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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
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Requests Public Input on Fisheries Management Plans for 197 Lakes
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on its fisheries management plan for nearly 200 lakes, including several around the St. Cloud area. Local lakes include L...
Mar 03, 2026 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota Permit to Carry Applications Rose in 2025
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety released its annual Permit to Carry Report for 2025. Data shows there were 75,782 permit applications statewide last year, a major increase over 2024...
Mar 03, 2026 Unsplash
St. Cloud Autism Center Owner Pleads Guilty to $6 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
(KNSI) - The owner of Star Autism Center LLC in St. Cloud has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in federal court. The U.S. Department of Justice said 27-year-old Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf was th...
Mar 03, 2026 Unsplash
Minnesota sues to block Trump administration's withholding of Medicaid funds
Minnesota on Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration in an attempt to stop it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid spending, warning it may have to cut health care for low-income fami...
Mar 03, 2026 AP Photo/Tom Brenner
Minnesota launches investigation that could bring charges against federal immigration officers
A Minnesota prosecutor announced an investigation Monday that may lead to charges against federal officers, including Border Patrol official Greg Bovino, for misconduct during an immigration enforceme...
Mar 03, 2026 AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis
Judge nixes latest policy requiring 7 days' notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge agreed on Monday to temporarily suspend the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week's notice before they c...
Mar 03, 2026 AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File
Cost of Elder Care in St. Cloud Approaching $100,000 a Year
(KNSI) - Caring for an aging loved one in St. Cloud will run most families nearly $100,000 a year, and that figure is expected to climb by a third within the next decade. That's according to the 2025 ...
Mar 02, 2026 Unsplash
Level Three Predatory Offender Moving to St. Cloud Thursday, March 5th
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Police Department has issued a press release to notify the community of a level three predatory offender moving to the area. Sixty-nine-year-old Joseph Upsher will live in a hom...
Mar 02, 2026 Minnesota Department of Corrections
Ice Fishing House Removal Deadline is Midnight for Southern Two Thirds of Minnesota
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says anglers have until midnight tonight to remove their dark houses, fish houses, and portables from inland waters in the southern two thirds of...
Mar 02, 2026 Jake Judd/KNSI News