Local News in St. Cloud, MN

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Minnesota teen recovering after black powder explosion

Jun 15, 2012 at 7:07 am

FERGUS FALLS, MN (AP) - A 17-year-old rural Ottertail boy is making a good recovery after being burned in a black powder explosion last month. Read More...

Rick Nolan makes case for Act 2 in Congress

Jun 15, 2012 at 7:07 am

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rick Nolan left Congress three decades ago and he's 68 years old, but he says he's never felt better prepared to go back. Read More...

Driver who struck boy in Coon Rapids never stopped

Jun 15, 2012 at 6:06 am

COON RAPIDS, MN (AP) - Authorities say the driver who hit and critically injured a 9-year-old boy in Coon Rapids never stopped to see if the boy was OK. Read More...

Sheriff IDs trapper who died in Minnesota ATV crash

Jun 15, 2012 at 6:06 am

MOTLEY, MN (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a Motley man killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in northern Minnesota. Read More...

Minnesota church youth director acquitted in sex case

Jun 15, 2012 at 6:06 am

ANOKA, MN (AP) - A jury has acquitted a Ham Lake church youth director on all charges alleging he had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl. Read More...

Man sentenced in Todd Co. murder

Jun 14, 2012 at 9:09 am

LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. (KNSI) An Alexandria man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally beating a woman at her rural Osakis home last year. Read More...

St. Cloud Hospital to Increase Precautions in Children's Unit

Jun 14, 2012 at 8:08 am

ST. CLOUD, MN (KNSI) - A big change coming to protect kids at St. Cloud Hospital as CentraCare says starting Friday, the Hospital's Children's Center will become a locked unit. Read More...

Minnesota DNR to test rifle training in state parks

Jun 14, 2012 at 8:08 am

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials are considering holding firearms safety training in state parks. Read More...

Minnesota Marine killed in Afghanistan

Jun 14, 2012 at 8:08 am

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A 21-year-old Marine from Minnesota has died in Afghanistan. Read More...

Study: Cougars again spreading across Midwest

Jun 14, 2012 at 8:08 am

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A new study suggests cougars are again spreading across the Midwest a century after the generally reclusive predators were hunted to near extinction in much of the region. Read More...

St. Cloud Schools Learns Potential Remodeling Tab

Jun 14, 2012 at 8:08 am

ST. CLOUD, MN (KNSI) - The St. Cloud School Board has learned the cost of remodeling North and South junior high schools is three-point-four million dollars. Broken down individually, the cost of remodeling North is one-point-six million, and South one-point-eight million. Read More...