Category Archives: Community News

Great River Children's Museum Honored for Revitalizing Downtown with 2025 Heritage Preservation Award
(KNSI) - The Great River Children's Museum is the 2025 St. Cloud Heritage Preservation Award winner for giving nearly a half block of downtown new life. The facility and its board members were present...
Jake Judd May 20, 2025 Jake Judd KNSI News

Waite Park Council Unanimously Approves Construction Package, Looks Likely to Change Mayor Term Length
(KNSI) - The Waite Park City Council unanimously approved the first bid package for the government center expansion Monday night. At nearly $4.6 million, this phase of the project is seven percent bel...
Ashley Menzemer May 20, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News

St. Cloud Police Officer Honored With Medal of Commendation for Stopping Armed Suspect at Crossroads Center Mall
(KNSI) - An off-duty St. Cloud police officer was honored Monday night with the department's Medal of Commendation for stopping an armed suspect running through the Crossroads Center mall. On December...
Jake Judd May 20, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News

St. Cloud Police Holding Annual Community Policing Agreement
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Police Department has scheduled its annual review of the Community Policing Agreement for Thursday, June 5th. First completed in 2005, the document has to be looked over each ye...
Ashley Menzemer May 19, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Two Young Women Named Princess Kay of the Milky Way Finalists
(KNSI) - Two young women from the St. Cloud area will be vying for the title of Princess Kay of the Milky Way at the upcoming Minnesota State Fair. Dairy Princess Heidi Montag was chosen to represent ...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 19, 2025 Princess Kay of the Milky Way Facebook

University of Minnesota's New St. Cloud Medical Campus Selects First Class of Rural Focused Students
(KNSI) - The University of Minnesota Medical School CentraCare Regional Campus in St. Cloud has selected its first class. Assistant Dean, Doctor Jill Amsberry, told KNSI News the first crop of aspirin...
Jake Judd May 19, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Principal at Prince of Peace Lutheran School Named Educator of the Year
(KNSI) - A local principal has been named the 2025 Educator of the Year by Concordia University St. Paul. Anne Neilitz leads Prince of Peace Lutheran School and earned the honor by creating dynamic, f...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 16, 2025 Unsplash

St. Cloud Peregrine Falcon Welcomes Four Chicks Over Mother's Day Weekend
(KNSI) - A female Peregrine Falcon from St. Cloud got to welcome her newest babies into the world over Mother's Day Weekend. The 12-year-old bird and the man of the house, a 16-year-old from Gary, Ind...
Jake Judd May 16, 2025 Minnesota DNR FalconCam

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota Unveils Teen Summer Program Lineup
(KNSI) - The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota is launching a lineup of free summer experiences designed to inspire creativity, build career skills and ignite passion and potential in local ...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 16, 2025 Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota Facebook

St. Cloud Volunteers to Pack and Distribute 500 Free Food Boxes for Families in Need
(KNSI) - St. Cloud area residents will come together this weekend to help feed families in need. The nonprofit Feeding Area Children Together has teamed up with the Rotary Club of St. Cloud and School...
Jake Judd May 15, 2025 Unsplash