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WE Fest Making Upgrades Ahead of 2021 Event
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Organizers of WE Fest in Detroit Lakes are making upgrades to the facility ahead of the festival in August. The event, now owned by Live Nation has announced that the general ad...
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Report Says Minnesota is the Nation's 9th Most Fun State to Visit
(KNSI) - Minnesota's not a bad place to take a staycation, according to WalletHub. Its report of the most fun states to visit in the United States puts Minnesota at No. 9. The North Star State has the...
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Legislature Back in Special Session to Pass Next Two Year Budget
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Legislature is in a special session after they were unable to come to an agreement on the state's next two year budget during the regular session, which ended last month. Member...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 14, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Tragic Weekend on Minnesota Waters
(KNSI) - It was a tragic and deadly weekend on Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Authorities say on Friday morning, a 24-year-old man from Chaska was pulled from Long Lake near Wadena after losing control...
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Paynesville Woman Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Teenager
(KNSI) - A Stearns County woman who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenaged girl has been sentenced. 57-year-old Stacy Lee Row of Paynesville has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pl...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 14, 2021 Stearns County Jail

Seven Counties Have Met the 70% Vaccination Rate
(KNSI) - The number of counties with the number of residents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 is rapidly on the rise. The Minnesota Department of Health's latest numbers shows that as of Frid...
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St. Cloud Man Hurt in Meeker County Rollover
(KNSI) - A 24-year-old St. Cloud man was hurt after crashing his SUV in Meeker County over the weekend. The Minnesota State Patrol says Anthony Jordan Carver was driving south on Highway 4 in Cosmos T...
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At Least One Person Killed After SUV Allegedly Drives at Protesters in Minneapolis
(KNSI) - At least one person is dead after a car drove into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis's Uptown neighborhood. Witnesses at the scene said an SUV was driving at a high rate of speed and seeme...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 14, 2021 AP Photos/Christian Monterrosa

18 Year Old Swimmer Dies After Drowning in Quarry Two
(KNSI) - A search for a missing swimmer at Quarry Park that began around 8:00 Saturday night has come to a sad end. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says 18-year-old Zakariya Aden Odowa jumped off ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 13, 2021 KNSI News

Court Documents Reveal Child Endangerment Charges Against St. Cloud Murder Suspect
(KNSI) - A 33-year-old woman, now charged in connection to the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Keisa Marie Lange, was already in jail for unrelated child endangerment charges when she was named as a sus...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 13, 2021 Stearns County Jail