Category Archives: Latest News
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Rapids River Days Parade Represents Perfect Start to the Weekend
(KNSI) - Rapids River Days welcomes the weekend with a parade. Over 80 units are already registered and that will include plenty of tunes. Coming from all across the state, 16 marching bands will be s...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 27, 2025 Rapids River Days Facebook

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman to lie in state as suspect faces court date
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will lie in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday while the man charged with killing her and her husband, and wounding a st...
Associated Press Jun 27, 2025 Minnesota DFL Party

St. Cloud Rox Game Cancelled Due to Wet Field Conditions
(KNSI) - Due to back-to-back days of rain, the St. Cloud Rox announced Thursday night's home game against the Thunder Bay Border Cats has been canceled due to unplayable field conditions, as determine...
Jake Judd Jun 26, 2025 St. Cloud Rox

St. Cloud Fire Department's Mobile Splash Pad Returns to Rotary Park East July 12th
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Fire Department will bring back its popular mobile splash pad to Rotary Park East on July 12th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., teaming up again with the St. Cloud Park and Recreation de...
Jake Judd Jun 26, 2025 City of St. Cloud Park and Recreation

Rock the Riverside Canceled Thursday
(KNSI) - Sauk Rapids has canceled Thursday's Rock the Riverside concert. The second week show was already postponed and then rescheduled for September, which means officials have less flexibility with...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 26, 2025 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

Former St. Cloud Planning Commissioner Pleads Guilty in Illegal Gun Sale
(KNSI) - The former St. Cloud Planning Commission member who ran the nonprofit Too Much Talent pleaded guilty to illegally transferring a handgun and received a 90 day stayed jail sentence, plus one y...
Jake Judd Jun 26, 2025 KNSI News

Central Minnesota Avoids Flooding Thanks to Drought in the Northern Part of State
(KNSI) - Moderate flooding is building on the Minnesota River after Wednesday's downpour. The Sauk and Mississippi Rivers near St. Cloud are running high, according to the Minnesota Department of Natu...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 26, 2025 Unsplash

City of Sartell to Get $2 Million Grant From the Department of Employment and Economic Development for Niron Magnetics Project
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has awarded the City of Sartell $2 million in grant funding from the agency's Greater Minnesota Business Development Public Inf...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 26, 2025

12 Local Entrepreneurs Graduate from Enterprise Academy Program
(KNSI) - The Initiative Foundation says 12 entrepreneurs committed to developing their local business ventures in central Minnesota have graduated from the St. Cloud Enterprise Academy. The academy is...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 26, 2025 Initiative Foundation

St. Joseph Firefighters, Police, Paramedics, & Bystanders Honored With Life Saving Award
(KNSI) - Five St. Joseph Fire Department members, a police officer, paramedics, and seven citizens have been recognized for saving a man's life following a medical emergency while playing pickleball. ...
Jake Judd Jun 26, 2025 City of St. Joseph