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Weather Records Will Be Challenged With One Day Warmup
(KNSI) - Afternoon highs around central Minnesota will challenge weather records today. The record high of 61, set back in 1911, is in danger of being shattered today with a predicted high of 65. The ...
Mar 09, 2021 Unsplash
Bids Are In To Redevelop Former Tech High School
(KNSI) - Bids are in to turn the old St. Cloud Tech High School into the new city hall. City staff are going through the bids now, and they will be presented to the city council soon. Mayor Dave Kleis...
Mar 09, 2021
Laboratory Audit Reveals 891 COVID-19 Cases, 138 Deaths Previously Went Unreported
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health released a backlog of COVID-19 case and death data on Tuesday, making it appear that 1,641 new cases and 140 deaths were reported within the last day. Howev...
Mar 09, 2021
Man Jailed After Meth, Marijuana and a Gun Were Found During a Traffic Stop
(KNSI) - A 33-year-old Forest Lake man is in the Sherburne County jail after a large amount of drugs and a gun were found in his vehicle during a traffic stop. According to a press release from the Be...
Mar 09, 2021 Pixabay
Two People OK After Their Truck Goes Through the Ice
(KNSI) - The Meeker County Sheriff's Office says two people are OK after the truck they were in broke through thin ice on Big Swan Lake. Officials say 82-year-old Kouthong Vixayvong was driving on the...
Mar 09, 2021 Unsplash
Minnesota Dentists Get the Go-Ahead to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines
(KNSI) - Last week, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law that allows Minnesota dentists to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, adding another aspect to the state's vaccine rollout, which is currently ahe...
Mar 09, 2021 Image by oswaldoruiz from Pixabay
St. Martin Man Injured in Homemade Go Kart Crash
(KNSI) - A 56-year-old St. Martin man is hospitalized after a homemade go-kart crash left him with a severe head injury. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says they were called to the crash about 3:...
Mar 09, 2021 Stearns County Sheriff's Office
COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility for Next Two Priority Groups to Open at Once This Week
(KNSI) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says the Minnesota Department of Health is opening up the next two COVID-19 vaccination eligibility groups at once. The announcement comes as the state nears the 7...
Mar 09, 2021 Unsplash
Taproom Holding St. Patrick's Day Fundraiser for Food Shelf
(KNSI) - March is Food Share month, and you can help a St. Cloud area food shelf feed hungry families and enjoy a beer from a local taproom on St. Patrick's Day. Catholic Charities Emergency Services ...
Mar 08, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
MDH: Vaccine Rollout Faces 'Race Against Time' in Preventing Future COVID-19 Case Surges
(KNSI) - The swift distribution of COVID-19 vaccines developed less than a year after the first cases were found in the U.S. has painted a brighter picture for 2021 versus 2020. However, Minnesota hea...
Mar 08, 2021