ST. CLOUD — Firefighters were on scene for hours Monday battling a blaze at The Press Bar in downtown St. Cloud. The fire likely started in the basement of The Press Bar and climbed up the ...

The Press Bar is a local institution in downtown St. Cloud, founded by Fritz Frank in 1942. Andy and Jessie Welsh purchased the bar in April 2016 from Jim Gillespie and Greg Payne, who operated ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The Press Bar and Parlor, a longtime staple in downtown St. Cloud, was destroyed by a fire early Monday morning. According to St. Cloud Fire, the blaze started in the basement ...

RELATED: Charges: Andrew Welsh burned down St. Cloud's Press Bar by lighting his desk on fire Shortly after the incident, Welsh claimed his insurance company owed him over $1.4 million for ...

He is accused of burning down the Press Bar and Parlor, a century-old establishment in downtown St. Cloud. Damage was estimated at $1 million. A federal indictment unsealed Friday charges Welsh ...

was charged March 3, 2020 with two counts of first degree arson for allegedly setting fire to a historic bar he owns in St. Cloud. Welsh is accused of burning down the Press Bar and Parlor ...

The first red flags came from videos recorded by City of St. Cloud street cameras. One of the videos obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES shows Welsh was the last to leave the Press Bar after 2 a.m. on the ...

That’s when Joseph Edelbrock opened St. Cloud’s first store on that corner in 1855, according to the Stearns History Museum. In the 1940s, the building became the iconic Press Bar, which ...

The owner of Press Bar and Parlor in St. Cloud, which burned down in February 2020, has pleaded guilty to intentionally lighting the fire to gain an insurance payout, according to a news release ...

ST PAUL, Minn — Editor's note: The video above first aired on KARE 11 in March of 2020. The owner of a St. Cloud bar pleaded ... of his business, the Press Bar and Parlor in February of 2020.

St. Cloud Fire Chief Dean Wrobbel said the fire started in the basement of the Press Bar and Parlour and spread throughout the walls of the building. Smoke continues to rise from the rubble at the ...

The site of the former Press Bar in downtown St. Cloud has been vacant since it was destroyed by arson in 2020. The neighboring Cowboy Jacks is set to be razed this summer. (Jenny Berg ...