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Air Quality Alert in Place For Sunday
(KNSI) - Wildfire smoke from Canada is once again covering the state with sooty air. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is warning that all 87 counties are looking at an air quality alert in the o...
Jun 08, 2025 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
President Trump Mobilizes National Guard To Quell LA Riots Over Immigration Enforcement
PARAMOUNT, Calif. (AP) - President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over the governor's objections to Los Angeles over where protests Saturday led to clashes between im...
Jun 07, 2025 Minnesota National Guard
Apple Valley Woman Becomes 72nd Defendant in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme
(KNSI) - Another defendant in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme has been charged in a federal indictment with three counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering, bringing the total number...
Jun 06, 2025 Unsplash
Man once convicted in Minnesota of supporting al-Qaida is now charged in Canada for alleged threats
MONTREAL (AP) - A man who was once convicted in the United States of supporting al-Qaida has been charged in Canada after allegedly threatening an attack. Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, 51, allegedly told...
Jun 06, 2025 Pixabay
Derrick John Thompson Convicted on All 15 Charges Connected to a 2023 Fatal High Speed Crash
(KNSI) - A Hennepin County jury has found Derrick John Thompson guilty on all 15 charges against him. Thompson is accused of causing a high speed crash after running a red light on a Minneapolis stree...
Jun 06, 2025 Hennepin County Jail via Associated Press
AmeriCorps must restore grant funding and members to states that sued over cuts, federal judge rules
The Trump administration must restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service workers in about two dozen states, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. Distr...
Jun 06, 2025 Unsplash
State of Minnesota Announces $2.4 Million for Agriculture Focused Workforce Training
(KNSI) - The State of Minnesota is investing $2.4 million to help grow careers in agriculture. The new Growing Careers Program will help up and coming farmers and skilled workers to fill in-demand job...
Jun 06, 2025 Unsplash
Sneak Peek Inside Great River Children's Museum Ahead of June 10th Opening
(KNSI) - What started as a conversation around a dinner table among a group of soon-to-be-retired educators 13 years ago is now a reality as the Great River Children's Museum will open its doors to th...
Jun 06, 2025 KNSI News
Acid Leaks At Cold Spring Food Processing Plant, 26 Taken to Hospital
(KNSI) - Over two dozen people were taken to CentraCare - St. Cloud Hospital Friday morning following a chemical spill at Pilgrim's Pride in Cold Spring. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says the l...
Jun 06, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Rotary Club Named Grand Marshal of 2025 Granite City Days Parade
(KNSI) - The honor of leading the 2025 Granite City Days Parade is going to the Rotary Club of St. Cloud. On Friday, Mayor Jake Anderson announced group will serve as Grand Marshal, marking a mileston...
Jun 06, 2025 Jake Judd KNSI News