Category Archives: Community News
St. Cloud Hosting First Downtown Bloody Mary Crawl This Spring
(KNSI) - A new event celebrating a popular cocktail will debut this spring. The inaugural Downtown Bloody Mary Crawl & Contest will take place March 26th from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. at multiple busine...
Jan 16, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Minnesota Families Seek to Boost Awareness of K-12 Options During School Choice Week
(KNSI) - Minnesota schools, organizations, and individuals are planning 376 celebrations of educational opportunity this month as traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet scho...
Jan 16, 2023 School Choice Week
What's Open, Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
(KNSI) - In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, there is no mail delivery, except for priority mail deliveries, and post offices are also closed. UPS and FedEx are making deliveries. City,...
Jan 16, 2023 Unsplash
Two Waite Park Businesses Petitioning to Relocate
(KNSI) - Two existing Waite Park businesses are hoping to open new locations soon within the city. Banfield Pet Hospital could soon get the okay for a standalone facility. The issue was expected to co...
Jan 16, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Two St. Cloud Organizations Get Main Street Revitalization Grants
(KNSI) - Two redevelopment projects in St. Cloud have been awarded grants from the Minnesota Main Street Revitalization Program. The Initiative Foundation is giving the Great River Children's Museum $...
Jan 14, 2023 Unsplash
St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour Coming to River's Edge Convention Center January 21st
(KNSI) - The 11th Annual St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour is coming up on January 21st, featuring nearly 60 brewers and around 250 different drinks to try. Executive Director of Events Cole "The Beer Man" Er...
Jan 13, 2023 Leighton Events
Lutheran Social Service Event Centers on Keeping Youth Safe Online
(KNSI) - A virtual human trafficking prevention awareness seminar is coming up next week. The public is invited to watch and learn how online predators solicit and groom youth, what is being done to p...
Jan 13, 2023 Unsplash
St. Joseph Community Food Shelf Purchases Building
(KNSI) - The St. Joseph Community Food Shelf has closed on purchasing the building where it is currently housed, marking the first time it will own the space it occupies. Opening in 1987 at the St. Be...
Jan 13, 2023 Unsplash
St. Cloud Police Department's COP House Book Club is Back
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Community Outpost has brought back its COP House Book Club. Kids from the Southside Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota join officers at the club and walk back to the Co...
Jan 13, 2023 St. Cloud Community Outpost
Paynesville Airshow Set For August
(KNSI) - The Friends of the Paynesville Airport want you to save the date for their annual airshow. Scheduled for Saturday, August 26th, organization president Randy Schaefer says he is hoping they ca...
Jan 12, 2023 Jake Judd (KNSI)