Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Three Local Businesses Compete in the Trailblazer Challenge
(KNSI) - Three businesses from central Minnesota are nominated for the West Central Trailblazer Challenge, organized in part by the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation. The three local companies...
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Rox Reading Program Reaching More Students Than Ever Before
(KNSI) - The Rox Reading Program is enjoying record popularity this year. Almost 13,000 students from 39 different elementary and middle schools across Central Minnesota are taking part. They are enro...
Apr 11, 2022 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Celebration of Norm Skalicky Scheduled For April 30th at Albany Golf Club
(KNSI) - The area is still finding ways to honor community banking fixture Norm Skalicky. The founder of Stearns Bank passed in November, after a 55-year tenure with the company he founded. Skalicky m...
Apr 11, 2022 Pixabay
CentraCare Changes COVID Command Structure
(KNSI) - CentraCare Health says central Minnesota has entered a new phase of the pandemic and no longer needs one or two people calling the shots. Former Incident Commander for CentraCare's COVID-19 r...
Apr 11, 2022 Photo taken by Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Hearing Monday for Three Issues Connected to State Trial for Former Minneapolis Police Officers
(KNSI) - A hearing is set for Monday for the other three officers present when George Floyd was killed. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill will rule today on allowing cameras in the courtroom when J. ...
Apr 11, 2022 Hennepin County Jail via AP Photos
Hovercraft Flips Upside Down During Training Exercise
(KNSI) - Three rescue squad members are expected to be OK after their hovercraft tipped during a training exercise. Around 1:15 on Sunday afternoon, dispatchers for a 911 call about a boat upside down...
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Powerful Storm System Has Minnesota In Its Sights
(KNSI) - The National Weather Service says a powerful storm system is making its way to Minnesota, bringing severe summer-like and winter weather with it. Severe thunderstorms are possible starting Tu...
Apr 11, 2022 KNSI News
Police Looking For Armed and Dangerous Shooting Suspect
(KNSI) - Police say a dangerous suspect is on the run after a shooting in northwestern Minnesota. Phoutthasa Prathane is accused of shooting a person in Pelican Rapids on Sunday afternoon. The Otter T...
Apr 11, 2022 Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Fire Marshal Investigating Garage Fire in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A garage fire in St. Cloud is under investigation. Firefighters were called to 1450 9th Avenue North for a detached garage on fire around 4:30 on Saturday afternoon. Police officers were firs...
Apr 11, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Minneapolis man sentenced to 12 years for armed robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for an armed robbery that injured one person, the U.S. attorney's office said Friday. Abdiweli Mohamed Jama, 32, pleaded g...
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