(KNSI) – Around 50 neighborhoods in St. Cloud held block parties for National Night Out.
St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis says the annual event has been around for about 50 years and is designed to get people outside to talk with each other and get to know your neighbors. He says we are all safer when we know our neighbors.
KNSI was at the St. Cloud Rotary Club Community Outpost, better known as the COP House. The COP House has been held up as a community and police relations model because of the programs provided to the neighborhood.
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St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson says this is a day to celebrate how well they do community. He says that relationship has been built over time, and the Community Outpost’s services have helped. The COP House hosts parenting classes, kids’ programs, youth sports leagues, dental clinics, and anything else that’s needed.
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(KNSI) – The Minnesota Legislative Session is coming down to the end of overtime, and some lawmakers are more optimistic than others that the work will get finished before a government shutdown.
Members of the Minnesota House and Senate have been in Special Session since June 14 after Democrat and Republicans couldn’t hammer out a projected $52-billion operating budget by the mandated deadline.
Lawmakers have three funding bills left, including a State Government and Veterans Bill, a Tax Bill, and the Public Safety and Judiciary proposals.
St. Cloud Representative Dan Wolgamott says there’s still plenty of work to be done on those three bills.