Jenny Berg
St. Cloud Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
St. Cloud metro reporter for the Star Tribune / coffee fiend / dog mama / nap advocate.
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6 days ago |
startribune.com | Jenny Berg
By Jenny Berg The town gained notoriety in the 1990s. A movie (and a few marriages) followed. The Minnesota Star Tribune April 18, 2025 at 11:00AM In the years after the town's matchmaking stint, about 60 people moved to Herman and a half-dozen new businesses opened, the Star Tribune reported in 1996. The growth was short-lived, though. Today, Herman's population of 400 is smaller than it was in 1994.
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sacbee.com | Jenny Berg
The killing of 21-year-old Taylen Brooks by a mountain lion in El Dorado County in March of 2024 was both shocking and tragic. Brooks’ death reinforces our urgent need for a sustained and well-focused public policy approach to promoting public safety and sustaining human-wildlife coexistence. But that’s not what a new bill introduced by Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, R-Modesto, would deliver.
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startribune.com | Jenny Berg
A Sauk Rapids police officer is on unpaid leaving following accusations he sexually assaulted a child more than a decade ago. Andrew E. Jensen, 33, of St. Cloud, was hired by Sauk Rapids in December 2023. Last December, he was placed on leave, according to Police Chief Perry Beise. In March, Jensen was charged in Morrison County District Court with one felony count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Jenny Berg
Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in Waite Park over the weekend, according to Police Chief Anthony Reznicek. Officers responded to gunshots in a home in the 200 block of 10th Avenue N. just before 2:15 p.m. Saturday and found two adults dead in the house. Reznicek said the two officers were across the street from the home on a separate matter when they heard gunshots and saw two children, ages 5 and 8, run from the house and confirm a shooting took place.
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startribune.com | Jenny Berg
ST. CLOUD - The wife of a longtime Stearns County board member is filing for guardianship over her husband because his recent cognitive decline is affecting his ability to act as an elected commissioner, she says. On April 7, a Wright County judge granted Alice Lenzmeier of St. Cloud emergency guardianship over Leigh Lenzmeier, 77, who has been residing in a assisted living facility in Buffalo for about a year. The temporary guardianship lasts 60 days.
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