ST. PAUL, Minn.-- The 43-year-old man who pleaded guilty in May to intentionally setting his St. Cloud bar on fire to get more than $1 million in insurance was sentenced to 71 months in prison Friday.

Welsh was owner of the Press Bar and Parlor in St. Cloud. On Feb. 17, 2020, he used gasoline to start a fire in his office in the bar's basement; the fire spread throughout the establishment ...

A man who pleaded guilty to intentionally lighting the Press Bar and Parlor on fire in St. Cloud more than two years ago will serve time in federal prison. Earlier this year, 42-year-old Andrew ...

The former Press Bar owner was sentenced to just shy of six years in prison for setting fire to the business in February 2020. ... City of St. Cloud approves demolition of Cowboy Jack's building.

A former St. Cloud bar owner will spend six years in federal prison for burning down his business and trying to collect $1.9 million in insurance claims.

St. Cloud bar owner gets 6-year sentence for arson scam. A photo included in federal court documents shows the remains of the Press Bar in downtown St. Cloud following an arson on February 17, 2020.

The former owner of a St. Cloud bar will serve nearly six years in prison for burning down his business more than two years ago to collect more than $1.4 million in insurance. On Friday, U.S ...

The Press Bar in St. Cloud was destroyed by fire on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. The owner, Andrew Welsh, was originally charged with arson in Stearns County. Mark Wasson / West Central Tribune file photo.

Three years after the fire at the Press Bar plans to redevelop the site are moving forward. The City of St. Cloud says a $4 million project will include a new Cowboy Jack’s restaurant as well as ...

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, Star ...