Category Archives: Community News
Don't Be So Salty: MPCA Offers Tools and Tips for Responsible Deicing
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is asking property owners to take it easy with the salt this winter. Salt is the clear winner when it comes to melting snow and ice, but the MPCA says i...
Jan 10, 2024
Community Rallies, Raising Over $500,000 for Food Shelves in Stearns Bank Community Challenge
(KNSI) - The 2023 Stearns Bank Community Challenge, with help from the generous public and business community, raised more than $500,000 to help area food shelves. The Central Minnesota Community Foun...
Jan 10, 2024 Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Calling All Caped Crusaders! Mom Son Superhero Party Takes Flight Next Month
(KNSI) - It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's your child! The fifth annual Mom Son Superhero Party is next month, and Leighton Media Promotions and Events Director Tara Traut says it's such a rockin' g...
Jan 10, 2024 Leighton Media
New Life for Vacant First United Methodist Church? St, Cloud Planning Commission Explores Drug Treatment Center on 5th Avenue South
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Planning Commission is recommending a new drug treatment facility to move into a space that has been vacant for nearly a decade. It is proposed to have 48 beds and features both...
Jan 10, 2024 KNSI News
$68.9 Million Grant Fuels Minnesota's Transition to Clean School Buses
(KNSI) - Two bus companies in Minnesota will get a share of roughly $68.9 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. First Student received $3...
Jan 09, 2024 Unsplash
Central Minnesota Farm Show Returns to St. Cloud in February
(KNSI) - The dates have been announced for the Central Minnesota Farm Show. It's at the River's Edge Convention Center on February 27th and 28th. Organized by the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce, t...
Jan 09, 2024 Unsplash
School Expansion, New Drug Treatment Center On St. Cloud Planning Commission Agenda
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Planning Commission will hear requests for two Planned Unit Development agreements to expand a private school and renovate a former church into a drug treatment center at Tuesda...
Jan 09, 2024 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Stearns Nordic Ski Sampler Offers Winter Wonderland Exploration
(KNSI) - Now that there's snow to play in, the Nordic Ski Club of Central Minnesota and the Stearns County Parks Department are bringing back the Stearns Nordic Ski Sampler. The parks are: Quarry Park...
Jan 09, 2024 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
St. Cloud's Senior Stars Shine Bright as AmeriCorps RSVP Wins Coveted Reflection of the Year Award
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud AmeriCorps Retired Senior Volunteer Program was honored with this year's Reflection of the Year Award at Monday's city council meeting. RSVP Executive Director Jennifer Wucherer...
Jan 09, 2024 Jake Judd/KNSI News
History Museum Scores New EV Charging Station With Council Nod and Green Grant
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud City Council Monday night approved adding another electric vehicle charging station. The station will be installed at the Stearns History Museum. The city is looking at a Carbon...
Jan 09, 2024 Jake Judd/KNSI News