Category Archives: Community News
Environmental Advocates Ask Residents to Go Easy on the Salt and De-icing Chemicals
(KNSI) - As snow and ice pile up on driveways and sidewalks, the public is urged to take it easy when laying down chemicals to melt it all. Sue Nissen, a water steward with the group Stop Over Salting...
Feb 22, 2023 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
ROCORI Student Competing At National Ski Tournament
(KNSI) - A ROCORI student is headed across the country for a big-time ski competition. Ella Dols finished in fourth place last week at the Minnesota State High School League's Alpine Slalom Championsh...
Feb 22, 2023 Courtesy of the Powder Ridge Ski Hill Facebook page. Dols and her St. Cloud Breakaways teammates celebrate a sectional win in early February.
Models Adjusted, New Warnings Issued as Round Two of Major Snowstorm Moves In
(KNSI) - Round two of this potentially historic winter storm will make its way across Minnesota Wednesday and Thursday, but we may see less snow than forecasters were thinking. The National Weather Se...
Feb 22, 2023 Unsplash
Sartell Habitat for Humanity Build Already Nearly Complete
(KNSI) - It's only February and already there is a nearly complete home sitting outside of Sartell High School. For the second year, the school is teaming up with Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanit...
Feb 22, 2023 Photo courtesy of Sartell-St. Stephen School District.
Highway 23 South Gap Project Calls For Seven Mile Detour Near Paynesville
(KNSI) - There's an open house for people to get a look at a project that will cause a major detour on Highway 23 between Paynesville and New London. The purpose is to expand seven miles of the road t...
Feb 21, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Minnesota Department of Public Safety Urges People to Stay Home During Storm
(KNSI) - Minnesota officials are urging people to stay off the roads as the largest winter storm of the season rolls through the state. Minnesota Department of Transportation Communications Director J...
Feb 21, 2023 Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Governor Walz Declares State of Emergency as Winter Storm Rolls In
(KNSI) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has declared a peacetime emergency and is asking for the National Guard's help as a possible historic winter storm barrels down on the state. The National Weather ...
Feb 21, 2023 AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt
How Does St. Cloud Go About Plowing the Roads?
(KNSI) - With up to 20 inches of snow possibly on the way, Director of Public Services with the City of St. Cloud Tracy Hodel says they've gotten some questions about how the city goes about plowing t...
Feb 21, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Indie Rock Bands Coming To the Ledge in Waite Park
(KNSI) - The indie rock bands Head and the Heart and the Revivalists, with special guest Jaime Wyatt, will play the Ledge Amphitheater in Waite Park on July 1st. The six Head and the Heart members are...
Feb 21, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Grants Spur Storefront Improvements In Downtown St. Cloud
(KNSI) - Three St. Cloud businesses are sprucing up their storefronts. The city's Economic Development Authority first awarded the Downtown Exterior Improvement Grants last September. One of the locat...
Feb 21, 2023 KNSI News