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St. Cloud Plants 50 Trees at Park
(KNSI) - St. Cloud staff joined the mayor and planted 50 trees on Tuesday. St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis says the trees were planted as a late Arbor Day celebration. "The city of St. Cloud, it's tree cit...
May 18, 2021 City of St. Cloud
St. Cloud Man Accused of Assaulting Woman, Hitting Dog
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud man has been charged with assault after allegedly beating a woman and her dog. Investigators say Todd Richard Chauvin punched a woman in the back of her head and kicked her repeat...
May 18, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Two Locals Named Finalists for Princess Kay of the Milky Way Title
(KNSI) - Two women from Central Minnesota are in the running for Midwest Dairy Association's 68th Princess Kay of the Milky Way title. The ten contestants were selected after two days of judging and l...
May 18, 2021 Sculptor Linda Christensen works on a Princess Kay of the Milky Way butter sculpture in 2017. Photo by Lorie Shaull on Flickr.
Housing Authority, Police Department Criticized for Planned K9 Training Exercise
(KNSI) - The Kandiyohi County Housing and Redevelopment Authority is coming under fire after allegedly allowing the Willmar Police Department to use an occupied apartment complex for K9 officer traini...
May 18, 2021 Unsplash
Rainy Week Ahead Could Help Minnesota Turn Around A Dry Start to May
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud area is in for showers and thunderstorms over the next several days after an unusually dry start to the month. According to data from the National Weather Service, St. Cloud is ...
May 18, 2021 Unsplash
Public Asked to Keep Eye Out for Missing Man
(KNSI) - The public is asked to keep an eye out for a missing 28-year-old man. The Inver Grove Heights Police Department says Kayode Naheem Awode was last seen on April 28 at the Dar Al Farooq Center ...
May 18, 2021 Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Predatory Offender Moves to St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A level three predatory offender has moved to St. Cloud. According to the St. Cloud Police Department, Dwaine Robert Smith has relocated to the 100-block of 12th Avenue North. The 59-year-old...
May 18, 2021 Minnesota Department of Corrections
Perennial Wheat Could Reduce Nitrate Levels in Minnesota Groundwater
(KNSI) - A recently developed crop has the potential to reduce the impact of nitrate leaching from farm fields into water supplies. Kernza wheat, or intermediate wheatgrass, is different from other ty...
May 18, 2021 Photo by Deehan on Wikimedia Commons
Stearns County Breakfast on The Farm Returns
(KNSI) - Breakfast on the Farm is back in 2021 after taking a year off due to the pandemic. The 13th Annual Stearns County Breakfast on the Farm will be held at Kerfeld Hillview Farm, near St. Rosa, o...
May 18, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
State Reports 519 New COVID Cases, 14 Deaths Tuesday
(KNSI) - Minnesota sees 519 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths from the disease on Tuesday. The death count includes one person from Wright County who was in their 70s. There are 79 new cases in the St....
May 18, 2021 Unsplash