Category Archives: Community News

St. Cloud Public Library Opens Calming Room
(KNSI) - The Great River Regional Library system is opening its first calming room on Monday. Thanks to a grant, the St. Cloud Public Library took one of its study rooms and turned it into a calming s...
Jake Judd Mar 20, 2023 Jake Judd KNSI News

Terebinth Refuge's Stronger Together Is Monday
(KNSI) - Terebinth Refuge will hold its fourth Stronger Together event Monday evening. It is meant specifically for women and girls and will take place at the Park Event Center on Division Street in W...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 19, 2023 Terebinth Refuge

Police: Woman's Death Ruled as a Homicide
(KNSI) - The Midwest Medical Examiner's office has ruled the death of a Waite Park woman as a homicide. Police say 52-year-old Andrea Cottew was found dead in her home on February 6th. Police say they...
Jake Judd Mar 18, 2023 Waite Park Police Department/Facebook

Results For The 13th Annual Pack the Porches Drive
(KNSI) - Pack the Porches raises $21,321 in only six hours for Catholic Charities. On top of the financial contributions, almost 6,250 pounds of food were also collected. Curbside drop-off locations t...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 17, 2023 Photo provided by Jenna Pettit, Catholic Charities.

CMBA Tour of Homes Kicks Off This Weekend
(KNSI) - Sixteen stops are part of the Central Minnesota Builders Association Tour of Homes, which starts at 4:30 Friday. The sites are located throughout the region, from Big Birch Lake near Grey Eag...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 17, 2023 Central Minnesota Builders Association

Local Opera Singer Part of Sunday Show In St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A Stearns County native returns home for a Sunday performance of Pirates of Penzance. Angela Christine Smith is a contralto with the Gilbert and Sullivan New York Players. They'll be at the P...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 17, 2023

UPDATE: Missing Child Found
Originally published 6:30 a.m. March 17th, 2023 Update: 11:38 a.m. March, March 17th, 2023. (KNSI) - Police have found an eight-year-old boy who had been missing since Thursday evening. The Leech Lake...
Jake Judd Mar 17, 2023 Minnesota BCA

St. Cloud Curling Club Sees Immediate Success
(KNSI) - St. Cloud's North Star Curling Club is only about halfway through its first league season, but there are plenty of signs that bringing the sport to central Minnesota has been a resounding suc...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 17, 2023 Associated Press

Update: Road Open in Waite Park After Digging Project Ruptured Gas Line
Originally published at 3:32 p.m. on Thursday, March 16th, 2023 Updated at 8:31 p.m. on Thursday, March 16th, 2023 (KNSI) - Traffic is again flowing on 3rd Street South in Waite Park after a digging p...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 16, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Company Donates $100K To Fight Childhood Cancer
(KNSI) - A Twin Cities company is celebrating a decade of helping to search for a cure to childhood cancer. Northwestern Mutual announced a donation of more than $100,000 to M Health Fairview Masonic ...
Jake Judd Mar 16, 2023 Northwest Mutual