Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Sheriff Investigating A String of Mail Thefts
(KNSI) - Residents in part of Morrison County were the victims of mail theft. On Monday, the sheriff's office says they were told a pile of stolen mail had been dumped at the Crow Wing Power Substatio...
Feb 01, 2022 KNSI News
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Below 100 For First Time In Months
(KNSI) - CentraCare Health reports that fewer than 100 COVID-19 patients are being treated in its hospitals systemwide for the first time in three months. CentraCare's latest COVID-19 inpatient report...
Feb 01, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News
UPDATE: Arrests Made After 2 Students Shot, 1 Fatally, Outside Twin Cities School
UPDATE 10:00 p.m. RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - One student was killed and another critically injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon near the front entrance to a suburban Minneapolis school, police said. P...
Feb 01, 2022 Pixabay
Wolgamott Moves COVID Bill Forward
(KNSI) - On the first day of the 2022 legislative session, Rep. Dan Wolgamott's (DFL - St. Cloud) legislation (HF 2656) extending the COVID-19 workers' compensation presumption passed the House Labor,...
Feb 01, 2022 Minnesota State Legislature
Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities Looking for Aid
(KNSI) - The 2022 Minnesota Legislative session is underway, and Bradley Peterson, Executive Director of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, tells KNSI that his organization is ready to remind ...
Feb 01, 2022 Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities
Sartell Encouraging Continued Mask Wearing
(KNSI) - Sartell is encouraging people to continue to wear masks citing the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. On February 1st, 2022, an open letter was posted by Mayor Ryan Fitzthum on behalf of himself...
Feb 01, 2022 Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash
State Seeks Lengthy Sentence for Kimberly Potter
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright should face a sentence above the state's guidelines ...
Feb 01, 2022 Court TV, via AP, Pool
Former Hennepin County Sheriff Announces Run for Governor
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek has joined the Republican field for governor. In a campaign video posted Tuesday, Stanek touted his experience in law enforcement and ...
Feb 01, 2022 AP Photo/Jim Mone
February 1st Marks Caucus Day in Minnesota
(KNSI) - February 1st marks caucus day in Minnesota as Republicans and Democrats pick delegates and other officials to help elect candidates to run for public office. Republicans will caucus at Apollo...
Feb 01, 2022 Unsplash
Affordable Childcare Advocates Make Renewed Push as Session Gets Underway
(KNSI) - The 2022 Minnesota legislative session is underway. With the state facing a record $7.7 billion budget surplus and $1 billion in unspent federal aid to work with, affordable childcare advocat...
Feb 01, 2022 Unsplash