Category Archives: Community News
Sauk Rapids Based Startup BuzzCare Hopes to Launch Rural Drone Delivery Service for Prescription Medication
(KNSI) - A Sauk Rapids-based startup hopes to use drones to deliver prescription medication to rural people living in so-called pharmacy deserts. BuzzCare Drone Services founders Stephen Rider and Lev...
Jul 23, 2025 BuzzCare Design Concept
Benton County, Rice Fire Plan Stop the Bleed Training Class
(KNSI) - Benton County Public Health and the Rice Fire Department are teaming up for a training class focusing on an often neglected aspect of emergency response. Stop the Bleed is a 90-minute course ...
Jul 22, 2025 Rice Fire Department Facebook page
Paint the Town Green, BBBS Urges Local Businesses to Support Youth Mentorship This September
(KNSI) - This fall, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota is asking local businesses to Paint the Town Green to raise awareness about the need for more mentors in the area. The campaign will t...
Jul 21, 2025 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota
Applications Open for Stearns County Sheriff's Office Explorer Program
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office is currently accepting applications for its Explorer Program. The Explorer program is open to individuals between the ages of 15 and 20 who are interested ...
Jul 21, 2025 Stearns County Sheriff's Office Facebook
RipCon to Make Trading Card Debut at Park Event Center July 27th
(KNSI) - Trading card enthusiasts and collectors will have a major new destination on Sunday, July 27th, as RipCon makes its debut at the Park Event Center in Waite Park. Organizer Hunter Branson says...
Jul 21, 2025 Unsplash
Splash Pad Bubble Bash Set for Friday, July 18th
(KNSI) - The suds will be sublime as the City of St. Cloud's first of two Splash Pad Bubble Bashes and foam parties is Friday, July 18th. The event runs from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Haws Park on the sout...
Jul 18, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News
St. Cloud Man Missing Nearly Two Months; Police Ask for Public's Help
(KNSI) - Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a St. Cloud man who has been missing for nearly two months. Troy Allen Strawn was last seen at his apartment in the 300 block of 8th Aven...
Jul 17, 2025 Minnesota BCA
United Way School Supply Drive to Deliver to 3,000 Central Minnesota Students
(KNSI) - Thousands of area students will start the school year with personalized supplies thanks to the annual United Way of Central Minnesota School Supply Drive. The United Way serves 18 school dist...
Jul 16, 2025 Unsplash
New School Aims to Get Veterans, Rescue Dogs Back on Their Feet
(KNSI) - A new vocational school hopes to heal humans and pets as planning continues for an official kickoff event later this fall. Founded by Amie Schwinghammer, the Heroes K9 Odyssey Academy is curr...
Jul 16, 2025 Amie Schwinghammer
Volunteer Fire Departments Struggle with Recruitment, Try New Strategies
(KNSI) - It's no secret that fire departments, especially ones that rely on volunteers, have been struggling with recruitment, so they are leaning on advertisements and targeted messaging to boost the...
Jul 16, 2025 Unsplash