ST. CLOUD — Stearns County is paying approximately $1.1 million annually to house local inmates in other counties' jail facilities, according to data obtained by the St. Cloud Times via the Freedom of ...

Stearns County Sheriff Steve Soyka talks about some of the challenges with the law enforcement center and jail on March 27 in St. Cloud. Stearns County is looking at the possibility of rebuilding the ...

As Stearns County looks to move its jail out of downtown St. Cloud into a justice center containing the jail, law enforcement center and courts, the St. Cloud Times took a look at what the state has ...

The referendum, which will be on the Election Day ballot on Nov. 5, 2024, proposes to raise sales tax .38% in Stearns County. “That’s less than a half of a percent,” Williams said, “and that will pay ...

Stearns County corrections officers responded to an inmate who pressed the intercom button in his cell. When officers arrived ...

ST. CLOUD - Over a decade ago, Stearns County officials knew the jail was cramped and nearing the end of its useful life. But hefty replacement cost estimates and indecision over location spurred ...

ST. CLOUD — Suspects are still being arrested, but booking photos of current Stearns County Jail inmates are not appearing on the county's jail roster website. The lack of booking photos — also known ...

ST. CLOUD — As the Nov. 5 justice center sales tax ballot question approaches, Stearns County officials are defending their decision to relocate the county's jail and court facilities from downtown St ...

ST. CLOUD — The family of a St. Cloud man who died in custody at Stearns County Jail is suing the county and a local health care organization, accusing them of ignoring the man's pleas that he ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – A Stearns County Jail inmate is accused of assaulting officers and pulling a sink off the wall of his cell ...