Category Archives: Community News
YMCA Officials Offer Water Safety Tips for Kids
(KNSI) - Summer in Minnesota would only be complete with the occasional trip to the pool and lake, but families need to stay safe near the water's edge. St. Cloud Family YMCA Aquatics Director Kaitlin...
May 31, 2023 Unsplash
Obbink Distilling Holding Grand Opening June 1st in St. Joseph
(KNSI) - This week marks the grand opening of a new distillery with an out-of-this-world background. Obbink Distilling in St. Joseph is launching its hyper-aged whiskey and other spirits into orbit on...
May 31, 2023 Jake Judd KNSI News
Meeting Scheduled for Level III Predatory Offender Moving into Stearns County
(KNSI) - A public notification meeting is coming up regarding the release of a level three predatory offender. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota Department of Corrections will be h...
May 31, 2023 Minnesota Department of Corrections
Provisions Addressing the Needs of Veterans Part of Bills Passed by Minnesota Legislature
(KNSI) - Inside this year's funding packages and bills were several provisions addressing the needs of veterans. One passed as part of the final tax bill reverses an unintended consequence resulting f...
May 31, 2023 KNSI News
Pop-Up Splash Pad Taking Over Centennial Park July 15th
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Park and Recreation is planning its first-ever Pop-Up Splash Pad event on Saturday, July 15th. Recreation Programmer Cassie Woischke says it will be held 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Centennia...
May 31, 2023 City of St. Cloud Facebook page
Applications Now Being Accepted for Metro Citizens Police Academy
(KNSI) - Applications are now being accepted for the Metro Citizens Police Academy. Classes are on ten consecutive Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. between September 7th and November 9th. This is...
May 31, 2023 City of St. Cloud
First Responders Appreciation Event is June 1st
(KNSI) - The fifth annual Central Minnesota First Responder Appreciation event is coming up on June 1st at the Benton County fairgrounds in Sauk Rapids. Executive Director of the Greater St. Cloud Pub...
May 31, 2023 Unsplash
Minnesota Man Working to Resurrect Fire-Ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral
SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) - If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more...
May 31, 2023 AP Photo/Jeffrey Schaeffer
Police: School Stabbing Suspect From St. Cloud
(KNSI) - Charges show one of two teenagers involved in a stabbing and shots fired incident at a Minneapolis High School is from St. Cloud. Police were called to a melee on the evening of May 25th at W...
May 30, 2023 KNSI News
Princeton Man Dies in Motorcycle Accident Monday
(KNSI) - A 71-year-old man is dead after he lost control of his motorcycle on a curve on Highway 169 near Princeton Monday evening. The Minnesota State Patrol says Bruce Mikkelson was passing two othe...
May 30, 2023 Unsplash