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New Cases Trending Up as Minnesota Doles Out More than 3 Million COVID Vaccine Doses
(KNSI) - On Thursday, Minnesota crossed a COVID-19 vaccination threshold: More than 3 million first and second doses have been administered to 1.9 million Minnesotans. The milestone comes less than tw...
Apr 08, 2021 John Autey/Pioneer Press via AP, Pool
Cause of Children's Home Fire Undetermined, Still Under Investigation
(KNSI) - Investigators are trying to determine what started a fire that left the former Children's Home in St. Cloud substantially damaged. St. Cloud Fire Marshal Mike Post says they've been able to r...
Apr 08, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz (KNSI News)
Police: Woman Carjacked at Gunpoint by Two Juveniles
(KNSI) - Two juveniles are in custody after allegedly pulling a gun on a woman in Big Lake and stealing her vehicle on Wednesday. According to the police department, around 6:45 pm, officers were call...
Apr 08, 2021 Big Lake Police Department/Facebook
St. Cloud Man Charged After Allegedly Pulling a Woman by her Hair
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud man is under arrest and charged with two counts of felony domestic assault after allegedly pulling a woman by her hair. According to the criminal complaint, St. Cloud police respo...
Apr 08, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Minnesota Reports 14 COVID-19 Deaths, 2,500+ New Cases Thursday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports 2,535 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths around the state on Thursday. The death count includes one Stearns County resident in their 80s and a Wright ...
Apr 08, 2021 Unsplash
Lawmakers Aim to Strengthen Sexual Assault Laws
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers are calling for swift passage of legislation that would update the state's criminal sexual conduct code after a loophole in the law's curre...
Apr 08, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Second Minnesotan Charged in Connection to U.S. Capitol Insurrection
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - FBI agents arrested a Rochester woman Thursday on charges connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Victoria White is expected to make her first appearance in federal cour...
Apr 08, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud Man Charged in Connection to Alleged State Capitol Attack Plot
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man whom authorities describe as a self-proclaimed member of the anti-government "boogaloo" movement and had an interest in killing police was charged Wednesday with ill...
Apr 08, 2021 Sherburne County Jail
Astronaut with Central Minnesota Ties Prepares to Blast Off to International Space Station
(KNSI) - At 2:42 a.m. Central Time on Friday morning, St. John's University alumnus Mark Vande Hei will lift off on his second journey to the International Space Station. Vande Hei received his bachel...
Apr 08, 2021 NASA
Scheels Athletic Complex in Sartell Nears Completion
(KNSI) - The Scheels Athletic Complex in Sartell is scheduled to be completed in the next few weeks. Officials with the facility are planning for a grand opening in late April or early May. The athlet...
Apr 07, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)