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Justices: Drunk Rape Victim Was Not 'Mentally Incapacitated'
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a person who is sexually assaulted while intoxicated does not fit the designation for a more serious charge if he or she consumed the alco...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2021

Immigrants Make Up 10 Percent of Minnesota's Workforce, Report Says
(KNSI) - A new report from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Foundation details how Minnesota's immigrant community impacts the state economy. The Economic Contributions of Immigrants in Minnesota rep...
Dene Dryden Mar 24, 2021 Image by Malachi Witt from Pixabay

Prince's Ashes to be Displayed At Paisley Park
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Paisley Park officials are marking the fifth anniversary of Prince's death by offering fans free admission to pay their respects in the suburban Minnesota compound, where his ashes ...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2021 Associated Press

Minnesota Cracking Down on Speeders After Alarming Number of Deaths
(KNSI) - Minnesota officials are in the middle of a statewide crackdown on speeding drivers, but some people aren't getting the message. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety started the extra enf...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2021 Minnesota State Patrol/Twitter

Alleged Buffalo Health Clinic Shooter Called 911 During Attack, Records Show
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - A man charged with carrying out a mass shooting at a Minnesota health clinic last month allegedly called 911 during the attack and told the dispatcher he was the shooter and to s...
Associated Press Mar 24, 2021 Wright County Jail

St. Cloud Area Adds 150 New COVID-19 Cases Wednesday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports 1,323 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths Wednesday. This includes 150 new cases in the five-county St. Cloud area. Stearns County records the most w...
Dene Dryden Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash

St. Cloud River's Edge Convention Center COVID-19 Testing Site Hours Changing
(KNSI) - The hours for the COVID-19 testing site at the River's Edge Convention Center are changing. As of today, the hours are Wednesdays through Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Weekend testing ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash

Grass Fire Near Holdingford Under Investigation
(KNSI) - Investigators are looking into the cause of a second grass fire over the weekend in Stearns County. The Holdingford Fire Department was called at 2:21 a.m. on Sunday by a 21-year-old man who ...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2021 Stearns County Sheriff's Office

Winstock 2021 Postponed to August
(KNSI) - The Winstock Music and Camping Festival is being postponed again. Originally set for June, organizers are moving the festival to August 20th and 21st. It was canceled last year due to the COV...
Jennifer Lewerenz Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash

St. Cloud Hosting Second Mass Vaccination Clinic Wednesday
(KNSI) - A mass vaccination site in St. Cloud will be inoculating another 1,000 people on Wednesday. The Moderna vaccine is being offered at the River's Edge Convention Center on Wednesdays from noon ...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash