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Ticks Expected To Be Out in Force in 2025
(KNSI) - Deer ticks tend to be most active in late April and early May, particularly those likely to transmit Lyme disease. In northern states, a tick's life cycle is two years long. University of Min...
Ashley Menzemer Apr 30, 2025 Photo by Erik Karits on Unsplash

Deadline Approaching to Apply for 2025 Minnesota Bear Hunting Licenses
(KNSI) - Prospective bear hunters have until Friday, May 2nd to apply for a hunting license through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. This year, there will be 4,605 licenses available acr...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 30, 2025 Pixabay

Extra Law Enforcement on Minnesota Roads to Target Speeding Drivers
(KNSI) - The Minnesota State Patrol, along with officers, deputies, and troopers from nearly 300 agencies, will be on the road looking for lead-footed drivers as we enter what they call the 100 deadli...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 30, 2025 Unsplash

Hank Williams, Jr. and Marty Stuart to Play Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
(KNSI) - The Minnesota State Fair announced Hank Williams Jr. with special guest Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives will play as part of the 2025 Grandstand Concert Series on August 27th. Hank...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 30, 2025 Minnesota State Fair

Police Investigating Fatal Mass Shooting Late Tuesday Night
(KNSI) - Minneapolis police are investigating after five people were shot - three of them fatally - in a mass shooting overnight in what authorities are calling a "likely targeted attack" and potentia...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 30, 2025 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Sabres Archery Bring National Championship Back to Central Minnesota
(KNSI) - The Sabres Archery team completed its meteoric rise from fledgling program to national champions in just three years' time at a pair of competitions earlier this month. The group is made up o...
Ashley Menzemer Apr 30, 2025 Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres Archery Facebook page

Great River Federal Credit Union Seeks Member Approval for Merger with Illinois-Based Credit Union 1
(KNSI) - Great River Federal Credit Union is proposing merging into a new company and is seeking customer approval to do it. St. Cloud-based GRFCU has struck a deal to unite with Credit Union 1, headq...
Jake Judd Apr 29, 2025 JJ Holiday/KNSI News

Putnam Provision Paves Way for Social Districts Statewide
(KNSI) - A provision to the liquor bill championed by Senator Aric Putnam of the St. Cloud area breezed through the state's upper chamber Monday, 53-12. It would allow cities to create social district...
Ashley Menzemer Apr 29, 2025 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Remains of Missing Woman Found Near Last Known Location Nine Years After Disappearance
(KNSI) - A missing woman's remains have been found not far from where she was last seen in St. Cloud nine years ago. On June 22nd, 2016, 22-year-old Shannah Marie Boiteau ran into the woods near Inter...
Jake Judd Apr 29, 2025 Shannah Marie Boiteau/Facebook

No Charges Being Brought In 2023 Death of Minnesota Hockey Player Overseas
(KNSI) - A man who had been arrested in England over the death of Minnesota native Adam Johnson will not be charged. Johnson was playing for the Nottingham Panthers on October 28th, 2023, when his nec...
Ashley Menzemer Apr 29, 2025 AP Photo/Paul Vernon, file