Category Archives: Community News
District 742 LEAF Night of the Stars Returns for 2023
(KNSI) - A foundation supporting extracurricular activities in the St. Cloud Area School District is getting ready for one of its biggest annual fundraisers to return after a two-year hiatus. The Loca...
Jan 27, 2023 Unsplash
Paramount Center for the Arts Searching For New Executive Director
(KNSI) - Bob Johnson is stepping down as executive director of the Paramount Center for the Arts this summer. He joined the organization after 44 years in healthcare, first in Ann Arbor, Michigan then...
Jan 27, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Sartell-St. Stephen School Have Nine Educators Up For Teacher of the Year
(KNSI) - Nine educators from the Sartell-St. Stephen School District are in the running for the 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award. Sartell St. Stephen was bested by only Bloomington Public Scho...
Jan 26, 2023 Sartell-St. Stephen School District
Take Stearns County's Park Survey
(KNSI) - Stearns County wants your opinion on how it should invest in its parks and recreational trails for the next ten to twenty years. The ten-month process to develop a Master Plan starts with the...
Jan 26, 2023
US Moves to Protect Minnesota Wilderness from Planned Mine
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota's pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal blow t...
Jan 26, 2023 AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File
Sartell Schools Hosting Early Childhood Informational Sessions
(KNSI) - The Sartell-St. Stephen School District is hosting two informational sessions for parents of young children just entering the classroom. Both will be held at Oak Ridge Early Learning Center a...
Jan 26, 2023 Unsplash
St. Cloud Community Policing Agreement Focus of Next 'Lesson in Leadership' Talk
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Morning Optimist Club will have Chief of Police Jeff Oxton and pastor James Alberts at its next 'Lesson in Leadership' meeting. The special monthly sessions are held at noon to ...
Jan 26, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Controversial Book Removed From Sartell High School Library
(KNSI) - Controversy has erupted in the Sartell St. Stephen School District after an adult romance novel was discovered lying on a shelf and available for checkout at the high school. The book "Him" b...
Jan 25, 2023 Sartell-St. Stephen School District
Kloos Named St. Cloud Technical and Community College President
(KNSI) - Lori Kloos has been named the permanent president at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. She took over on an interim basis last year, replacing Annesa Cheek. The Wednesday announcement...
Jan 25, 2023
House Education Finance Committee Advances Universal School Meal Proposal
(KNSI) - A piece of legislation for universal school meals is moving forward in the Minnesota House. The House Education Finance Committee advanced HF5 Wednesday morning, making school meals available...
Jan 25, 2023 Unsplash