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sctimes.com is the website of the St. Cloud Times, a local news outlet covering Central Minnesota. It publishes reporting and community information across news, sports, entertainment, business, and opinion, along with reader services such as obituaries, an eNewspaper edition, and puzzles. The site also signals a paid subscription model, so some content may sit behind a subscription.
What you'll find on the site
The homepage is organized around a mix of hard news, features, and reader utilities. Based on the site's own front-page content, the main areas include:
- News — local reporting from St. Cloud and the surrounding region, including public safety and city government items (for example, coverage of a Stearns County Jail death and a St. Cloud council debate over police use of Flock and Axon ALPRs and privacy).
- Sports — local and college athletics, including St. Cloud State coverage and a recurring "Athlete of the Week" vote.
- Entertainment — arts and events listings, such as the Paramount Center for the Arts October lineup.
- Business — openings and local commerce, such as a fitness studio reopening in a new location and a new card shop on West St. Germain.
- Opinion — columns and letters to the editor from local writers and organizations.
- Life and Shopping — consumer-oriented pieces, from deals and product roundups to seasonal guides.
Reader services and recurring features
Beyond articles, sctimes.com carries several standing features that regular local readers tend to use:
| Feature | What it is |
|---|---|
| Obituaries | Local death notices |
| eNewspaper | A digital edition of the printed paper |
| Crossword | A daily puzzle, with clues drawn from USA TODAY |
| Contests and surveys | Reader engagement items such as nominations and reader surveys |
| Trending | A feed of lighter, high-interest stories |
Access and subscription
The site's own signals point to a subscription model: "subscribe" and "subscription" appear as pricing-related terms, and promotional links on the page direct readers to sign-up or nomination actions. In practice, that means:
- Some articles and features are likely available only to subscribers.
- If you hit a paywall, you'll typically be asked to subscribe to continue reading.
- The site does not state here that access is free, so treat full access as a paid product unless a specific article is marked otherwise.
Who it's for
sctimes.com is most useful if you live in or follow Central Minnesota and want local news, obituaries, high school and college sports, and community event coverage in one place. If you need national or international news, or coverage of a different region, a broader outlet will serve you better.