners at intersections.
Crews will remove any unlawfully placed signs and impound them at one of the county’s local maintenance garages. County staff will hold the signs at the garage for a period of 30 days. During that time the owners may come to claim the signs.
Violation of this law is a misdemeanor. Civil penalties also may apply if the placement of such material contributes to a motor-vehicle crash and injures a person or damages a motor vehicle that runs off the road.
