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Spring Weight Restrictions Coming Off Next Week
(KNSI) - Commercial truckers will be able to fill their trailers to capacity again next week. Spring weight restrictions are being lifted on Friday, May 13th, in Stearns County. The Highway Department...
Ashley Menzemer May 06, 2022 Unsplash

UPDATE: Power Restored After Outage Affecting Around 1,000 Xcel Energy Customers
Originally published May 6th, 2022 4:32 a.m. Updated 9:29 a.m. May 6th, 2022 (KNSI) - The lights - and everything else - are back on after about a thousand homes and businesses went dark Friday mornin...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 06, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Discipline Proposed for 13 Mizzou Students After Minnesota Man Dies Following a Frat Pledge Party
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The University of Missouri has proposed disciplinary sanctions against 13 students as part of its investigation into an October fraternity pledge party that left a student from Mi...
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MN Senate Passes Bill to Distribute $300M from Opioid Suit
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to create a framework for distributing about $300 million that the state is receiving as part of a settlement with opioid dist...
Associated Press May 06, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Bird Flu Takes Unheard-of Toll on Bald Eagles, Other Birds
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Bird flu is killing an alarming number of bald eagles and other wild birds, with many sick birds arriving at rehabilitation centers unsteady on their talons and unable to fly. "It's...
Associated Press May 06, 2022 Minnesota Zoo Facebook

Rox Swing For The Fences During Teacher Appreciation Week
(KNSI) - The Saint Cloud Rox Baseball Club is tipping its collective cap to educators for Teacher Appreciation Week. The squad won't be on the diamond at Joe Faber Field until Friday, June 3rd, but yo...
Ashley Menzemer May 06, 2022 Photo submitted by the St. Cloud Rox

Local Speed Crackdown Begins Friday
(KNSI) - Local law enforcement agencies say they are assisting the Minnesota State Patrol in cracking down on dangerous driving. The Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright County Sheriff Departments are all p...
Ashley Menzemer May 06, 2022 KNSI News

Freight Trucks Are Not Going Electric Anytime Soon
(KNSI) - Electric vehicles are the darling of Wall Street and corporate boardrooms, but Minnesota Trucking Association President John Hausladen says using battery technology to power our fleet of comm...
Ashley Menzemer May 06, 2022 Pixabay

5 Star Community Center Block Party Saturday
(KNSI) - St. Cloud is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony and block party for the new 5 Star Community Center on Saturday. The event is from noon to 3:00 p.m. and will include live music and refreshment...
Jake Judd May 05, 2022 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

Former Press Bar and Parlor Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Arson Charges
(KNSI) - The former owner of the Press Bar and Parlor downtown St. Cloud has pled guilty to one count of arson. According to U.S. Attorney Andy Luger, Andrew Welsh pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. Dist...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 05, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News