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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

Lawmaker Calls For Abortion Clinics To Be Licensed
(KNSI) - A Minnesota lawmaker has proposed a bill to license abortion clinics. The legislation would require abortion clinics to be licensed the same way as birthing facilities. Right now, abortion cl...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Grass Fire in Wakefield Township Under Investigation
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office is investigating the cause of a large grass fire in Wakefield Township early Sunday morning. A press release says someone called 911 about 12:30 to report ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Mar 24, 2021 Stearns County Sheriff's Office
B117 Variant of COVID-19 Becoming More Common Among Sampled Cases, Minnesota Health Leaders Say
(KNSI) - The proportion of COVID-19 cases in Minnesota caused by the more contagious B117 variant appears to be growing, say state health officials. The B117 variant of COVID-19, which was first ident...
Dene Dryden Mar 23, 2021

Man Accused of Pointing Gun at Group Making Tik-Tok Video
(KNSI) - After allegedly pointing a gun at a group of young adults making a video for social media, a Waite Park man was arrested. According to a press release, police were called around 9:00 p.m. on ...
Jake Judd Mar 23, 2021 Unsplash