Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Warner Lake Park Open Again After Prescribed Burn
(KNSI) - UPDATE (12:48 PM): Stearns County officials say that Warner Lake has reopened. Stearns County Parks Department is doing another prescribed burn today, the third in a little over a week. This ...
May 04, 2022 Stearns County Parks Department
Father of Boy Shot by Older Brother Charged With Manslaughter
(KNSI) - The father of a child fatally shot last month is being charged in the case. Prosecutors in Hennepin County say ten-year-old Amare Mayberry Campbell was shot to death by his 12-year-old brothe...
May 04, 2022 Go Fund Me
Frontline Worker Reacts to Signing of Bonus Check Bill
(KNSI) - Members of Minnesota's frontline worker community are expressing their gratitude to lawmakers and the governor for finally hammering out a deal for bonus checks. Governor Tim Walz signed the ...
May 04, 2022 Unsplash
19-Year-Old Hurt in Brooklyn Park Shooting Tuesday Evening
(KNSI) - Investigators are looking into the shooting of a 19-year-old near a busy Brooklyn Park gas station. Police were called to Brooklyn Boulevard and Regent Avenue around 6:00 Tuesday evening. The...
May 04, 2022 Unsplash
High Diesel Prices Potentially Long-Term Problem
(KNSI) - Diesel prices are at record highs, both nationwide and in central Minnesota. The cost at the pump has soared above $5.30 per gallon this week, putting a strain on truckers. Minnesota Trucking...
May 04, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Local Experts Say It's Time To Get Gardens Planted
(KNSI) - A colder than normal spring has delayed the planting season. Tom Woods with Woods Farmer Seed & Nursery in Waite Park says everyone in the area is in the same position. "We always have to...
May 03, 2022 Pixabay
EPA Recommends Against Reissuing permit for PolyMet Mine
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Federal regulators recommended Tuesday that the Army Corps of Engineers decline to reissue a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine, saying the project could rai...
May 03, 2022 Pixabay
Minnesota Prepares to be Abortion Destination if Roe Falls
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota could become a destination for abortion services for women from other states if the U.S. Supreme Court throws out the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and the state's ab...
May 03, 2022 Unsplash
Fischbach Supports Overturning Roe v. Wade
(KNSI) - Republican Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach has released a statement in support of the alleged majority opinion in a United States Supreme Court case regarding abortion. Five justices are rum...
May 03, 2022 Michelle Fischbach Campaign
US Attorney Orders Entire Staff to Work on Violent Crime
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's top federal attorney says he's ordering his entire staff to work on violent crime cases. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that U.S. Attorney Andy Luger announced Tu...
May 03, 2022 Unsplash