Category Archives: Community News

Old St. Cloud City Hall to Be Torn Down Soon
(KNSI) - The old St. Cloud City Hall site will soon be an empty lot. Officials have closed off the area with a fence in preparation for the demolition, which is expected to start in the next couple of...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 08, 2022 KNSI News

Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Community Members Credited With Bringing Missing Waite Park Boy Home
(KNSI) - The Waite Park Police Department says a nonverbal autistic child is back safe with their family after wandering away from his home Tuesday night. According to a press release, the Waite Park ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 08, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Golf Tournament Raises $100,000 for Pediatric Cancer Program at St. Cloud Hospital
(KNSI) - The Coborn Family Foundation has gifted the CentraCare Foundation $100,000 for the pediatric cancer program at St. Cloud Hospital. The money was raised at the annual Grocers on the Green golf...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 07, 2022 CentraCare Foundation Facebook

Car Wash for Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota Raises Over $8000
(KNSI) - The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota are rejoicing after a fundraiser at a local car wash rang up more than $8,400. The fundraiser held at Crew Carwash from May 13th through the 15th...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 07, 2022 Unsplash

Student Built Bean Bag Boards to be Featured at Upcoming CMBA Fundraiser
(KNSI) - The Central Minnesota Builders Association is featuring student-built bean bag boards for a fundraiser later this month. Students from Albany, Becker, Elk River, Kimball, North Jr. High, Melr...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 07, 2022 Central Minnesota Builders Association

Pleasantview Playground Closed for the Summer
(KNSI) - Kids who live around Pleasantview Elementary School looking for a playground this summer will have to look elsewhere. The Sauk Rapids-Rice School District says the Pleasantview playground is ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 07, 2022

Children's Center Gets Donation from Nicholas P. Koenig HERO Foundation
(KNSI) - A central Minnesota foundation has donated toys to help children going through cancer treatment. The Nicholas P. Koenig HERO Foundation recently gave the toys to the St. Cloud Hospital Childr...
Jake Judd Jun 02, 2022 CentraCare Foundation

Rock The Riverside Concerts Return in Sauk Rapids
(KNSI) - The second season of a free summer concert series in Sauk Rapids starts Thursday. Rock the Riverside at Riverside Nights is a weekly music festival along the banks of the Mississippi River at...
Jake Judd Jun 01, 2022 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

Ban on Poultry Events Extended
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says it is extending the statewide ban on poultry events until July 1st. The ban was first enacted in April and includes all poultry swaps, fairs, exhibit...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 31, 2022 Unsplash

Central Minnesota Memorial Day Services Set for Sunday, Monday
(KNSI) - There are several events around the area to mark Memorial Day weekend. Sunday, at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, there will be music from the Richfield Symphonic Band ...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 27, 2022 Unsplash