Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Update: One Person Killed in St. Cloud House Fire Monday Morning
Original post 8:49 a.m. Monday, January 31st, 2022 Update posted at 10:29 a.m. January 31st, 2022 (KNSI) - One person is dead after a house fire Monday morning in St. Cloud. A 911 call came in at 4:25...
Jan 31, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Wanted Fugitive Arrested in Stearns County
(KNSI) - A fugitive wanted by the Minnesota Department of Corrections was arrested in St. Cloud on Friday. The DOC had 60-year-old John Ronald Zwirtz on its list of wanted fugitives for just one day b...
Jan 31, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Trial to Resume for Cops Accused of Violating Floyd's Rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Evidence about Minneapolis Police Department policies and training is expected to be the focus as testimony resumes for a second week in the federal trial of three former Minnea...
Jan 31, 2022 Court TV via AP, Pool, File
Judge Upholds Minneapolis Vaccine-or-Test Rule for Eateries
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Hennepin County judge has upheld Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's vaccine-or-test mandate for bar and restaurant customers after several business owners asked for a temporary restra...
Jan 31, 2022 Unsplash
Initiative Foundation Awards Grants
(KNSI) - The Initiative Foundation has announced more than 300 grants with a value of $2.6 million was awarded in the fourth quarter of 2021. Based in Little Falls, The Initiative Foundation seeks to ...
Jan 31, 2022 The Initiative Foundation
St. Cloud Celebrating 25 Years of Girls Hockey Monday
(KNSI) - Girls hockey in the St. Cloud area will celebrate a milestone during a game against their rival. St. Cloud District 742 remembers 25 years of girls hockey during Monday's game between the Cru...
Jan 30, 2022 Photo taken from SC Crush Girls Hockey Twitter Account
Minnesota Soldiers Return After 11 Month Deployment To Middle East, Afghanistan
(KNSI) - More than 1000 Minnesota National Guard soldiers are back home from a deployment to the Middle East. Based in Brainerd, Task Force 1-194 While deployed, the Task Force was responsible for the...
Jan 30, 2022 Photo by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh Minnesota National Guard
Sen. Howe Is Pushing for Permanent Tax Cuts During Legislative Session
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Legislative Session begins Monday, and one of the biggest decisions lawmakers need to make is what to do with the state's estimated $7.7 billion surplus. Senator Jeff Howe of Ro...
Jan 30, 2022 Minnesota Senate Republicans, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Deputy strikes, Kills Woman With Squad Car in Morristown
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Rice County Sheriff's Office deputy struck and killed a Faribault woman in Morristown early Saturday morning. The Star Tribune reports the on-duty deputy, a 46-year-old man, was d...
Jan 30, 2022 Unsplash
Man Charged After Allegedly Getting 14-year-old Pregnant
(KNSI) - A Sauk Centre man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct after allegedly impregnating a 14-year-old girl. Investigators say the victim's mother called police on January 19th to report ...
Jan 28, 2022 Photo Taken by the Stearns County Jail