Category Archives: Community News
St. Cloud Based Impacks, Inc. Receives Launch Minnesota Operation Innovation Grant for Streamlining School Supply Solutions
(KNSI) - St. Cloud-based Impacks, Inc. is among the 26 businesses that have received a Launch Minnesota Operation Innovation Grant. Impacks began after founders Clare and Brandon Richards volunteered ...
Apr 17, 2024 Unsplash
Sauk Rapids Names Its 2024 Citizen of the Year
(KNSI) - Longtime Sauk Rapids resident David Rixe has been named the city's citizen of the year. Council member Jason Ellering nominated him for his 30-year track record on various government commissi...
Apr 16, 2024 City of Sauk Rapids
Seven Local Farms to be Recognized as Century Farms
(KNSI) - The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau have announced this year's list of Century Farms. Each of the 97 farms on the list has been owned continuously by one family for at leas...
Apr 16, 2024 Unsplash
ROCORI School District Wins Youth Skills Training Program Grant
(KNSI) - ROCORI School District is one of 17 grant recipients from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry's Youth Skills Training program this year. It provides students with job training targ...
Apr 16, 2024
Second Annual St. Cloud Bloody Mary Crawl April 28th
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Bloody Mary Crawl returns to downtown later this month. Last year's event was so successful as an estimated 3,000 people took part and many places ran out of their signature blo...
Apr 16, 2024 Unsplash
Environmentally-Friendly Shampoo Concept Winner of Pitch Competition
(KNSI) - An environmentally-friendly travel shampoo manufacturer came out on top in this year's FastLane94 Trailblazer Challenge pitch competition. ModernKind is the brainchild of Maria Thompson of Zi...
Apr 15, 2024
Prescribed Burn Planned For Paynesville Monday
(KNSI) - Where there's smoke, there's fire, but sometimes that is alright. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says motorists do not need to worry about any flames they may spot along Highway 2...
Apr 15, 2024 KNSI News
Road Closures Planned for Weekend Earth Day Run/Walk
(KNSI) - Drivers around St. Cloud should be on the lookout for road closures on Friday and Saturday for the Earth Day runs. Friday, April 19th, from about 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., West St. Germain Stre...
Apr 15, 2024 City of St. Cloud
Tri-County Humane Society Needs Help After More Than 90 Rescued Cats Arrived There Thursday
(KNSI) - More than 100 cats were removed from a home in Crosby Thursday afternoon, and most of them were taken in by the Tri-County Humane Society. TCHS Executive Director Marit Ortega says they recei...
Apr 12, 2024 Tri-County Humane Society
Medical School Application Workshop Saturday Targets Rural Students for New CentraCare U of M Campus in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - CentraCare and the University of Minnesota are holding a free workshop Saturday for 50 students from rural communities interested in applying to the medical school. It will cover the ins and ...
Apr 12, 2024 CentraCare