Category Archives: COVID-19
Minnesota to Expand COVID Vaccine Access to All Residents 16 and Older Next Week
(KNSI) - Gov. Tim Walz will announce Friday that all Minnesota residents 16 and older will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning March 30th. Walz will formally make the announcement at 11...
Mar 25, 2021 John Autey/Pioneer Press via AP, Pool
Vets Asked To Sign Up For Vaccination
(KNSI) - Veterans in Central Minnesota are asked to sign up for their COVID-19 vaccine to help manage the limited doses and share their plans to get vaccinated. Officials say by sharing vaccination pl...
Mar 25, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
'Fair Food' Stand Opens Early in Sauk Rapids
(KNSI) - Anyone looking to feed a craving for their fair food favorites can swing through Coborn's Marketplace in Sauk Rapids. Miller Concessions opened their first food stands of the season at the gr...
Mar 25, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
St. Cloud Area Reports 200+ New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death Thursday
(KNSI) - Thursday, Minnesota reports 1,857 new COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths statewide. The death count includes one Stearns County resident who was in their 80s. The five-county St. Cloud area adds 21...
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Wild’s Zach Parise Placed On NHL’s COVID Protocol List
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise will miss Wednesday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks after being placed on the NHL’s COVID Protocol Related Absence List. The ...
Mar 24, 2021
St. Cloud Area Adds 150 New COVID-19 Cases Wednesday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports 1,323 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths Wednesday. This includes 150 new cases in the five-county St. Cloud area. Stearns County records the most w...
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St. Cloud Hosting Second Mass Vaccination Clinic Wednesday
(KNSI) - A mass vaccination site in St. Cloud will be inoculating another 1,000 people on Wednesday. The Moderna vaccine is being offered at the River's Edge Convention Center on Wednesdays from noon ...
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B117 Variant of COVID-19 Becoming More Common Among Sampled Cases, Minnesota Health Leaders Say
(KNSI) - The proportion of COVID-19 cases in Minnesota caused by the more contagious B117 variant appears to be growing, say state health officials. The B117 variant of COVID-19, which was first ident...
Mar 23, 2021
870 New COVID-19 Cases, 7 Deaths Reported in Minnesota Tuesday
(KNSI) - Minnesota confirms 870 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths across the state Tuesday. This comes one day after the state saw its first day with no new COVID-19 deaths in nearly a year. None of...
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Outdoor Eating Returning to 5th Ave in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - St. Cloud will close a downtown street to make room for more dining as COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants stay in place. The agreement worked out so well last year that it's happening again...
Mar 23, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)