Category Archives: Latest News
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Smith, Klobuchar Reintroduce Bill to Fund Fire Safety Improvements in High-Rise Apartments
(KNSI) - Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith have reintroduced a bill aiming to improve fire safety in high-rise public apartment buildings. The Public Housing Fire Safety Act, if signed i...
Dene Dryden Mar 25, 2021 Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash

Thousands of Minnesotans' Driver's Licenses Expire in Less Than A Week
(KNSI) - Driver's license and state identification cards that expired during the pandemic now have less than a week to get then renewed. The extension granted for Minnesotans with an expired driver's ...
Jake Judd Mar 25, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)

Wright County Seeking Farm Family Nominations
(KNSI) - Wright County is seeking nominations for the 2021 Farm Family of the Year. The Farm Family Recognition Program has been around for more than 30 years. The award honors farm families throughou...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash
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