Category Archives: Latest News
Sartell Public Safety Adds Life Safety Division
(KNSI) - Now reorganized as the Sartell Public Safety Division, the first major changes within the police and fire departments are being rolled out to try to find synergies and improve efficiency in s...
Nov 07, 2025 Sartell Public Safety Facebook
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time. Farmers' Almanac said Thursday that its 202...
Nov 07, 2025 AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File
The FAA's order to cut flights nationwide due to the government shutdown is in effect
The Federal Aviation Administration 's unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown took effect Friday morning, with some passengers trying to fi...
Nov 07, 2025 Unsplash
Major Drug Trafficking Ring With Ties to Central Minnesota Dismantled
(KNSI) - Nineteen people, including several from the St. Cloud area, have been convicted and sentenced for their role in a major drug trafficking enterprise. Operation Unfinished Business II was a fou...
Nov 07, 2025 Pixabay
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
(AP) - A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gav...
Nov 06, 2025 Unsplash
Senators Set To Tour Central Minnesota As Part of Bonding Bill
(KNSI) - State senators will be touring central Minnesota next week as they hear from local officials about potential bonding bill projects. The legislators will pull into St. Augusta on Wednesday, No...
Nov 06, 2025
$1 Million Matching Gift Propels Catholic Community Schools Campaign Towards $6 Million Mark
(KNSI) - The Catholic Community Schools' capital campaign received a major boost this week with a $1 million matching gift from Cross Works Foundation that will double the impact of every donation tow...
Nov 06, 2025 Catholic Community Schools
Ellison Cracks Down on Illegal Online Gambling, Orders 14 Offshore Sites to Leave Minnesota
(KNSI) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is cracking down on illegal online gambling, targeting 14 offshore websites that operate without state oversight. Earlier this week, the AG's office s...
Nov 06, 2025 Screen shot of MyBookie Website
Stearns County Veterans Service Office Announces Expansion Plans
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Veterans Service Office has plans to expand access to resources for the county's growing veteran population, which now ranks as the seventh-largest in Minnesota. With more ...
Nov 06, 2025 Unsplash
Space Heater Likely Cause of New Munich House Fire
(KNSI) - A space heater is being blamed for causing a fire at a home in western Stearns County on Wednesday night. Stearns County Sheriff's deputies arrived at the house in New Munich just before midn...
Nov 06, 2025 Unsplash