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Four Teenagers Arrested in Connection to March 2nd Murder of a High School Senior
(KNSI) - Four teens are under arrest after a high school student was found shot to death inside his car earlier this month. According to the Anoka County Sheriff's Office, police arrested two 17-year-...
Mar 19, 2025 Unsplash
Minnesota School Districts Face $280 Million Shortfall Amid Rising Costs and New Mandates
(KNSI) - School districts across Minnesota, represented by the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, are grappling with a collective budget shortfall exceeding $280 million. The shortfall esti...
Mar 19, 2025 Unsplash
Parents Rally to Save St. Cloud's Athlos Academy from Closure After Charter License Not Renewed
(KNSI) - Parents at a public charter school in St. Cloud are devastated after learning their child's classrooms will close at the end of the academic year. More than 250 kids in kindergarten through e...
Mar 18, 2025 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Pilot Project Finds Alarming Rates of Drug Use Among Drivers, Leading to Call for Expanded Screening Tools
(KNSI) - State officials say a pilot project screening for drivers high on drugs works and showed alarming results. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety, and the Stearns ...
Mar 18, 2025 Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety
House Republican Caucus Demands Resignation after GOP State Senator Arrested for Soliciting a Minor
Originally published on March 18th, 2025 at 2:38 p.m. Updated on March 18th, 2025 at 3:45 p.m. Correction: Story originally identified House Leader Harry Niska as the senate leader. (KNSI) - The House...
Mar 18, 2025 Minnesota GOP Facebook
Winter Storm Forecast Fizzles Out
(KNSI) - A potential Wednesday winter storm is now tracking well to the south. The early Tuesday morning update from the National Weather Service Twin Cities office had already moved Benton, Sherburne...
Mar 18, 2025 Unsplash
Senate GOP Make Push to End Northstar Line
(KNSI) - A group of Minnesota GOP senators are looking to cut the Northstar Line to help save state government some money. At a press conference on Monday, deputy minority leader John Jasinski said th...
Mar 18, 2025 Public Domain
Recall Effort Against 29 House Democrats Fails
(KNSI) - The Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court has tossed out a recall request for St. Cloud area Representative Dan Wolgamott and 28 other Democratic House Members for their three week boy...
Mar 18, 2025 Unsplash
Prosecutors say Minnesota man accused of hiding stolen ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' is dead
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A federal judge dismissed the charges Monday against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in the 1939 musical "The Wizard of O...
Mar 18, 2025 Associated Press
Steve Miller Band to Play Minnesota State Fair Grandstand August 28th
(KNSI) - Classic rock staple Steve Miller Band is headed for the Minnesota State Fair grandstand this summer. Steve Miller Band churned out a string of hits in the mid to late 1970s and early '80s, in...
Mar 18, 2025 Minnesota State Fair