Category Archives: COVID-19
Committee To Help Food and Agricultural Workers Formed
(KNSI) - Minnesota will gather experts to help frontline workers who continue to feed everyone through the pandemic. Executive Order 21-14 establishes the Governor's Committee on the Safety, Health, a...
Mar 22, 2021 Pixabay
Minnesota Reports Zero New COVID-19 Deaths for First Time Since April 2020
(KNSI) - Minnesota reports 1,152 new cases of COVID-19 and, for the first time in almost a year, no new deaths statewide Monday. The last time Minnesota had a day without any new COVID-19 deaths was o...
Mar 22, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud To Vote On Bids to Relocate City Hall
(KNSI) - After a year delay, St. Cloud could approve moving city hall to the old Tech High School on Monday. The St. Cloud City council will vote on a resolution to demolish the part of the school bui...
Mar 21, 2021 City of St. Cloud
Minnesota's COVID-19 Case Growth Connected to B117 Variant, MDH Says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota health officials suspect that a coronavirus variant is driving a recent increase in the state's case rate. Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann said during a media b...
Mar 19, 2021 Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash
Minnesota to Receive $81 Million from Tobacco Companies After Resolving Settlement Dispute
(KNSI) - On Tuesday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that the state will receive $81 million in back payments from two tobacco companies as required by a 1998 agreement. That tobacc...
Mar 19, 2021
Nearly 1 in 4 Minnesotans Vaccinated Against COVID-19 as State Confirms 1,449 New Cases Friday
(KNSI) - Minnesota confirms 1,449 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths Friday. There are no new COVID-19 deaths reported in the five-county St. Cloud area, but 173 more people have tested positive. B...
Mar 19, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
St. Cloud Business Owner Hopeful For Future
(KNSI) - A year into the coronavirus pandemic and downtown St. Cloud business owners say they're optimistic about the future. KNSI News caught up with Jules' Bistro owner Donella Westphal who said the...
Mar 18, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
Morrison County Resident Among Six COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Minnesota Thursday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health confirms 1,505 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths across the state Thursday. The death count includes a Morrison County resident who was in their late 90s. A...
Mar 18, 2021 Unsplash
Minnesota Health Leaders Optimistic About Hitting Biden's Vaccine Eligibility Deadline as State Nears 2 Million Doses Given
(KNSI) - Minnesota health leaders expect the state to hit two pandemic milestones on Thursday: 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered and half a million total confirmed positive cases of th...
Mar 17, 2021 Photo by CDC on Unsplash
Mass Vaccination Site Opens in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - St. Cloud has been selected as the next Minnesota city to have a mass COVID-19 vaccination site. Medical staff will give 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine every Wednesday at the River's Edge...
Mar 17, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)