Foley News

FOLEY - Staff cuts at the Benton County Sheriff's Office have administrators scrambling to figure out how to keep up with security needs.

Children crying and screaming. Parents reassuring and comforting. Health care workers sitting and waiting.

FOLEY - The 50th annual Benton County 4-H Leaders Banquet was held Oct. 8 at Foley Intermediate School's cafeteria.

CLEAR LAKE - A Foley woman was arrested Saturday after the SUV she was driving ran into a tractor pulling adults on a hayride, Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott said.

A flu vaccine clinic for children in the Sauk Rapids early childhood program is among the first to be scheduled in the region.

National Book Award nominee T.J. Stiles is a Foley native. He attended Carleton College and has degrees from Columbia University.

United Way Volunteer Central connects people with volunteer opportunities. Call United Way of Central Minnesota at 252-0227 or visit www.unitedwayhelps.org. Help a teacher: Mississippi Heights Elementary School in Sauk Rapids needs a teacher's assistant for third grade to help with grading papers, filing and reading with students.

The subjects of this year's National Book Award nominees were better known than the authors.

The National Book Awards finalists were announced Wednesday, and Minnesota is looking pretty good.

What: The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding two men added to the county's 10 most-wanted list.

RONNEBY - A 79-year-old Foley woman died and her husband was injured today after their car was hit from behind while it was stopped on Minnesota Highway 23 waiting to turn onto Benton County Road 6 near Ronneby.

WASHINGTON, D.C. a ' It could have been a scene straight from the Minnesota State Fair: a cow munching hay with a gaggle of politicians milling around and talking.

FOLEY - A former Benton County employee faces a felony theft charge after she was accused of stealing $130 of public money while she worked in the auditor-treasurer's office.

FOLEY - Police have linked two Annandale men to golf course burglaries in five jurisdictions, Benton County Sheriff Brad Bennett said.

Elizabeth Olson, a 19-year-old University of Minnesota student from Hutchinson, Minn., was crowned the 56th Princess Kay of the Milky Way during a Wednesday evening ceremony at the State Fairgrounds.

With inclement weather all over Minnesota on Saturday, the St. Cloud Archer's Association changed its plan from archery to carpentry.

-- Laura Lee, Becker, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship, a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship and a $1,000 Robin Norgaard-Kelleher Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Katherine Johnson, Maple Lake, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship, a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship and a Presidential Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Katie Pfannenstein, St. Joseph, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- David Farmer, Foreston, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Kelsey Gruba, Foley, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Benjamin Ruiz, Milaca, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. Daniel Lawin, Long Prairie, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Justin Baumgarten, Cold Spring, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Stephanie Spicer, St. Cloud, has been awarded a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Alexander Huss, Milaca, has been awarded a $1,000 Troppman Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Jessica Althoff, Becker, has been awarded a $1,000 Recognition Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Zebulon Emerson Beilke-McCallum, St. Augusta, recently received a master's degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. -- Candice Kociemba, Avon, and Haley Kvaas, St. Cloud, recently graduated from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. -- Benjamin David Solheim, St. Cloud, recently received a doctor of physical therapy degree from Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa. -- Several local students have been awarded scholarships from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. They are: Andrew Grelson, Cold Spring, $450 Ben Miller Scholarship; Jackie Theis, Cold Spring, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship; Anna Schiller, Holdingford, $300 Fishing for Fun Emeriti Scholarship; Sarah Paycer, Little Falls, $500 Robert Kramer Scholarship; Jordan Priem, Long Prairie, $1,000 Don Niskanen BSU Men's Golf Scholarship; Emily Pippo, Maple Lake, $600 Harold T. Peters Scholarship; Emily Carlson, Milaca, $700 Evelyn W. Berg Scholarship; Keith Lumley, Big Lake, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship and a $1,000 Morgan Family Technology Education Scholarship; Michael Stein, Sauk Centre, $500 Tom and Sandy Richard Elementary Mathematics Scholarship; Brian Olmanson, St. Cloud, $600 Wag Collins Memorial Mathematics Education Scholarship, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship and a $566 Ray Breen Scholarship for Math, Science and Music; and Chelsea Pollreisz, Zimmerman, $600 Harold T. Peters Scholarship. -- Several local students recently graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. They are: Joshua Philip Hoppe - departmental honors, Melrose; Nicholas Joseph Lodermeier - departmental honors, Autumn Nicole Marquette, Ashley Ann Minnerath, Elizabeth Jane Offerdahl and Adam John Weems, Sartell; Brian Dale Grebinoski and Stephanie Lynn Larson, Sauk Rapids; Kimberly Jo Bacharach, Laura Ann Greenlee, Jacquelyn Marie Hartman, Eric David Johnson, Jennifer Rose Kissner - departmental honors, Donald Charles Meredith III and Zachary Thomas Weber, St. Cloud; Darin Lee Goebel, St. Joseph; and Emma Louise Bahe - departmental honors, magna cum laude and summa cum laude for multiple degrees, Waite Park. -- Aaron Remer, son of Richard and Joy Remer of Sauk Rapids, recently received a $550 Helgason Engineering Scholarship from North Dakota State University, Fargo. -- Eric Pfeninger, son of Mike and Pam Pfeninger of Cold Spring, was named to the President's List for the 2009 spring semester at Minnesota State Community and Technical College. -- Magdalena Schroeder, daughter of Gregory and Maria Schroeder of St. Cloud, recently took part in the Concordia Language Villages program through Concordia College, Moorhead. -- Chase Reuter, son of Barbara Reuter of Sauk Centre, has been awarded a $2,500 Freshman Academic Scholarship from North Dakota State University. -- Katherine Holdvogt, Freeport, has been awarded a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Jack Hedlund, St. Augusta, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year.

