Category Archives: Community News
St. Robert Bellarmine Academy Receives Conditional Use Permit For Future Waite Park Location
(KNSI) - The Waite Park City Council approved a Conditional Use Permit by a 4-1 vote to chart a new course for the old St. Joseph's School at Monday's meeting. St. Robert Bellarmine Academy hopes to r...
Nov 21, 2023 KNSI News
Waite Park and St. Cloud Fire Departments Enter 10-Year Partnership
(KNSI) - The Waite Park Fire Department is struggling to remain even half-staffed, forcing the city council's hand at Monday's meeting when it entered into a ten-year agreement with the City of St. Cl...
Nov 21, 2023 KNSI News
Suspected Explosives Used To Destroy Mailboxes in Rural Benton County
(KNSI) - The Benton County Sheriff's Office says it needs the public's help to identify who was blowing up mailboxes over the weekend. The incidents happened in Alberta and Graham Townships early Sund...
Nov 20, 2023 Benton County Sheriff's Office Facebook page
Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation Recognizes Local Trailblazers with 12th Annual I-Awards
(KNSI) - The Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation honored five local organizations working to make the community a better place. The GSDC handed out its 12th Annual I-Awards last week. The 'I' st...
Nov 20, 2023
St. Cloud Businesses Stranded as Local IT Company's Sudden Closure Disrupts Local Services
(KNSI) - The sudden closure of a St. Cloud information and technology company is leaving local customers in the lurch. Cloudnet went dark late last week, shutting down customers' email accounts and we...
Nov 20, 2023 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Waite Park Set To Ask St. Cloud For Fire Help, Weighs New Location For St. Robert Bellarmine Academy
(KNSI) - Waite Park City Council will consider a new 10-year partnership with the St. Cloud Fire Department and could approve a new private school at Monday's meeting. Staff says Waite Park Fire has a...
Nov 20, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Stearns History Museum Set to go Back to the Future to Celebrate 40th Anniversary
(KNSI) - The Stearns History Museum will go "Back to the Future" and turn on the neon lights to a time when big hair bands and the Cold War were red hot. Executive Director Amy Degerstrom says the mus...
Nov 20, 2023 Unsplash
Benton County Authorities Seek Leads on Perpetrator of Illegal Roadside Tire Disposal
(KNSI) - The Benton County Sheriff's Office is looking for the person who is illegally dumping tires on the side of the road. Twice in the last month, someone has dumped dozens of tires near the Sauk ...
Nov 17, 2023 Benton County Sheriff's Office
Thanksgiving Feasts on a Budget: Americans Set to Enjoy Lower-Cost Dinners Despite Rising Food Prices
(KNSI) - Americans will have to fork over less money to pay for this year's Thanksgiving dinner. The American Farm Bureau Federation says, on average, a classic feast for ten will cost just over $61, ...
Nov 17, 2023 Unsplash
Area Food Shelves Set To Receive 100,000 Meals
(KNSI) - About 450 volunteers will pitch in at the River's Edge Convention Center on Sunday for the annual We Are Thankful food packaging drive. Kids Fighting Hunger Executive Director Cathy Wogen say...
Nov 17, 2023 Catholic Charities