Category Archives: Community News
St. Cloud Parktober Fest Adds New Shows, Activities, Switches to Larger Venue
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Parktober Fest is back in 2025, but at a different spot. The event has a couple of new sponsors, and those in charge are predicting it will be bigger and better than ever, which pro...
Oct 16, 2025
Initiative Foundation Awards $254,500 to Central Minnesota Nonprofits
(KNSI) - The Initiative Foundation has awarded more than $250,000 in grants to local nonprofits through the Otto Bremer Trust's Community Responsive Fund. The Initiative Foundation helped direct the f...
Oct 16, 2025 Unsplash
Saturday's Granite City Bizarre Bazaar: Part Etsy Part "Nightmare Before Christmas"
(KNSI) - The Halloween season is where the Granite City Bizarre Bazaar concept really shines. Not surprisingly, out of the roughly six markets each year, October's has been moved to the largest venue ...
Oct 16, 2025 Unsplash
Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation, Niron Magnetics Extend Partnership For Sartell Plant
(KNSI) - Niron Magnetics and the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation have entered into a formal partnership to ensure the new 190,000-square-foot factory being built in Sartell by Niron is a suc...
Oct 14, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Forum Set for Three Candidates Running in St. Cloud School Board Special Election
(KNSI) - The League of Women Voters St. Cloud Area is hosting a candidate forum Tuesday evening for the three candidates running in this fall's St. Cloud Area School District Board of Education specia...
Oct 14, 2025 District 742 X
Cold Spring Fire Chief Puts His Stamp on New Fire Hall With Maltese Cross Etching
(KNSI) - The first thing a visitor to the new Cold Spring Fire Hall will notice is the granite exterior gleaming in the fall sun. On second look, they might notice the southeast corner of the building...
Oct 14, 2025 KNSI News
St. Cloud State University Homecoming 2025: 90s Party Rock Concert Coming to Former Press Bar Site
(KNSI) - The vacant lot that used to house the Press Bar in downtown St. Cloud will be transformed into a concert venue for St. Cloud State University's homecoming. Visit Greater St. Cloud Executive D...
Oct 13, 2025 St. Cloud State University
Cold Spring Debuts New Fire Hall
(KNSI) - Several turns of the wrench and a very unique ribbon cutting ceremony officially marked the opening of the Cold Spring Fire Hall on Saturday. Officials held a long hose which they disconnecte...
Oct 13, 2025 KNSI News
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train Brings Free Rolling Benefit Concert to Central Minnesota December 15th
(KNSI) - All aboard! The Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train is chugging back to Minnesota in December with 20 scheduled stops across the state as part of its annual tour to support local food ...
Oct 10, 2025 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Catholic Community Schools Campaign Hits $4 Million Milestone
(KNSI) - Catholic Community Schools marked a major milestone in its fundraising campaign to retire construction debt, upgrade Cathedral High School's HVAC system, and invest in its elementary schools....
Oct 09, 2025 Catholic Community Schools