Category Archives: Community News
Districts Adding Trauma Layer to Early Childhood Intervention Work
(KNSI) - This is National School Social Work Week. As part of the governor's $65 billion budget plan, money is set aside to beef up the state's mental health and early childhood education programming....
Mar 08, 2023 Unsplash
Rep. Wolgamott Expects Great River Children's Museum Funding To Pass In State Senate
(KNSI) - The Minnesota House passed nearly $1.9 billion in infrastructure bills on Monday, including a provision for the Great River Children's Museum. The Senate will now begin crafting its own versi...
Mar 08, 2023 Rep. Dan Wolgamott's Office
EDA Releases Lien Against Shuttered St. Cloud Restaurant
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Economic Development Authority voted Tuesday to release their third lien on a commercial loan with Karpos, LLC. The company is the operating entity of the now-closed Searles on ...
Mar 08, 2023 Jake Judd KNSI News
St. Cloud EDA Recommends East Side Clearance Program for Teardown of Blighted Buildings
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Economic Development Authority recommended the City Council implement an East Side Clearance Program at Tuesday's meeting. It would establish a procedure for city staff in the p...
Mar 08, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Minnesota governor signs 'driver's licenses for all' bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Immigration status will no longer disqualify more than 80,000 people from getting Minnesota drivers licenses under a bill signed by Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday. Supporters of the e...
Mar 07, 2023 Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, Pool
Tech Robotics Team Sets Record, Headed To VEX Championships
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud Tech High School Vex Robotics team is breaking records on its way to the world championships. The school's three teams competed in the State Robotics Tournament last weekend, with...
Mar 07, 2023 St. Cloud Area School District
State of Main Street Listening Tour Stopping In St. Cloud
(KNSI) - State Auditor Julie Blaha will host her State of Main Street Listening Tour next week, which includes a stop in St. Cloud. Blaha will be on the campus of St. Cloud State University in the Alu...
Mar 07, 2023 Associated Press
House Bonding Bill Includes $10 Million For MAC, $7.5 Million for Town Line Road
(KNSI) - The Minnesota House is proposing $10 million for renovations to the Municipal Athletic Complex and $7.5 million to rebuild a heavily used Stearns County Road. The House of Representatives bil...
Mar 07, 2023 St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex
Infrastructure Bill Benefits Great River Children's Museum
(KNSI) - Tucked inside the $1.9 billion Minnesota House infrastructure bills passed on Monday is a provision for a St. Cloud nonprofit. Representative Dan Wolgamott said on the House floor the goal is...
Mar 07, 2023 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Minnesota Born Musher and Reigning Iditarod Champion Aiming to Defend his Title
(KDLM) - A Minnesota-born musher is leading the charge across the unforgiving Alaska winter scape in the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, hoping to defend his title. The race from Willow to Nome, Al...
Mar 07, 2023 Unsplash