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CentraCare Receives Helmsley Grant to Help Patients With Emergency Mental Health Needs
(KNSI) - CentraCare says it has received $1.2 million in grant money for emergency mental health needs. Construction has already started on a new unit for Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, ...
Feb 09, 2021 Unsplash
Stearns County Seeks Public Input Before Updating Its Solid Waste Management Plan
(KNSI) - Stearns County is looking at updating its solid waste management plan, and they're asking for public input. The county says the plan is a "policy-based roadmap" for how the county reduces was...
Feb 09, 2021
How to Avoid and Fight COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation
(KNSI) - Over the past year, many people have been following the creation of COVID-19 vaccines and watching how countries and states are getting shots into arms. However, people with legitimate curios...
Feb 08, 2021 Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
River's Edge Convention Center, Marcus Parkwood Cinema Receive COVID-19 Relief Grants
(KNSI) - Convention centers and movie theaters across Minnesota are in line to get more than $13 million in COVID-19 relief grants from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development....
Feb 08, 2021
Sauk Rapids Police Arrest Attempted Burglary Suspect
(KNSI) - The Sauk Rapids Police Department has arrested a suspect in an attempted burglary last week. On February 2nd, a front-door surveillance camera at a home in the 1200 block of 10th Avenue North...
Feb 08, 2021 Sauk Rapids Police
House Republicans Lay Out Path for Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions on Businesses by May 1st
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota House Republicans laid out a roadmap Monday for lifting the state's coronavirus restrictions on businesses with a goal of letting them return to full operations by May 1. ...
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Wright County Resident Among Three Newly Reported COVID-19 Deaths in Minnesota
(KNSI) - Minnesota confirms 564 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths today. This includes 37 new cases around St. Cloud and one death: a person in their 60s from Wright County. Morrison County does not...
Feb 08, 2021
70 Year Old Sartell Man Arrested in Alleged Screwdriver Attack
(KNSI) - An alleged fight over a parking space has landed a 70-year-old Sartell man in jail. Police were called to an apartment building on the 2500 block of Stearns Way after a resident said Michael ...
Feb 08, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Central Minnesota Doctor Named to Board of Trustees for AAFP Foundation
(KNSI) - A local family medicine doctor is taking on a new leadership role. Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen is now a member of the Board of Trustees for the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. The ...
Feb 08, 2021 CentraCare
Local Teachers Named Candidates for Minnesota Teacher of the Year
(KNSI) - Candidates for Minnesota's Teacher of the Year are out, and some local teachers are on the list. Katherine Green teaches Language Arts at St. Cloud Tech, Special Education and Early Childhood...
Feb 08, 2021 Unsplash