Category Archives: Community News

Highway 10 Closing in St. Cloud Overnight
(KNSI) - A detour is planned for Highway 10 in east St. Cloud for one night only. Crews will be pouring concrete for the foundation of the new Highway 23 West bridge that spans the road. The interchan...
Ashley Menzemer Jul 17, 2023 Bridge beams installed on June 20-21 over Highway 10. Minnesota Department of Transportation.

SCSU Launching Weather Balloons to Study Impact of Solar Eclipses
(KNSI) - St. Cloud State University faculty and students are part of a group preparing to study the effects of solar eclipses on the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Assistant Professor Rachel Humphre...
Ashley Menzemer Jul 17, 2023 Associated Press

St. Cloud Community Outpost Starts School Supply Drive
(KNSI) - Starting today, the St. Cloud Community Outpost is collecting school supplies this week for its Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway. The COP House is located at 600 13th Street South. It will ac...
Jake Judd Jul 17, 2023 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Historic Buildings of East St. Cloud Subject of August Class
(KNSI) - Salem Lutheran Church in southeast St. Cloud will be hosting a class on repurposing old buildings. Melissa Wenzel from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will be presenting on how to reim...
Ashley Menzemer Jul 17, 2023

Wall That Heals Coming To Central Minnesota Elementary School This Week
(KNSI) - The Wall That Heals is coming to central Minnesota this week. The mobile replica of the Vietnam War Memorial is built at three-quarter scale to the one found near the National Mall in Washing...
Jake Judd Jul 17, 2023 Associated Press

Officials Ask For Help Solving Seven Year Old Missing Person Case
(KNSI) - Investigators are asking the public for information about a woman who went missing after running from a car in St. Cloud seven years ago. On June 22nd, 2016, 22-year-old Shannon Marie Boiteau...
Jake Judd Jul 17, 2023 Shannah Marie Boiteau/Facebook

Stearns County Starts Three Repaving Projects This Week
(KNSI) - Three heavily traveled stretches of road in Stearns County will get a facelift starting this week. Beginning Monday, July 17th, road construction crews will begin repaving projects near St. A...
Jake Judd Jul 17, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Minnesota DNR Offers Junior Ranger Program
(KNSI) - Kids can earn a Junior Ranger patch by completing tasks in a new activity book available for the first time Friday. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently launched the program...
Jake Judd Jul 14, 2023

Bags + Brew Fundraiser At Back Shed Brewing August 17th
(KNSI) - Twenty teams will vie for $200, and bragging rights, in a double-elimination bean bag tournament next month. It will take place on August 17th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Back Shed Brewing in W...
Ashley Menzemer Jul 14, 2023 Back Shed Brewing

Celebrate National Ice Cream Day Locally
(KNSI) - National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, July 16th, and there are plenty of places in central Minnesota to grab a sweet treat, and others are offering some cool deals to celebrate. Explore Minnesota...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jul 14, 2023 Unsplash