Category Archives: Latest News
Chauvin Trial Provides Perfect Classroom for Criminal Justice Students
(KNSI) - The most-watched and publicized trial in Minnesota's history is affecting future students studying for a career in the field of law. Derek Chauvin is charged with second and third-degree murd...
Mar 12, 2021 Pixabay
Wright County Authorities Seeking Information About Man Found Dead in Middleville Township
(KNSI) - The Wright County Sheriff's Office is seeking more information about a man who went missing last July and was found dead in December. Human remains found in Middleville Township in December 2...
Mar 12, 2021 KNSI News
Minnesota to Loosen COVID-19 Restrictions on Social Gatherings, Businesses
(KNSI) - Amid a speedier-than-expected vaccine rollout in Minnesota and across the nation, the state will loosen some of its COVID-19 restrictions at noon Monday. Gov. Tim Walz announced Friday mornin...
Mar 12, 2021 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to Minneapolis VA Hospital Director Patrick Kelly after over doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the hospital Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, Pool)
One Year of COVID-19: What a Local Doctor Has Learned and What the Future Could Bring
(KNSI) - On March 12th, 2020, Stearns County recorded its first known case of COVID-19. The patient had been aboard a cruise ship, and on March 7th, they developed symptoms, just days before the World...
Mar 12, 2021
St. Cloud Will Get Nearly $16 Million From COVID Relief Bill
(KNSI) - St. Cloud will get almost $16 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 signed into law on Thursday by President Joe Biden. The COVID-19 relief package gives about $15.7 million to St...
Mar 11, 2021
Walz plans to dial back virus restrictions for gatherings
Minneapolis (AP) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday he's planning significant rollbacks of COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings, following an update by state health officials showing that 70% of t...
Mar 11, 2021
Minnesota Unemployment Drops Slightly, Has Not Fully Recovered From Pandemic Onset
(KNSI) - Minnesota's unemployment rate decreased slightly from 4.7 percent in December 2020 to 4.5 percent in January 2021. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says this de...
Mar 11, 2021 Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash
Minnesota Reports 19 COVID-19 Deaths Thursday, Including Wright County Resident
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases and 19 deaths statewide today. The death count includes a Wright County resident who was in their late 30s. There...
Mar 11, 2021 Unsplash
Demolition Of Iconic Perkins Building Underway
(KNSI) - The old Perkins Family Restaurant in downtown St. Cloud is getting torn down. Demolition crews began tearing apart the iconic building at 118 6th Avenue South on Thursday. After demolition on...
Mar 11, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
St. Cloud Sets Second Weather Record This Week
(KNSI) - After setting temperature records on Tuesday, another record was set Wednesday. The National Weather Service says the St. Cloud area set an official record for precipitation on March 10th. Wi...
Mar 11, 2021 National Weather Service