Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Minnesota Rescue Pup Featured on Cans of Dog Brew by Busch
(KNSI) - After being found abandoned as a three-week-old puppy, a Minnesota rescue dog will now have her face on 40,000 cans of Busch Dog Brew. Kira was found in a ditch by local police who took her t...
Mar 30, 2022 Anheuser Busch
Rep. Wolgamott Introduces Legislation Proposing $500 Stimulus Checks
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Representative Dan Wolgamott is introducing legislation for $500 stimulus checks for Minnesota taxpayers. A press release from Representative Wolgamott explains that under the legis...
Mar 30, 2022 Unsplash
Disc Golf Tournaments Kicking Off Soon
(KNSI) - Two disc golf tournaments are scheduled by the end of May, getting the season off to a roaring start. Saint Cloud Disc Golf Club member Tim Mackey says the sport is booming in popularity amon...
Mar 30, 2022 Juliana Korver Facebook
St. John's University Graduate Astronaut Mark Vande Hei Returns to Earth After 355 Days in Space
(KNSI) - American astronaut and St. John's University alum Mark Vande Hei is back on Earth after his record-breaking 355 day stay aboard the International Space Station. Vande Hei, along with Russian ...
Mar 30, 2022 YouTube
St. Cloud Gas Station Getting Facelift
(KNSI) - A small gas station in South St. Cloud is getting a makeover and is under new ownership. The former SuperAmerica on the corner of 9th Avenue South and 7th Street South is getting new gas pump...
Mar 29, 2022 Jake Judd KNSI News
Financial Expert: Use Tax Refund To Build Emergency Fund, Pay Down Debt
(KNSI) - Taxpayers across central Minnesota have received their tax returns or will get them in the coming weeks. Professor of Accounting and Finance at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's ...
Mar 29, 2022 Unsplash
Spring Brings Fire Danger
(KNSI) -- Now until May marks the most dangerous period of the year for wildfires in Central Minnesota. State Prevention Specialist Allissa Reynolds says melting snow and cold temperatures mask some p...
Mar 29, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Benton County Sheriff's Office Facebook page. Foley Fire battles a brush blaze late on Monday, March 28, 2022.
Suspect Arrested in Avon Shooting
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says an arrest has been made in connection to the shooting of an 18-year-old in Avon earlier this month. According to officials, 21-year-old Emmanuel Galen...
Mar 29, 2022 KNSI News
Biosecurity Measures Important For Small Poultry Operations
(KNSI) -- Small poultry farms in Stearns County and throughout Central Minnesota have the tools to slow the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. University of Minnesota Extension Livestock Edu...
Mar 29, 2022 Unsplash
EXPLAINER: Minnesota to Divest from Russia over Ukraine War
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota state government will divest its assets in Russia to show its solidarity with the people of Ukraine, a bipartisan expression of moral outrage that supporters say is wo...
Mar 29, 2022 Associated Press