Category Archives: Latest News
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DNR Asking Boaters To Wear Life Jackets During Cold Water Season
(KNSI) - Summer swept in with gusto this week as record highs baked central Minnesota. Trees leafed out, ivy turned green, flowers bloomed, and boaters are beginning to take to the water. The Minnesot...
Ashley Menzemer May 14, 2025 Unsplash

St. Cloud Updates Sign Ordinance to Align with State Guidance, Clarifies Rules for Political Signs
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Planning Commission is doing some rewriting of its sign ordinance to fall in line with state recommendations. The city is looking to define signs as commercial and non-commercia...
Jake Judd May 14, 2025 Unsplash

Cold Spring Man Arrested After High Speed Chase in Cass County Ends in Crash
(KNSI) - A 20-year-old Cold Spring man is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase Monday afternoon before crashing his car into a building. According to a social media post from the Cass Count...
Ashley Menzemer May 14, 2025 Unsplash

Center City Housing Receives Unanimous Approval from St. Cloud's Planning Commission for Low Income Apartments at the Former YMCA Site
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Planning Commission Tuesday night, unanimously approved the construction of a low-income apartment building on the former YMCA site. Center City Housing is now one step closer t...
Jake Judd May 14, 2025 KNSI News

Minnesota Favorites The Restaurant Week Theme For Wednesday
(KNSI) - Wednesday is Minnesota day, don't cha' know? St. Cloud Area Restaurant Week hits the midway point with a nod to the culinary classics of the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Visit Greater St. Cloud Exec...
Ashley Menzemer May 14, 2025 Spam

St. Cloud Men's Support Facility Needs $70,000 For Building Improvements
(KNSI) - The Overcomers International Fellowship Dream Center is raising funds to help improve the exterior of its campus, which in some cases dates back to 1917. New windows will be installed in two ...
Ashley Menzemer May 14, 2025 Submitted by OIF-Dream Center

St. Cloud Woman Takes Plea Deal in Fatal Teen Shooting Case; Faces Jail Time and Probation
(KNSI) - A woman connected to a double shooting in St. Cloud that left one teenager dead and another fighting for his life has reached a plea deal. A few days after the February 2nd shooting, Olivia W...
Jake Judd May 13, 2025 Benton County Jail

Stearns County Offering $10K Grants and Low-Interest Loans for Septic System Upgrades
(KNSI) - Stearns County homeowners with failing septic systems have a golden opportunity to fix the problem, without flushing their savings down the drain. The Stearns County Environmental Services De...
Jake Judd May 13, 2025 Unsplash

Discarded Ash Sparks Fire in Collegeville, Destroys Camper and Fish House
(KNSI) - Fast-moving flames from discarded ash destroyed a camper and an ice fishing house in Collegeville. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says on Sunday morning, first responders were called abo...
Jake Judd May 13, 2025 Stearns County Sheriff's Office

Progressive Dinners Dish Up Over $45K to Boost Childhood Literacy in Central Minnesota
(KNSI) - Two evenings of fine food and fun raised more than $45,000 to give preschoolers the gift of literacy. The United Way of Central Minnesota Imagination Library Progressive Dinner tallied the to...
Jake Judd May 13, 2025 United Way of Central Minnesota/Facebook