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St Cloud Times www.sctimes.com 2B Thursday. Aug. 3. 2006 LOCALSTATE Crime log Storms batter south-central farms dalized. Someone stole the Ronald McDonald donation box from the drive-thru window at McDonald's, 120 Twin Rivers Court.

The report came in at 8:11 a.m. Monday. The box contained about $50. Sauk Rapids police Police received a report from several boys who were walking at 2:28 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of Third Avenue South.

The boys said a vehicle went past with three men inside wearing bandanas and goggles. One of the men pointed a cap gun at the boys and shot it Police got the license plate number from the vehicle but could not locate the occupants or owner. If you have any information about these incidents, call Crime Stoppers at 255-1301. The fbUawing is a look at the police activities in the St Cloud area. It is not a comprehensive list, but rather a glimpse at what is going on in local cities.

Sartell police Police received a report of a business burglary at 7:18 a.m. July 25 at Optifacts Inc 18 Riverside Ave. S. The business was broken into and a Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop computer, three Compaq Evo N620c laptop computers, a Kodak C300 silver 3.2 MP digital camera, a Sony VPL-CX70 projector and a black leather carrying case for the projector were stolen. On July 26, police received two vandalism reports.

The first was at 10:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Troop Drive. A construction building was spray-painted with graffiti The second was at 1 p.m. at Sartell High School The roof was van Heavy rain, tornadoes flatten buildings, cut electricity in region BUTTERFIELD (AP) Residents of south-central Minnesota were cleaning up Wednesday after a line of heavy storms moved through the region overnight, knocking out the power and wrecking farm buildings. At a farm southwest of But-terfield, Melinda Johnson said the debris was flying as she saw a tornado drop from the sky about 7 p.m.

Tuesday. She grabbed her son and daughter and went into the dirt basement with her boyfriend. It was only afterward that she saw the wreckage left by the twister that ripped through her neighbor's farm, flattening almost everything. No one at Daniel and Terese Hall's farm was injured, but their house and barns were wrecked by the storm, Johnson said. In addition to farming, the Halls operated Halls Across the Prairie, a business that sells beef, chicken, lamb and other farm products.

"We actually saw the tornado touch down and thought it was coming for our house," Johnson said. "We were a little scared. When it gets this close, you get shaken up." Johnson said her house wasn't damaged as far as she could tell in the dark. The storm -'Sf- Z. --I AP photo Volunteers salvage Items from the ruins of the Dan and Terese Hall farmsite Wednesday in Butter-field.

Residents of south-central Minnesota were cleaning up Wednesday after a line of heavy storms moved through the region overnight, knocking out the power and wrecking farm buildings. Today's community meetings, events 2.49 inches at Eden Prairie, 1.47 at Redwood Falls, 1.20 inches in Crystal and 0.06 inch inStCloud. The cities of Mankato and Waseca each got unofficial totals of about 3 inches of rain, while much of Martin County received about 4 inches. The Minnesota Department of Transportation closed a few sections of road in the Twin Cities on Wednesday morning after heavy rains, said Tom Heininger, at the Regional Transportation Management Center in Roseville. Sherburne County WIC Clinic, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Sherburne County Government Center, Elk River.

Call (800)433-5237. Sherburne County Kids Clinic, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sherburne County Government Center, Elk River. Health maintenance checkups and immunizations for children, infants to age 20, are offered. Call (800) 433-5237. Dead Theologians Society, 11:30 a.m., Barnes Noble Booksellers, St.

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Cloud; 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, St Cloud; Community Convent Center, Big Lake; 7:30 Parts of state see little relief from drought Providing quality care 1500 Northway Drive St Cloud 253-7700 for Thomas a aiSS1 GaryLThompDDS 558-2201 Greg J. Lehman, DDS SarahA.Layne,DDS downs near Odin, Butterfield and South Branch. Trees and power lines also were reported down south of St. James, authorities said. By the time the storm moved east into Blue Earth County, Deputy Dave Karge said it had weakened to a heavy rainstorm.

The National Weather Service reported that as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, the 24-hour rainfall totals from airports around the state were 3.62 inches in St Paul, 3.35 inches at Minne-apolis-St. Paul International, DROUGHT AREAS I'M FEELING PARCHED: The part of the state that needed rain the most didn't get it. An L-shaped portion of Minnesota -south of Lake of the Woods and east of Mille Lacs Lake, is classified as being in an "extreme drought." his farm near St Cloud. "Somebody will get lucky, but most won't until we get a kicker of a storm." The kicker blew through part of Minnesota, with most of the rain over a 24 hour period falling south of a sharp line that log Tuesday, Aug.

1,2006. Vogelgesang, David and Wendy; Litchfield; twin boys; Tuesday, Aug. 2006. Welsh, Kevin and Amber; Sauk Rapids; girl; Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006.

Witte, Michael and Jennifer; St. Cloud; boy; Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. Visiting hours for maternity wards at area hospitals are: Albany Area Hospital, Albany Buffalo Hospital, 303 Catlin Buffalo-11 a.m.-8:30p.m. Fairview Northland Regional Hospital, 911 Northland Drive, had knocked out the electricity.

Other nearby neighbors also reported no damage. The Watonwan County Sheriff's Department also reported buildings damaged on a farm south of St. James as severe thunderstorms moved through south-central Minnesota on Tuesday evening. Dean Karrau told KTOE-AM in Mankato an apparent tornado had caused severe damage at his grandfather's farm six miles south of St James. Trained weather spotters reported three funnel touch RAIN FALLS BUT MISSES WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS: Varying reports show anywhere from 1 to 6 inches of rain fell in southern Minnesota, easing dry conditions that threatened crops.

One farmer says the Fairmont area received 5 to 7.5 inches of rain. But other parts of the state saw little or no reprieve. "It's kind of hanging in there, but we're getting to the point where something needs to happen pretty quick," said farmer Ken Koltes, who only received two-tenths of an inch of rain at Daily Lyrek, David and Carrie; Waite Park; girl; Wednesday, Aug. 2. 2006.

Milless, Maisie; Foley; boy; Tuesday, Aug. 1,2006. Nguyen, Tony and Noel Kelzenberg; St. Cloud; girl; Monday, July 31, 2006. Odden, Christopher and Melanie; Holdingford; girl; Tuesday, Aug.

1,2006. Schlangen, Doug and Chelsea; St. Cloud; girl; Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. Vallo, Christopher IV and Melissa Driscoll; Waite Park; girl; Wednesday, Aug.

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Joseph City Hall. St Cloud Municipal Band, 7:30 p.m., Barden Park, Fifth Avenue South, St. Cloud. Send calendar listings to Daily Events, P.O. Box 768, St Cloud, MN 56302 or e-mail them to newsroomstcloudtimes.com.

The deadline for Tuesday through Friday listings is noon the day before publication. Information for the Monday list must be submitted by 10 a.m. Friday. 31 years. Rolf LJacobson, DDS Bruce A.

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Water levels in some rivers and lakes also were approaching historic lows before Tuesday. Levels on the Mississippi River will likely continue to fall until it rains north of St Cloud, Buan said. Princeton -11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monticello-Big Lake Community Hospital, 1013 Hart Monti-cello -3-4, p.m. Paynesville Area Health Care System, 200 First St.

Paynesville -7 a.m.-8:30 p.m. St. Cloud Hospital. 1406 Sixth Ave. p.m.

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