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(KNSI) – The Ledge Amphitheater in Waite Park officially opened its gates to the public on Tuesday afternoon with a flag raising and a ribbon cutting ceremony.
At 5 p.m., Waite Park Mayor Rick Miller introduced members of the American Legion Post #428, who raised an American flag gifted to The Ledge by Chuck Schneider, a former Waite Park City Council member who died in 2018. Miller said the flag, which was initially given to Schneider by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, would be raised in memory of Schneider and former state Rep. Jerry Relph, who died in December 2020.
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Minnesota s sexual assault laws were on the verge of a broad revamp Tuesday, as lawmakers prepared to approve a sweeping set of changes aimed at plugging longstanding gaps in reporting and prosecuting such cases.
Tucked inside this year s public safety spending bill are laws to widen the definition of mentally incapacitated to include voluntary intoxication, cancel the statute of limitations on charging sex crimes, and criminalize extorting victims into sex.
The changes stem from a series of recommendations made this year by a statutory reform working group created after the Star Tribune s 2018 Denied Justice investigative series on deficiencies in Minnesota s sex assault laws.
St. Cloud lands Amazon distribution center, hundreds of jobs Mayor also announced a new park and monthly music town halls. May 4, 2021 6:12pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Amazon will open a delivery center in St. Cloud this year, creating hundreds of jobs in an area still hurting from the pandemic with higher than normal unemployment levels. We re thrilled to have Amazon one of the nation s premier companies operate in St. Cloud, St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis said Tuesday after his annual State of the City address. I think this is something most cities want.
Kleis announced in his speech that Amazon has applied for permits with the city and should be hiring this year.