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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Expected to Degrade Minnesota Air Quality
(KNSI) - Residents across Minnesota can expect good air quality today, but that's about to change as smoke from Canadian wildfires begins moving into the state, potentially triggering air quality aler...
May 29, 2025 KNSI News
Best Buy cuts its annual profit and sales outlook as it wrestles with tariffs
NEW YORK (AP) - Best Buy cut its annual outlook for profits and sales after the nation's largest consumer electronics chain reported a profit decline and stagnating sales for its fiscal first quarter ...
May 29, 2025 AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File
St. Joe's High Hopes: Pot Profits to Pave the Way for Progress
(KNSI) - The City of St. Joseph hopes to help offset its tax base with a joint venture into the budding marijuana industry by opening a municipal dispensary. St. Joseph Mayor Adam Scepaniak explained ...
May 29, 2025 Unsplash
Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation Awards Record $54,500 in Grants
(KNSI) - The Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation marked a record of giving by awarding more than $54,500 in grants during the 2024-2025 school year. The foundation was able to support 25 programs...
May 29, 2025 Sartell-St. Stephen School District
Fishing at Warner Lake County Park Pier Closed for Now as New Floating Dock is Installed
(KNSI) - Fishing from the pier at Warner Lake County Park near Clearwater is off limits for now. The Stearns County Parks Department is installing a floating dock in the same place as the pier on the ...
May 29, 2025 Stearns County Parks Department
Head of human smuggling plot gets 10 years after family of 4 froze to death on US-Canada border
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) - More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the convic...
May 28, 2025 Unsplash
Free Summer Meals and Fun for Kids Offered by Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
(KNSI) - The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota will dish out free meals while schools are out, thanks to the National Summer Food Service Program. Starting June 2nd in Sauk Rapids and 3rd in...
May 28, 2025 Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota Facebook
Stearns County E-Waste Collection Event a Smashing Success
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Household Hazardous Waste Facility experienced an unprecedented turnout during its recent electronic waste collection event, with participation far exceeding expectations. ...
May 28, 2025 Unsplash
History's Dynamic Duo: Paschkes Honored for Decades of Dedication in Melrose
(KNSI) - A husband and wife team have been honored with the Stearns History Museum's Zapp Historian Award for preserving the past in their work with the Melrose Historical Society and Museum Jean and ...
May 28, 2025 Submitted Photo
On the Run for Almost Four Months, St. Cloud Murder Suspect Taken Into Custody Tuesday
(KNSI) - A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in St. Cloud in February is now in custody. According to a press release from the St. Cloud Police Department, their Community Response Team a...
May 28, 2025 Stearns County Jail