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St. Cloud Approves Letter Of Intent To Sell City Hall
(KNSI) - St. Cloud is moving forward on moving city hall to the former Tech High School. At Monday's city council meeting, council members approved signing a letter of intent to sell the old city hall...
Jake Judd Apr 27, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

SCSU Launches Comprehensive Fundraising Campaign
(KNSI) - St. Cloud State Univesity has launched its first comprehensive public fundraising campaign in nearly 20 years. Unleash The Future: The Campaign For St. Cloud State has a goal of raising $32 m...
Jake Judd Apr 27, 2021 St. Cloud State University

Another Suit Asks Minnesota Courts to Oversee Redistricting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A group of Minnesota Democratic voters filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to have the courts take over the state's redistricting process, predicting that the divided Legislature...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 27, 2021 Unsplash

St. Cloud Area Reports Two Deaths, 129 New Cases of COVID-19 Tuesday
(KNSI) - Minnesota reports 1,088 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths from the disease Tuesday. The death count includes one person from Sherburne County and one person from Wright County who were both in...
Dene Dryden Apr 27, 2021 Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

St. Cloud Named as a Tree City USA
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has named 111 communities around the state as Tree City USA, and St. Cloud is one of them. A press release from the DNR says that "cities and tow...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 27, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

St. John's University to Build New Student Housing and Pedestrian Bridge Starting This Summer
(KNSI) - St. John's University students will soon be getting a new residential hall. Officials with SJU tell KNSI starting on June 1st; the Seton Apartment earth-sheltered homes will be torn down, and...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 27, 2021 Unsplash

Minnesota Extends Pandemic Workers' Compensation Benefits for Frontline Workers, First Responders
(KNSI) - On Monday, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law extending frontline workers' and first responders' workers' compensation eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, the state legisla...
Dene Dryden Apr 27, 2021 Unsplash

Organizers Planning To Hold Minnesota State Fair
(KNSI) - Organizers are planning to hold the Minnesota State Fair in 2021. The Great Minnesota Get-Together was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. Minnesota State Fair General Manager Jerry Hammer ...
Jake Judd Apr 27, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Training Details Scarce in File of Officer Who Shot Wright
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The service file of the former police officer accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old Black motorist, Daunte Wright, in a Minneapolis suburb this month contains scarce details on ...
Associated Press Apr 27, 2021 Hennepin County Jail

Steve Reese Named Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year
(KNSI) - A scout leader and vital volunteer has been named the 2021 Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year. Steve Reese was announced as the winner of the prestigious award on Monday. According to the select...
Jake Judd Apr 27, 2021 City of Sauk Rapids