Category Archives: Latest News
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Minnesota Reports Three Deaths, Fewer Than 800 New COVID-19 Cases Monday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health confirms 794 new cases of COVID-19 and three new COVID-19 deaths Monday. The death count includes one Sherburne County resident who was in their 80s. Overal...
Dene Dryden Jan 25, 2021 Unsplash

Minnesota National Guard Assistant Adjutant General Chosen to Serve as Deputy Commanding General at the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence
(KNSI) - A Minnesota woman and two-star general in the Army National Guard has been chosen to serve as the Deputy Commanding General at the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence. Major General Johanna ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 25, 2021 Minnesota National Guard
Minnesota Adjusts COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment Sign-Ups, Plans Vaccination Opportunity for Twin Cities Educators
(KNSI) - A week into Minnesota's effort to vaccinate seniors, preK-12 school staff and child care workers, Governor Tim Walz is implementing changes to the pilot COVID-19 vaccination sites' appointmen...
Dene Dryden Jan 25, 2021

Donate Plasma for a Chance to Win Super Bowl Tickets
(KNSI) - The Red Cross and the NFL are teaming up to collect plasma to help COVID-19 patients in exchange for a chance to win tickets to next year's Super Bowl. St. Cloud Red Cross Executive Director ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 25, 2021 Provided Photo

Minnesota National Guard Members Returning Home
(KNSI) - 750 members of the Minnesota National Guard returned home over the weekend following their deployment to Washington, DC for the presidential inauguration. Four hundred touched down in Minneso...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 25, 2021

Klobuchar Says Senate Can Hold Impeachment Trial While Conducting Regular Business
(KNSI) - Former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial has been pushed back two weeks, but Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar tells ABC's This week, the Senate can hold the trial while still conducti...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 25, 2021 Unsplash

Woman Found Dead in Iowa Daughter of Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and Allina Health CEO
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A 21-year-old woman who was found dead outside a sorority house at Iowa State University was the daughter of a Minnesota Supreme Court justice and a prominent hospital executive, th...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 24, 2021 Unsplash

St. Cloud Police Investigating Sunday Morning Shooting
(KNSI) - Police in St. Cloud are investigating after two people were shot early Sunday morning. Police responded to a call of shots fired in the 100 block of 16th Avenue South at 5:40 a.m. when they f...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 24, 2021 Unsplash
State GOP Senators Outline Legislative Priorities for 2021
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Senate Republicans unveiled priorities for the new legislative session this week that include limiting the governor's peacetime emergency powers and avoiding tax incre...
Associated Press Jan 22, 2021

Minnesota's Total COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Nears 900K
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota health officials reported Friday the state has now been allocated 871,650 doses of federally controlled COVID-19 vaccine, up more than 240,000 doses from a week earlier. T...
Associated Press Jan 22, 2021 Steven Cornfield on Unsplash