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Seven-Year Murder Case Delayed Again After Judge Denies Motion by Defendant Who Claims He Could Resurrect Victim
(KNSI) - The nearly seven-year-long legal battle over an alleged murder suspect's trial in Stearns County District Court will drag on after his latest motion was denied. Daniel Kenning is charged with...
Jun 05, 2025 Stearns County Jail
St. Cloud COP House Soccer Camp Kicks Off 5th Season, Strengthening Bonds Between Kids and Cops
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud COP House Youth Soccer Camp has kicked off its fifth season. It teaches kids how to play the game and builds a bond between officers and the community. More than 120 kids betwee...
Jun 05, 2025 St. Cloud COP House
Air Quality Alert In Effect for Northern Minnesota
(KNSI) - Northern Minnesota will be blanketed with another wave of heavy wildfire smoke for roughly the next 24 hours. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert at 1:00 p.m. T...
Jun 05, 2025 Unsplash
St. Cloud Councilman Fined for Campaign Violation After Parking Near Polling Place
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud City Councilman is in hot water after accidentally breaking a campaign law. On Saturday, November 2nd, Scott Brodeen was out campaigning in the final stretch of the election cycle...
Jun 05, 2025 City of St. Cloud
Sartell-Area Lions Clubs Begin Phase II Campaign for Lions Park Improvements
(KNSI) - The Sartell-area Lions Clubs have begun a campaign for more improvements at Lions Park on Pinecone Road. The playground was redone in 2023 to be fully inclusive, but other amenities have not ...
Jun 05, 2025 KNSI News
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Take a Kid Fishing Weekend Set for June 6th Through the 8th
(KNSI) - As part of Get Outdoors Month, this is Take a Kid Fishing weekend. June 6th through the 8th, Minnesota residents can fish without a license if they take a kid 15 or younger with them. The Dep...
Jun 05, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News
University of Minnesota Extension Extending Help to Keep Rural Grocery Stores From Disappearing
(KNSI) - Grocery stores serving small towns are seeing a bit of a resurgence thanks to a statewide program. Nearly a decade ago, as stores started closing at a rapid pace, the state began providing gr...
Jun 05, 2025 Unsplash
Man Who Died Following an Armed Encounter With Police Monday Night Was a Retired State Trooper
(KNSI) - The man who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following an encounter with police Monday night was a former Minnesota State Trooper. A newspaper article posted in 1999 says Larry Alstea...
Jun 05, 2025 KNSI News
St. Cloud Community Policing Agreement Meeting to be Held Thursday, June 5th
(KNSI) - The annual review of the St. Cloud Police Department's Community Policing Agreement is on Thursday, June 5th. First completed in 2005, the original was the product of 12 meetings, held once p...
Jun 05, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Rock the Riverside Returns to The Clearing in Sauk Rapids
(KNSI) - Rock the Riverside kicks off its fifth season at The Clearing in Sauk Rapids on Thursday. The season's first show features Wayside as the opening act. They'll be on stage from 5:30 to 6:45 p....
Jun 05, 2025 Unsplash