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Enfield Rest Area Closes For $2.9M Improvement Project
(KNSI) - A popular rest area along eastbound Interstate 94 between St. Cloud and the Twin Cities has closed for the first phase of a $2.9 million improvement project. The Minnesota Department of Trans...
Jake Judd Apr 20, 2026 KNSI News

Skid Loader Fire Reported In Field Near Melrose
(KNSI) - A skid loader caught fire in a field near Melrose. The Stearns County dispatch received the call just before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday morning, reporting a skid loader on fire in a field south o...
Jake Judd Apr 20, 2026 Stearns County Sheriff's Office

St. Cloud City Council to Weigh $4.1 Million Pan Park Bid Monday
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud City Council has a full agenda Monday night, including a multi-million dollar street project bid, a proposed overhaul of building permit fees, and two redevelopment requests on ...
Jake Judd Apr 20, 2026 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Red Flag Warning Issued Across Central Minnesota as Fire Danger Peaks Today
(KNSI) - A Red Flag Warning is in effect across much of central Minnesota today, including Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne counties. The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities issued the warning e...
Jake Judd Apr 20, 2026 KNSI News

Waite Park Man in Custody After Sartell Shooting
(KNSI) - A 24-year-old Waite Park man is in custody after a shooting in Sartell Sunday morning and a brief manhunt. Sartell Public Safety Director Brandon Silgjord said Jakob Dylan Mohr turned himself...
Jake Judd Apr 19, 2026 Sartell Police Department

Brief Water Service Disruption Planned Saturday in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - St. Cloud residents along 21st Avenue South should prepare for a brief drinking water service disruption on Saturday, April 18th. City officials say the shutoff is scheduled to begin at 8:00 ...
Jake Judd Apr 17, 2026 Pixabay

Charges Dismissed After Death of Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen While Posing as Monk
(KNSI) - Charges have been dismissed against a St. Martin man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy while passing himself off as a monk, after court records confirmed the defendant's death. Ant...
Jake Judd Apr 17, 2026 Unsplash

St. Cloud Man Facing Nine Felonies After Pistol-Whipping, Drug Bust
(KNSI) - A 57-year-old St. Cloud man has been hit with a stack of felony charges after investigators say he pistol-whipped a man during a robbery, then was found hours later with guns and roughly four...
Jake Judd Apr 17, 2026 Benton County Jail

Call Before You Dig: Xcel Urges 811 Use as Gardening Season Begins
(KNSI) - With the frost fleeing from the ground, central Minnesotans are gearing up to get gardening and landscape work started, but checking before sticking that shovel in the ground could save your ...
Jake Judd Apr 17, 2026 Pixabay

Household Hazardous Waste Truck Rolling into Sartell and Paynesville
(KNSI) - Stearns County's Household Hazardous Waste truck will be in Sartell and Paynesville the next two Saturdays, collecting items that can't be thrown in the garbage. The truck stops at Sartell's ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 17, 2026 Unsplash