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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Timberwolves First Round Playoff Schedule Set
The Timberwolves are the 3rd seed in the Western Conference and will play 6th seeded Phoenix in a first round best of 7 series. Game 1 will be in Minnesota Saturday at 2:30, pregame on AM 1390/93.9 FM Granite City Sports at 2:15.
Former SCSU Star Hosting Basketball Camp in St. Cloud This Summer
Former St. Cloud State basketball player Forrest Witt is offering basketball camps in the St. Cloud area including one at Whitney Recreation Center July 16-18. Witt is the current Alexandria High School basketball coach who led the Cardinals to the State Tournament in 2023 and advanced to the State Tournament last month.
Former Rox Player On An Amazing Hot Streak in the Majors
The St. Cloud Rox will start their 2024 season next month. A former Rox player, Michael Busch is seeing his first real significant opportunity in the majors playing for the Chicago Cubs. He is making the most of it and has reeled off home runs in 5 straight games.
High School Sports Results Monday April 15
Softball:
ROCORI 6, Sartell-St. Stephen 5
(Jessica Boos threw all 7 innings with 5 earned runs with 11 strikeouts for ROCORI. Jordyn Illies went 2-4 including the game-winning RBI single. For ROCORI Sam Sufka went 1-3 with 2 RBI, Jessia Boos went 2-4 with a run and 1 RBI, Sophia Hess went 1-4 a a run scored and 1 RBI and Mady Hesse walked 3 times and scored the game-winning run).
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Waite Park’s Moose Lodge Event Features a Joe Mauer Story
The Right Thing to Do, the Joe Mauer story, is an event that will take place at the Moose Lodge #1400 this Friday. Former Twin Cities sportscaster Joe Schmidt has released the book "The Right Thing to Do, the Joe Mauer story".
Stearns County Could Be Adding Park Land in Paynesville
Stearns County has put an application in to acquire 202 acres of park land near the golf course in Paynesville. Stearns County Commissioner Joe Perske joined me on WJON. He says the location of this potential park is just to the south and west of the golf course toward Lake Koronis.
SCSU Hosting An EPIC Event Tuesday
The latest EPIC for Influencers event will take place tomorrow (Tuesday April 16) from 4-7 p.m. at the St. Cloud State University Fieldhouse. EPIC For Influencers is an opportunity for anyone that influences our future workforce with their career choices to ask questions/educational criteria, etc directly from industry partners.
An Iconic Ballroom and Rich German History; New Munich
New Munich is a small town in western Stearns County with a population of 356. It is located just south of I94 along State Highway 237 (Main Street) and county roads 12 and 30. New Munich is also near Highway 52. To help tell the story of New Munich I was joined by longtime residents Jim Poepping, Bob Beckers, and Steve Worms.
New Munich in Pictures [GALLERY]
New Munich is a small town in western Stearns County just south of I94 along State Highway 237 (Main Street) and county roads 12 and 30. New Munich is also near Highway 52. The population of New Munich as of the 2020 census is 356.
High School Sports Results Thursday April 11
Baseball:
Brainerd 1, Sartell-St. Stephen 0
(Wesley Johnson threw 6 innings with 1 unearned run allowed with 8 strikeouts for Sartell. Sartell outhit Brainerd 6-3)
ROCORI 7, St. Cloud Crush 1
(Parker Schulz went 1-3 with a run scored. Jo...