Avon News

Jim Stueve of Albany, Arnie Veldkamp of Hawick, and Cheryl Veldkamp of Hawick were honored for their 20 years of service on the Stearns County Sheriff's Mounted Reserve at its annual Christmas dinner Jan.

Orlando Aaron Allen, 23, Avon; violation of no contact order, April 18, 2011; imposition of sentence stayed on five years probation and 42 days in jail, fined $350 plus surcharges, ordered to complete a domestic abuse program and follow recommendations, abstain from alcohol and nonprescribed mood-altering substances, undergo random urinalysis, ... (more)

AVON, Minn. - A semi lost control in Stearns County and hit a sheriff's squad, injuring a deputy.

The Lake Wobegon Brass Band - connected to its namesake mostly by name only -- will play a composition specially written in the tradition of the British brass bands.