Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Data Shows Central Minnesota is Six Degrees Below Average in April
(KNSI) - It's not in your head; we're having a colder than usual spring in central Minnesota. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data show the average temperature this month has been 38.4...
Apr 27, 2022 Pixabay
Sixty Sites, 2.7 Million Birds Affected by Bird Flu
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says highly pathogenic avian influenza is reported in 60 sites across the state, affecting 2.7 million birds. Those sites include two backyard producers i...
Apr 27, 2022 Unsplash
Post-Floyd Probe Finds Discrimination by Minneapolis Police
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination, according to the findings released Wednesday of a two-year investigation by the state's Depart...
Apr 27, 2022 Associated Press
St. Cloud State's Applied Clinical Research Program Ranked Among the Best in the U.S.
(KNSI) - The applied clinical research program at St. Cloud State University is ranked as one of the best in the country. Online and on campus program ranking firm Intelligent looked at 66 colleges an...
Apr 27, 2022 Unsplash
Representative John Thompson Defends Conduct in Traffic Stop
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota lawmaker who's been a longtime critic of police on Tuesday defended his conduct during a traffic stop for his adult daughter that turned into a verbal confrontation ...
Apr 27, 2022 YouTube
Police Arrest Suspect in Ten Year Old Girl's Murder
(KNSI) - Police in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, say they have arrested a suspect in the murder of a ten-year-old girl. Chief Matt Kelm told reporters Tuesday night that the person in custody is a juveni...
Apr 26, 2022 Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Wright County Commissioners Redo Boundaries
(KNSI) - The Wright County Commissioners approved redrawing districts for the next decade at a Tuesday meeting. The body had the option to leave boundaries as they were, but the motion fell 3-2. If it...
Apr 26, 2022
Career Fair Looking to Help Employers Fill Niche
(KNSI) - A career fair specifically targeting individuals who want to work with children is set for Thursday evening from 5:00 to 7:00. It will take place at CareerForce on Northway Drive near the cam...
Apr 26, 2022 Unsplash
Man Charged After Accidental Shooting
(KNSI) - The man taken into custody following a shooting in St. Cloud Saturday morning has been charged. According to the criminal complaint, police were called just after 1:00 to a home on the 6000 b...
Apr 26, 2022 Stearns County Jail
House OKs Unemployment Insurance Bill with Frontline Bonuses
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota House has passed a bill to replenish the state's unemployment insurance trust fund and get bonuses to frontline workers, in a potential breakthrough after months o...
Apr 26, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News