Royalton News

Authorities have released the name of a Royalton man who was one of at least three weather-related traffic deaths in Minnesota.

The Royalton man killed near Holdingford Wednesday, has been identified as Frederick Michael Doble, age 56, a resident of Royalton.

A central Minnesota couple in separate vehicles hit another motorist twice, the second time killing him as he inspected damage to his van from the first collision in Holdingford, Minn.

Sarangerel Sumiya is experiencing her junior year in high school in Royalton this year, instead of her home town of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.

HOLDINGFORD - A 56-year-old Royalton man was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a vehicle while he was outside his van inspecting damage from a fender-bender. According to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, Theresa Paulette Litchy, 56, of Holdingford, was driving east on Stearns County Road 17 at River Street in Holdingford when her 1996 ...

Officials in Minnesota say the first major winter storm of the season might be a factor in at least three traffic fatalities.

The pending retirements of school superintendents in the Sartell-St. Stephen and Sauk Rapids-Rice districts present a unique opportunity to ask some probing questions about the future for both districts.

LITTLE FALLS - Carol Anderson may have grown up on the family farm, but she wasn't born yesterday.

Two teenagers face felony charges after being accused of firing shots from a vehicle into people's homes in rural Little Falls.

The driver of a vehicle involved in a rear-end crash in February that killed then-Royalton Superintendent John Franzoia has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.

Senior Gretchen Kaltoff had nine kills and two ace blocks to lead the way as Annandale defeated Big Lake 3-0 in nonconference play.

Local elected officials will board pontoon boats tonight in St. Cloud to get reacquainted with the Mississippi River.

Divers recovered the bodies of Adam Bobick, 23, and Shawn Ramsdell, 33, in 15 to 20 feet of water this afternoon.

ROYALTON - Charlie Lawrence has made his mark all summer. The freshman from Foley won a 5-kilometer race in Blaine, took second at the Earth Day Festival and took sixth in the 3,000 meters at the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic championships in Greensboro, N.C. in August.

Archives NEWS Infant killed by horse EAGLE BEND - A 9-month-old boy died Tuesday after a horse stepped on him as his family did chores nearby.

Births reported today to the St. Cloud Times: ST. GABRIEL'S HOSPITAL, LITTLE FALLS LeClair, Andrew and Lindsay; Royalton; girl; Julia Judith LeClair; Sunday, Sept.

The Minnesota State Patrol reports that Paul D. Cullifer, 41, of Wadena died when the 1999 Freightliner he was driving rolled over on U.S. Highway 10 in Morrison County at 4:45 a.m. on Friday, August 28.

Former Royalton school district athletic director Doug Luepke hopes his name has been cleared after a Morrison County jury found him not guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl in 2006.

Just before 5 a.m. last Friday morning, a semi-truck rolled over just north of Royalton on Highway 10, with fatal results.

It took six and one-half hours for 12 jurors to acquit 57-year-old Doug Luepke, Royalton, of all charges that he had raped a 14-year-girl in 2006.