Andrew Charles Welsh pleaded guilty to one count of arson in May, the news release said. The owner of a St. Cloud bar destroyed by fire in February 2020 was sentenced to 71 months in prison and ...

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 ...

Press Bar fire that destroyed the building and caused damage to other nearby buildings and businesses in downtown St. Cloud.

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.

The former owner of a St. Cloud bar will serve nearly six years ... The owners of Cowboy Jack's also purchased the former Press Bar site for use in the redevelopment.

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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...