Category Archives: Community News
Waite Park Holding Public Hearing in March on Renovated City Hall
(KNSI) - During a work session Monday, the Waite Park City Council heard from staff on a plan to relocate all police department personnel to the public works building during the expansion of city hall...
Feb 04, 2025
Bernick Family Foundation and Central MN Community Foundation Award $200K in Grants
(KNSI) - Twelve organizations in greater Minnesota will receive a total of $200,000 in grants from the Bernick Family Foundation. The grants are awarded in partnership with the Central Minnesota Commu...
Feb 03, 2025 Unsplash
Catholic Charities Reports Mardi Gras Results
(KNSI) - Catholic Charities is reporting that the annual Mardi Gras event lived up to its name, helping fatten the organization's wallet by $386,000. Over 620 people attended the event on January 25th...
Feb 03, 2025 Catholic Charities/Facebook
Minnesota Department of Agriculture Secretary to Visit Central Minnesota Farm Show February 25th
(KNSI) - The center of the farming world will once again have eyes on St. Cloud for the 58th annual Central Minnesota Farm Show. Over 150 exhibitors will fill over 250 booths at the River's Edge Conve...
Feb 03, 2025 St Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce
CHI Health at Home Hospice of Little Falls Receives $10,000 Donation
(KNSI) - A nonprofit is helping a local hospice program expand their end of life care services. CHI Health at Home Hospice of Little Falls is one of the nonprofits selected by the Morrison County 100 ...
Feb 03, 2025 Unsplash
Paynesville Grant Round Supporting Arts, Athletics, Government Programs Opening Soon
(KNSI)-The Paynesville Area Community Foundation will accept applications in February and March to support local nonprofits and public-sector organizations. To qualify, a group has to be registered as...
Jan 31, 2025 Unsplash
Stearns County Polar Plunge Awaits Jumpers in Mid-February
(KNSI) - The local Fraternal Order of Police is partnering with the St. Cloud Area Special Olympics for the Polar Plunge on February 15th in Avon at Middle Spunk Lake. Stearns County Sheriff Steve Soy...
Jan 31, 2025 Photo courtesy of Stearns County Sheriff's Office Facebook page.
Free Lecture Series on American Indian Culture Kicks Off This Weekend
(KNSI) - St. Cloud area residents can get a glimpse into the lives of Minnesota's first inhabitants over the next three weekends. The Stearns History Museum, Sherburne History Center and Benton County...
Jan 30, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News
St. Cloud Disabled American Veterans Chapter Planning New Monument
(KNSI) - A monument proposed for St. Cloud will be the first of its kind in the country. Disabled American Veterans Chapter 9 President Mike O'Donnell tells KNSI no other DAV location has such a tribu...
Jan 30, 2025 Associated Press
Sketches of MN: A Community Inspired Civic Improv Comedy Tour Comes to the Paramount Center for the Arts February 11th
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Humanities Center is teaming up with Danger Boat Productions to bring the inaugural Sketches of Minnesota: Civic Community Comedy Tour to St. Cloud. The ball started rolling in ...
Jan 30, 2025 Unsplash