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Red Flag Warning Issued Across Central Minnesota as Fire Danger Peaks Today
(KNSI) - A Red Flag Warning is in effect across much of central Minnesota today, including Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne counties. The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities issued the warning e...
Jake Judd Apr 20, 2026 KNSI News

Waite Park Man in Custody After Sartell Shooting
(KNSI) - A 24-year-old Waite Park man is in custody after a shooting in Sartell Sunday morning and a brief manhunt. Sartell Public Safety Director Brandon Silgjord said Jakob Dylan Mohr turned himself...
Jake Judd Apr 19, 2026 Sartell Police Department

Brief Water Service Disruption Planned Saturday in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - St. Cloud residents along 21st Avenue South should prepare for a brief drinking water service disruption on Saturday, April 18th. City officials say the shutoff is scheduled to begin at 8:00 ...
Jake Judd Apr 17, 2026 Pixabay

Charges Dismissed After Death of Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen While Posing as Monk
(KNSI) - Charges have been dismissed against a St. Martin man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy while passing himself off as a monk, after court records confirmed the defendant's death. Ant...
Jake Judd Apr 17, 2026 Unsplash

St. Cloud Man Facing Nine Felonies After Pistol-Whipping, Drug Bust
(KNSI) - A 57-year-old St. Cloud man has been hit with a stack of felony charges after investigators say he pistol-whipped a man during a robbery, then was found hours later with guns and roughly four...
Jake Judd Apr 17, 2026 Benton County Jail

Call Before You Dig: Xcel Urges 811 Use as Gardening Season Begins
(KNSI) - With the frost fleeing from the ground, central Minnesotans are gearing up to get gardening and landscape work started, but checking before sticking that shovel in the ground could save your ...
Jake Judd Apr 17, 2026 Pixabay

Household Hazardous Waste Truck Rolling into Sartell and Paynesville
(KNSI) - Stearns County's Household Hazardous Waste truck will be in Sartell and Paynesville the next two Saturdays, collecting items that can't be thrown in the garbage. The truck stops at Sartell's ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 17, 2026 Unsplash

U.S. Senate Votes to Strip Mining Ban Near Boundary Waters
Minnesotans unhappy with a final congressional vote on mining interests near the Boundary Waters insist their fight is not over, after the Senate overturned protections for areas along the most visite...
KNSI News Room Apr 17, 2026 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Feds Raid Retailers in Food Stamp Fraud Sweep
(KNSI) - Nearly two dozen retailers in Minnesota were raided Thursday as part of an ongoing initiative targeting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Special agents from the U.S. Department ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 17, 2026 Unsplash

A look at investigations into federal officers months after immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Minnesota has launched investigations into the actions of several federal law enforcement officers during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities. On Thursday, Hennepin Cou...
Associated Press Apr 17, 2026 AP Photo/Adam Gray