Category Archives: COVID-19
Four St. Cloud Area COVID-19 Deaths Among 22 Reported Statewide Friday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health confirms 1,054 new COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths statewide today. This includes 87 new cases and four deaths in the St. Cloud area: two people in Stearns Cou...
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Stay Away From Super Bowl Gatherings, Say Minnesota Health Leaders
(KNSI) - Minnesota health officials are discouraging people from gathering for Super Bowl parties this weekend. Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm says even though the state's COV...
Feb 04, 2021 Photo by Phillip Goldsberry on Unsplash
Smith, Craig Push for Expanded Eligibility for Stimulus Dependent Credits
(KNSI) - Two Minnesota lawmakers are calling on leaders in the House and Senate to broaden who qualifies for a dependent credit in the next wave of COVID-19 stimulus assistance. In a letter to House S...
Feb 04, 2021 U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., addresses students at the University of Minnesota on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Minneapolis. Smith faced Republican Jason Lewis in the Senate race in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
St. Cloud Area Sees 95 New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death Thursday
(KNSI) - A Wright County resident in their 50s is among 17 newly reported COVID-19 deaths across Minnesota, as reported Thursday. The state also identifies 1,410 new cases. Benton County adds nine new...
Feb 04, 2021
COVID-19 Priority Vaccine Recipients in Wright, Sherburne Counties Can Sign Up for Waitlist
(KNSI) - As the COVID-19 vaccine gradually becomes more available for Minnesota seniors and other priority groups, Wright and Sherburne counties are offering online sign-up forms for those who are int...
Feb 04, 2021 Pexels
St. Cloud Area School District 742 Secondary Students Return to In Person Learning Next Month
(KNSI) - Officials with St. Cloud Area School District 742 say their students in secondary school will be returning to full-time in-person learning early next month. The St. Cloud School Board decided...
Feb 04, 2021 Unsplash
Metro Bars, Restaurants, Bowling Alleys Prep For A Safe Super Bowl Sunday
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The biggest football day of the year can’t escape the new rules of the pandemic. There are now guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on safe w...
Feb 03, 2021
NHL Postpones Minnesota Wild Games After 6 Players Added To COVID Protocol List
(MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The NHL announced Wednesday evening that Minnesota Wild games will be postponed until at least Feb. 9. (credit: CBS) The move comes after five more Wild players joined Marc...
Feb 03, 2021
Stearns County Resident Among 24 Reported Dead from COVID-19 in Minnesota Wednesday
(KNSI) - Minnesota confirms 669 new COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths Wednesday. The death count includes one person from Stearns County in their 90s. Across the St. Cloud area, there are 48 new cases. Ben...
Feb 03, 2021
Not Wearing a Face Mask on Public Transportation is Now a Federal Violation
(KNSI) - Officials with Metro Bus in St. Cloud say the new mandate for face masks on public transportation now makes it a federal violation to not wear a cloth or fabric mask on a bus or inside a Metr...
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