-- Laura Lee, Becker, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship, a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship and a $1,000 Robin Norgaard-Kelleher Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Katherine Johnson, Maple Lake, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship, a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship and a Presidential Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Katie Pfannenstein, St. Joseph, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- David Farmer, Foreston, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Kelsey Gruba, Foley, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Benjamin Ruiz, Milaca, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. Daniel Lawin, Long Prairie, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Justin Baumgarten, Cold Spring, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Stephanie Spicer, St. Cloud, has been awarded a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Alexander Huss, Milaca, has been awarded a $1,000 Troppman Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Jessica Althoff, Becker, has been awarded a $1,000 Recognition Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Zebulon Emerson Beilke-McCallum, St. Augusta, recently received a master's degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. -- Candice Kociemba, Avon, and Haley Kvaas, St. Cloud, recently graduated from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. -- Benjamin David Solheim, St. Cloud, recently received a doctor of physical therapy degree from Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa. -- Several local students have been awarded scholarships from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. They are: Andrew Grelson, Cold Spring, $450 Ben Miller Scholarship; Jackie Theis, Cold Spring, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship; Anna Schiller, Holdingford, $300 Fishing for Fun Emeriti Scholarship; Sarah Paycer, Little Falls, $500 Robert Kramer Scholarship; Jordan Priem, Long Prairie, $1,000 Don Niskanen BSU Men's Golf Scholarship; Emily Pippo, Maple Lake, $600 Harold T. Peters Scholarship; Emily Carlson, Milaca, $700 Evelyn W. Berg Scholarship; Keith Lumley, Big Lake, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship and a $1,000 Morgan Family Technology Education Scholarship; Michael Stein, Sauk Centre, $500 Tom and Sandy Richard Elementary Mathematics Scholarship; Brian Olmanson, St. Cloud, $600 Wag Collins Memorial Mathematics Education Scholarship, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship and a $566 Ray Breen Scholarship for Math, Science and Music; and Chelsea Pollreisz, Zimmerman, $600 Harold T. Peters Scholarship. -- Several local students recently graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. They are: Joshua Philip Hoppe - departmental honors, Melrose; Nicholas Joseph Lodermeier - departmental honors, Autumn Nicole Marquette, Ashley Ann Minnerath, Elizabeth Jane Offerdahl and Adam John Weems, Sartell; Brian Dale Grebinoski and Stephanie Lynn Larson, Sauk Rapids; Kimberly Jo Bacharach, Laura Ann Greenlee, Jacquelyn Marie Hartman, Eric David Johnson, Jennifer Rose Kissner - departmental honors, Donald Charles Meredith III and Zachary Thomas Weber, St. Cloud; Darin Lee Goebel, St. Joseph; and Emma Louise Bahe - departmental honors, magna cum laude and summa cum laude for multiple degrees, Waite Park. -- Aaron Remer, son of Richard and Joy Remer of Sauk Rapids, recently received a $550 Helgason Engineering Scholarship from North Dakota State University, Fargo. -- Eric Pfeninger, son of Mike and Pam Pfeninger of Cold Spring, was named to the President's List for the 2009 spring semester at Minnesota State Community and Technical College. -- Magdalena Schroeder, daughter of Gregory and Maria Schroeder of St. Cloud, recently took part in the Concordia Language Villages program through Concordia College, Moorhead. -- Chase Reuter, son of Barbara Reuter of Sauk Centre, has been awarded a $2,500 Freshman Academic Scholarship from North Dakota State University. -- Katherine Holdvogt, Freeport, has been awarded a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Jack Hedlund, St. Augusta, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year.

St. Benedict's Senior Community is a 2009 recipient of the Step I National Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.

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