Category Archives: Community News

Restaurant Week Turns Healthy For Wednesday With Gluten Friendly Options
(KNSI) - For many St. Cloud residents and visitors, avoiding gluten isn't just a fad or a diet choice, it is a necessity. Many local restaurant owners understand celiac disease personally. Visit St. C...
Ashley Menzemer May 15, 2024

Local Police Department Equipped with Sensory Emergency Kits to Aid Individuals with Autism
(KNSI) - A local police force has been given some tools to help anyone with autism or other neural disorders during a crisis. An anonymous person donated a sensory emergency kit to the Avon Police Dep...
Jake Judd May 14, 2024 Bit of Grace/Facebook

Becker Freedom Days Celebrates Community Heroes and Family Fun with New Events and Special Guests
(KNSI) - Becker Freedom Days is putting the spotlight on those who keep the community safe this year. The festival will host a Salute to First Responders party for the first time. Freedom Days Board M...
Jake Judd May 14, 2024 Becker Freedom Days/Facebook

Promise Neighborhood Race Unity Day Scheduled For June
(KNSI) - Promise Neighborhood in St. Cloud wants to bring the community together with a Race Unity Day celebration on Saturday, June 8th. The annual event is scheduled for 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Lincol...
Ashley Menzemer May 14, 2024

Safe Choices Equal Sweet Rewards with the St. Cloud Fire Department's Scoops for Safety Program
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Fire Department has launched a new Scoops for Safety program. The program rewards kids who make safety a priority. Firefighters will be on the lookout for kids practicing safe h...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 14, 2024 Unsplash

Celebrate MN Announces Fall Concert at the Ledge Amphitheater
(KNSI) - Music lovers and community members can rejoice as Celebrate MN is bringing back a night of music and togetherness on September 8th. Following last year's smash success at Whitney Park, this y...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 14, 2024 Celebrate MN

Vietnam Veterans Sought to Share Stories at Mall of America Commemoration
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for Vietnam veterans to share their stories and experiences of their military service as part of the National Oral History Project. Thi...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 14, 2024 Associated Press

They Melt In Your Mitts: Tuesday's Restaurant Week Theme Is "Handhelds"
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Area Restaurant Week has only one rule for Tuesday: the food has to fit in your hand. And if you have ever been to Dolsie's Lunch Box Grille or MC's Dugout, you know we're playing a...
Ashley Menzemer May 14, 2024

Paramount Center for the Arts and GREAT Theatre Win Bid To Host Sketches of Minnesota Improv Comedy Event
(KNSI) - A collaboration between the Minnesota Humanities Center and Danger Boat Productions has selected the St. Cloud area to be one of seven stops in the Sketches of Minnesota series. It's describe...
Ashley Menzemer May 13, 2024 GREAT Theatre

St. Cloud's Spectacular Munsinger and Clemens Gardens Blooms with 100,000 Reasons to Visit
(KNSI) - The award-winning Munsinger and Clemens Gardens in St. Cloud has 100,000 reasons for people to grow to love them. That's how many types of annuals, tulips, roses, perennials, shrubs, and othe...
Jake Judd May 13, 2024 Jake Judd/KNSI News