Jay Caldwell is the host of the WJON Morning News Watch, 5-10 weekday mornings. The program focuses on interaction with listeners both on air and online about what concerns them in Central Minnesota. Jay and his wife reside in St. Cloud and have since 1998. They raised their 2 boys who are now off to college starting their own adventures. Please tune in to the Morning News Watch for the latest news, sports, weather, entertainment and so much more.
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Sauk Rapids-Rice, ROCORI Softball Have Good Weekends
ROCORI and Sauk Rapids-Rice Softball have productive weekends in Sauk Rapids and Becker.
Great Place to Visit This Spring… Learn More About Bowlus
Bowlus is a town of 279 people that was settled in the early 1900s, platted in 1907 and became incorporated in 1910. Bowlus has an operating post office since 1907, a lumberyard, meat market, hair salon, restaurant, gas station, liquor store, boutique, fire department, park with bike trail going through it, Legion, and Catholic Church.
St. Cloud’s Kleis Expects More People to Run For His Seat
Two people have declared that they will run for St. Cloud Mayor so far in November. Those two are St. Cloud city council person Carol Lewis and former St. Joseph city council person Anne Buckvold.
Timberwolves/Denver Series Start Times Announced
The Timberwolves will play the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals starting Saturday, May 4.
High School Sports Results Thursday May 2
The Albany girls golf finished 2nd to Pequot Lakes at the Granite Ridge Conference meet in Milaca. Pequot finished with a team score of 341, Albany had a scored of 354, Pierz 375, Cathedral 397, Milaca 399, Mora and Little Falls were not complete. In...
New Gopher Basketball Signee Has St. Cloud Roots
The transfer portal in college basketball causes lots of roster changes each year. The Gopher basketball team recently filled one of their openings with 6'6 guard/forward Femi Odukale from New Mexico State.
SCSU Celebrates Graduates This Week
St. Cloud State is celebrating graduate students with a ceremony tonight and will celebrate undergraduate ceremonies all day Friday starting at 8:30 a.m. St. Cloud State University President Dr. Robbyn Wacker joined me on WJON.
Spring Turkey Hunt May Be Record Setting in Minnesota
We're into the 3rd wild turkey hunting season and based on early harvest numbers Minnesota could see a new record. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He says as of Tuesday the Minnesota DNR are reporting 10,361 turkeys have been registered.
Local Sports Results Wednesday May 1
High School Baseball:
Duluth East 5, Sartell-St. Stephen 1
(Duluth scored 3 1st inning runs and led 4-0 before Sartell scored their lone run in the 4th inning. Wesley Johnson threw 5 1/3 innings with 4 earned runs allowed to take the loss. Jo...
Sartell Police Have a Suspect in Bathroom Vandalism
Sartell Police reported a vandalism at Watab Park earlier this week. Alicia Mages from Tri-County Crime Stoppers indicates Sartell Police have a juvenile suspect they believe is responsible for the crime.