Category Archives: Latest News
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Suspect Accused of Shooting Minnesota Lawmakers Charged With Murder
(KNSI) - The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another will make his first court appearance Monday afternoon, answering to second degree murder and attempted murder charges af...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 16, 2025 AP Photo/George Walker IV

Candlelight Vigil for Saturday Shooting Victims Set for Monday Night
(KNSI) - A candlelight vigil is set for Monday night at Eastman Park downtown St. Cloud to remember House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark after they were gunned down in the Brookl...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 16, 2025 Unsplash

Study Session Monday to Examine Sign Ordinance and Review Results from Spring Survey
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud City Council will hold a study session today to review results from a spring survey on downtown redevelopment. In March, the city surveyed residents, business owners, property o...
Jake Judd Jun 16, 2025 Unsplash

Waite Park Council To Take Part in Groundbreaking, Dedication Monday Afternoon
(KNSI) - The Waite Park City Council will have a traveling work session Monday, with the first stop coming at a very familiar place. Now meeting at the District 742 Administration Office, city officia...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 16, 2025

@Grok Falsely Links CentraCare Physician to Minnesota Lawmaker Shooting Suspect
(KNSI) - An artificial intelligence chatbot has falsely linked a doctor with CentraCare to the suspect accused in the fatal shootings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband. A statement from CentraCa...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 16, 2025 Unsplash

Hoffman Family Issues Statement After Saturday Morning's Near Fatal Shooting
(KNSI) - Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, have issued a joint statement after being shot multiple times in their Champlin home early Saturday morning. The statement, written by Yve...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 16, 2025 Associated Press

Foley Fun Days Swings Into Action: Beards, Blue Oxen, and a Whole Lotta Logging
(KNSI) - Foley Fun Days has way too much planned Monday for visitors to saw logs in the figurative sense. Instead, organizers are planning on doing it literally. Juanita Beauchamp says the festival sc...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 16, 2025

Central Minnesota in the Enhanced Risk Category for Severe Weather Monday, June 16th
(KNSI) - The National Weather Service is warning of the potential for severe thunderstorms across central Minnesota this afternoon and evening; however, there are a few ifs, ands, and buts. Morning ra...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 16, 2025 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Suspect in Lawmaker Shooting Incidents Arrested
(KNSI) - Just after 10:40 on Sunday night, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz stepped to the podium at the state emergency operations center in Blaine to announce the suspect in the shootings of two Minnesot...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 16, 2025 Ramsey County Sheriff's Office

Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers caught, AP sources says
BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) - The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, two law enforcement officials said, bringing an end to a nearly two-day s...
Associated Press Jun 15, 2025