Category Archives: Community News

Parade Highlights Thursday Waite Park Family Fun Fest Slate
(KNSI) - Waite Park's Family Fun Fest is gearing up for the Grand Day Parade this evening. The Honey Badgers will be performing starting at 5:30 in the community park. You can set up seats to listen t...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 08, 2023 Waite Park

Take a Kid Fishing Weekend is June 9th - 11th
(KNSI) - This weekend is the annual Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Take a Kid Fishing weekend, meaning adults don't need a fishing license if they have someone under 16 with them. Take a Ki...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 08, 2023 Unsplash

Enterprise Academy Holding Spring Graduation
(KNSI) - Sixteen graduates make up the latest Enterprise Academy graduating class. The 12-week training program helps entrepreneurs with access to business coaching. They learn how to get an idea off ...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 08, 2023 Thursday's graduates. Initiative Foundation

St. Cloud VA Hosting Ninth Annual Summer Games in August
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud VA is hosting its ninth annual Summer Games in August. The Summer Games are open to all veterans enrolled at the St. Cloud VA. The events will be a one mile run/walk/cycle/wheel...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 08, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Bipartisan Mental Health Services for Students Act Reintroduced Thursday
(KNSI) - The Mental Health Services for Students Act is being reintroduced on Capitol Hill today with a bipartisan hearing to discuss the causes of the student mental health crisis and explore solutio...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 08, 2023 Unsplash

St. Cloud Already Working to Start Water Line Replacement Program
(KNSI) - The recently passed Lead and Copper Act will provide a grant through the Minnesota Department of Health to help replace old water lines. Local ordinance says the homeowner is responsible for ...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 08, 2023 Associated Press

Canoe and Kayak Race Paddles Through St. Cloud Area This Saturday
(KNSI) - Organizers Scott Miller and Todd Foster are prepping for this weekend's MR 150. The second annual race down the Mississippi from Brainerd to Coon Rapids begins on Friday afternoon. It will fe...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 07, 2023 Unsplash

Munsinger and Clemens Gardens Outdoor Concert Series Starts Sunday
(KNSI) - The banks of the Mississippi will be alive with the sound of music this Sunday. The Munsinger Clemens Botanical Society begins its 24th annual concert series with L'unica Quartet for a perfor...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 07, 2023 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

GoFundMe Launched for Child Critically Injured in Wrong Way Crash
(KNSI) - A GoFundMe page has been launched for a three-year-old girl critically injured in a crash that killed a central Minnesota man. According to the Minnesota State Patrol's incident report, 32-ye...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 07, 2023 GoFundMe

Rogers Man Gets 180 Days for St. Cloud Mosque Break-In
(KNSI) - A 24-year-old Rogers man was sentenced to 180 days in jail for breaking into the St. Cloud Islamic Center last year. Logan Oliver Smith and another woman went to the building in September 202...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 07, 2023 Surveillance Video screen shot