Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Camp Ripley Holds Olympic Level Biathlon Competition
(KNSI) - The annual Chief of the National Guard Biathlon Race was held over the last five days at Camp Ripley near Little Falls. The Olympic level competition featured 120 athletes with soldiers and a...
Feb 17, 2022 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Sharpton: Without No-Knock Warrant, Locke Would Be Alive
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered Thursday for Amir Locke's funeral that the 22-year-old Black man would still be alive if Minneapolis had banned no-knock warrants. Sh...
Feb 17, 2022 Associated Press
Senator Tina Smith Pushes for Broadband Access
(KNSI) - Minnesota Senator Tina Smith is pushing to build out broadband internet access across the state. Smith co-sponsored a bill to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Reconnect loan and gr...
Feb 17, 2022 Unsplash
Minnesota House Committee Approves Drought Relief
(KNSI) - Minnesota's livestock and specialty crop growers are getting closer to drought relief. The House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee approved an assistance package Wednesday that include...
Feb 17, 2022 Office of Governor Tim Walz
Prosecution Questions Officer About Training at Civil Rights Trial
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's killing testified Thursday that he didn't act on another officer's suggestion to roll Floyd on his side after he st...
Feb 17, 2022 Hennepin County Jail via AP Photos
What to Watch at Kim Potter's Sentencing Hearing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be sentenced Friday for manslaughter. Kim Potter was convi...
Feb 17, 2022 Court TV via AP, Pool
NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei Speaks to KNSI from the International Space Station
(KNSI) - KNSI was afforded an opportunity to speak with NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei who is currently onboard the International Space Station. Vande Hei, who graduated from St. John's University in 1...
Feb 17, 2022 NASA/Public Domain
Arrest Made in Fatal Shooting of Deshaun Hill Junior
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis police say they have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a gifted student athlete. Fifteen-year-old Deshaun Hill Jr, an honor roll student and quarterback for the fo...
Feb 17, 2022 Unsplash
Central Minnesota Farm Show Coming to St. Cloud
(KNSI) - Agribusiness will take over the Rivers Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud for the 2022 Central Minnesota Farm Show. The show runs February 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 23rd from 9:00...
Feb 17, 2022 St Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce
Amir Locke Laid to Rest Thursday
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who was shot by Minneapolis police serving a search warrant, will be eulogized Thursday in the same church that hosted Daunte Wright's funeral la...
Feb 17, 2022 Associated Press