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Festival to Remember George Floyd Happening Tuesday in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The intersection where George Floyd took his final breaths is to be transformed Tuesday into an outdoor festival on the anniversary of his death, with food, children's activities an...
May 25, 2021 AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File
Police Investigating a Shooting in LeSauk Township Tuesday Morning
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a shooting Tuesday morning. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office was called to a home on the 32000 block of River Oaks Lane. One pers...
May 25, 2021 Dene Dryden/KNSI News
Superintendent Retiring After Four Decades in Education
(KNSI) - A Central Minnesota school administrator is calling it quits after more than 40 years in education. Sartell-St. Stephen Superintendent Jeff Schwiebert is stepping down at the end of the schoo...
May 25, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Park Closed for Prescribed Burn
(KNSI) - If you see smoke coming from a Stearns County park, don't be alarmed. Mississippi River County Park near Rice is closed for a prescribed burn on Tuesday. Officials use prescribed burns to hel...
May 25, 2021 Stearns County Parks Department
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Identifies Conservation Officer Killed in the Line of Duty Monday Morning
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is identifying the Conservation Officer who died in the line of duty Monday morning. They say 39-year-old Officer Sarah Grell was killed in a two...
May 25, 2021 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Liberty Block Party Is Back, Lineup Announced
(KNSI) - The Liberty Block Party is back in 2021 for Granite City Days and announced this year's lineup. The traditional free Friday night show will be at Whitney Park on Friday, June 25. This year's ...
May 24, 2021 Liberty Block Party Facebook
Seatbelt Enforcement Campaign Underway
(KNSI) - 'Speaking Up about Buckling Up' is the name of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety's next enforcement campaign. The Minnesota State Patrol, sheriff's deputies, ...
May 24, 2021 Pixabay
Prosecutor in Potter Case Resigns Amid 'Vitriol' and 'Partisan Politics'
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A prosecutor who was handling the case against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright resigned Monday, saying "vitriol" and "par...
May 24, 2021 Hennepin County Jail
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Killed in Crash Monday Morning
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says one of its conservation officers died in the line of duty Monday morning. According to a press release from the DNR, The officer was killed ...
May 24, 2021 Unsplash
Sauk Rapids Man Sentenced on Weapons Charge
(KNSI) - A Sauk Rapids man has been sentenced for a weapons charge that stemmed from an incident in South Dakota. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 48-year-old Ron Carlo Carter was stopped ...
May 24, 2021 Unsplash