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Heat Advisory, Excessive Heat Warning Posted for Minnesota
(KNSI) - Dangerous heat will consume the upper Midwest Monday ahead of the summer solstice. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory until 11:00 a.m. Monday morning. An excessive heat w...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 20, 2022 Unsplash

Two Former Mizzou Frat Members Charged in Hazing Incident
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Two former members of a University of Missouri fraternity have been indicted for a hazing incident that left another student blind and unable to walk or communicate after drinking...
Associated Press Jun 20, 2022 Unsplash

Bodies of Two Construction Workers Pulled From Trench Collapse
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Authorities in St. Paul, Minnesota, confirmed Saturday that two construction workers died when a trench collapsed as they were working. The St. Paul Fire Department said on Twit...
Associated Press Jun 20, 2022 Unsplash

Public Hearing Monday Night for Lincoln Center Expansion
(KNSI) - St. Cloud is holding a public hearing on Monday on an appeal over conditions imposed on whether to allow the Lincoln Center homeless shelter to expand. The meeting was set after the shelter's...
Jake Judd Jun 20, 2022 City of St. Cloud

Princess Kay Finalist Spotlight: Alex Christen
(KNSI) - Four Stearns County women are finalists for the Princess Kay of the Milky Way competition. At 20 years old, the oldest of the group is Alex Christen from Sauk Centre. She says she first tried...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 20, 2022

Some Alzheimer's Risk Factors Irreversible
(KNSI) - Alzheimer's and dementia research is making great strides. The body of knowledge surrounding risk factors and lifestyle adjustments that can halt, or even turn back the diseases' progress con...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 20, 2022 Dementia Community Action Network

St. Cloud Group Home Fire Displaces Four Residents
(KNSI) - A fire broke out in the kitchen of a St. Cloud group home Friday afternoon, just after 12:30. Flames were kept to the one room but they were strong enough to mar the stovetop, a microwave, an...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 18, 2022 KNSI News

Housing Starts Crater In May
(KNSI) - Soaring interest rates are being blamed for the drop in housing starts reported Thursday. On a national basis, construction dropped by 14.4% and multifamily units, apartment complexes, fell b...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 17, 2022 Unsplash

Mississippi River County Park Closed This Weekend
(KNSI) - A 3-D archery shoot that was postponed from the end of April is finally taking place, and that means a Stearns County Park is closed for the rest of the weekend. Mississippi River County Park...
Ashley Menzemer Jun 17, 2022 Stearns County Parks Department

Buffalo Clinic Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole
(KNSI) - The man accused of shooting up a health clinic in Buffalo has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Gregory Ulrich was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder on June 2nd for...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jun 17, 2022 Wright County Jail