Category Archives: Latest News
Xcel Energy Offers Tips to Cut Heating Costs During Deep Freeze
(KNSI) - As a polar vortex plunges the St. Cloud area into a deep freeze, Xcel Energy is giving customers tips to keep their furnaces from burning up all their cash. The utility company says winter he...
Jan 21, 2026 Unsplash
Court Freezes Restrictions on ICE Tactics in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that prohibited federal officers from using tear gas or pepper spray against peaceful protesters in Minnesota. The 8th U.S....
Jan 21, 2026 AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis
St. Cloud Native and Longtime Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott to Retire
(KNSI) - St. Cloud native and Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott is hanging up his hat and won't seek reelection. Brott revealed this week that he will not pursue a fifth term, bringing his 18-year t...
Jan 21, 2026 Sherburne County Sheriff's Office
Statewide Holiday DWI Crackdown Nets 2,170 Arrests; Central Minnesota Among Busiest
(KNSI) - Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, nearly 300 law enforcement agencies busted 2,170 intoxicated drivers during a statewide holiday saturation campaign. According to the Department of Pu...
Jan 21, 2026 Minnesota State Patrol
House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area
(AP) - Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through th...
Jan 21, 2026 Unsplash
Two Men Await Sentencing After Dorm Room Rape on SCSU Campus
(KNSI) - Two men await their fates after being convicted of raping a St. Cloud State University student in her dorm room on November 1st, 2024. Twenty-one-year-old Dipak Phayal of Fremont, California,...
Jan 21, 2026 Unsplash
Extreme Cold Warning Issued for Central Minnesota as Wind Chills Could Plunge to 40-50 Below
Originally published 7:14 a.m. January 21st, 2026 Updated 1:28 p.m. January 21st, 2026 (KNSI) - Central Minnesota faces dangerously cold temperatures leading into the weekend. The National Weather Ser...
Jan 21, 2026 Unsplash
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota Names 2025-26 Youth of the Year Recipients
(KNSI) - The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota has announced its three Youth of the Year recipients for 2025-26: Brennan T. from Roosevelt Boys & Girls Club, Ledon B. from Eastside Boys ...
Jan 21, 2026 Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
New Minnesota Law Bolsters Legal Options When Older Adults are Scammed
A new Minnesota law aims to give vulnerable adults more legal protections when they're being scammed or when someone they know is exploiting them financially. On January 1st, a law change took effect ...
Jan 21, 2026 Unsplash
Legal battles over immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota intensify
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - As confrontations with federal officers over their massive immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota showed no signs of stopping Wednesday, legal battles over the surge and the...
Jan 21, 2026 Unsplash