Category Archives: Latest News
Mechanical Failure Blamed for Melrose Township Truck Crash
(KNSI) - It appears as if mechanical failure was to blame for an accident Tuesday morning in Melrose Township. According to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, a call came in just before 11:00 about ...
Mar 04, 2026 Unsplash
Walz, Ellison Face House Grilling Over Billions in Fraud Among State Safety Net Social Programs
(KNSI) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison are testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about billions of dollars in fraud within the st...
Mar 04, 2026 Unsplash
St. Cloud Area Career Solutions Receives $100,000 State Grant for Youth Job Training Program
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud area organization is getting a share of nearly $2 million in state job training grants. Career Solutions, which serves Benton and Stearns Counties, is receiving $100,000 through t...
Mar 04, 2026
Minnesota Joins Coalition Demanding GoFundMe Remove Unauthorized Charity Donation Pages
(KNSI) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is joining a bipartisan coalition of 21 other attorneys general and charitable regulators in demanding answers from GoFundMe over what they're calling...
Mar 04, 2026 Unsplash
US soldiers who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and reservists
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed her and five oth...
Mar 04, 2026 Pixabay
The Guess Who plan the band's first official US tour in over two decades
NEW YORK (AP) - Two principal songwriters of The Guess Who - the band that crafted the hit song "American Woman" - will tour America itself later this year for the first time in over two decades. Orig...
Mar 03, 2026 Unsplash
Target has another quarter of declining sales but says there are signs of improvement to start 2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Target is investing another $2 billion in its business this year to spruce up and remodel stores among other projects as it tries to turn around a persistent sales malaise and recla...
Mar 03, 2026 Associated Press
Courtroom 'testy and frosty' exchanges highlight wave of confrontations between judges, prosecutors
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A federal judge clashed Tuesday with Minnesota's top federal prosecutor in what he called a series of "testy and frosty" exchanges, in an unusual contempt hearing that highlight...
Mar 03, 2026 AP Photo/Nikolas Liepins
Noem blames 'violent protesters' for Minneapolis chaos under tough questioning in a Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her department's immigration enforcement tactics in front of a Senate committee on Tuesday and pushed back against criticism from Dem...
Mar 03, 2026 Unsplash
Hugo Woman Charged with Making Threatening Calls to House Speaker Lisa Demuth
(KNSI) - A 42-year-old Hugo woman is being charged after investigators say she made threatening and harassing phone calls to House Speaker and Representative Lisa Demuth. According to the criminal com...
Mar 03, 2026 AP Photo/Steve Karnowski