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Thunderstorm Threat Looms for Central Minnesota Wednesday Afternoon
(KNSI) - The National Weather Service says central Minnesota is sitting square in the sweet spot for weather action Wednesday, positioned between the slightly cooler conditions expected in western are...
Jul 23, 2025 KNSI News
Minnesota Breweries Win Big at 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championships
(KNSI) - Several Minnesota breweries earned some hardware at the 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championships in Ohio. The event celebrates brewing excellence and saw over 8,000 beers submitted from breweries ac...
Jul 23, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Sauk Rapids Based Startup BuzzCare Hopes to Launch Rural Drone Delivery Service for Prescription Medication
(KNSI) - A Sauk Rapids-based startup hopes to use drones to deliver prescription medication to rural people living in so-called pharmacy deserts. BuzzCare Drone Services founders Stephen Rider and Lev...
Jul 23, 2025 BuzzCare Design Concept
Air traffic controllers didn't warn a B-52 bomber crew about a nearby airliner, the Air Force says
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Air traffic controllers at a small North Dakota airport didn't inform an Air Force bomber's crew that a commercial airliner was flying in the same area, the military said, sheddi...
Jul 23, 2025 North Dakota Governor's Office via AP
Elk River Man Charged After Armed Attack at Sherburne County Government Center
(KNSI) - A 51-year-old Elk River man faces five felony charges after allegedly shooting his way into the Sherburne County Government Center and making threats Saturday morning. Zha Kong Vang was arrai...
Jul 22, 2025 Sherburne County Sheriff's Office
Central Minnesota Community Foundation Grants Total Nearly $200,000
(KNSI) - Better than $183,000 is being put back into the community through the annual Central Minnesota Community Foundation. The total is made up of three programs and 22 overall awards. The Central ...
Jul 22, 2025 Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76
(AP) - Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice - and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id - of heavy metal, died Tuesda...
Jul 22, 2025 Singer Ozzy Osbourne performs during halftime of an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills in Inglewood, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Detour in Place as Road Work Begins on County Highway 2 Near Cold Spring
(KNSI) - Road work near Cold Spring has started on County Highway 2 between the Sauk River Bridge and County Road 165. Drivers who use that section of road will be rerouted around the work zone via Co...
Jul 22, 2025 Stearns County
Benton County, Rice Fire Plan Stop the Bleed Training Class
(KNSI) - Benton County Public Health and the Rice Fire Department are teaming up for a training class focusing on an often neglected aspect of emergency response. Stop the Bleed is a 90-minute course ...
Jul 22, 2025 Rice Fire Department Facebook page
State Senator Bruce Anderson Has Died
(KNSI) - Republican state Senator Bruce Anderson of Buffalo has died. Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson broke the news, describing Anderson as a dear friend to many at the Capitol and in the City of...
Jul 22, 2025 Minnesota Senate