Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Deputy Stops Driver Suffering Medical Emergency With PIT Maneuver
(KNSI) - A Stearns County deputy used a PIT maneuver to stop a driver suffering a medical condition. On the evening of January 19th, the Minnesota State Patrol received a complaint that a truck had go...
Jan 27, 2022 Submitted by the Stearns County Sheriff's Office
Local Lawmaker to Hold Virtual Town Hall February 3rd
(KNSI) - The 2022 Minnesota legislative session gets underway next week, and St. Cloud area Representative Dan Wolgamott says he wants to hear from constituents about their concerns for the next sessi...
Jan 27, 2022 Submitted by Dan Waolgamott's Office
In One Small One Town, Two Warring Visions of America
BENSON, Minn. (AP) - The newspaper hit the front porches of the wind-scarred prairie town on a Thursday afternoon: Coronavirus numbers were spiking in western Minnesota. "Covid-19 cases straining rura...
Jan 27, 2022 Unsplash
St. Cloud's Original Mexican Restaurant To Reopen
(KNSI) - Taco Villa will reopen in downtown St. Cloud next month. Bob Abel and his daughter-in-law, Sue Abel, are bringing the local Mexican restaurant back nearly a decade after the last store closed...
Jan 27, 2022
Walz Pitches Public Safety Spending Plan to Reduce Crime
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday released the public safety portion of his supplemental budget featuring hundreds of millions of dollars for law enforcement agencies and communi...
Jan 27, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
2.1 Million Free KN95 Masks Distributed to Minnesotans Through Schools, Community Groups This Week
(KNSI) - The state of Minnesota announced that 2.1 million KN95 masks would be distributed to community groups, local public health agencies, schools, and other entities starting Thursday. Around 650,...
Jan 27, 2022 Unsplash
Sauk Rapids-Rice Teachers Nominated for Teacher of the Year
(KNSI) - A handful of teachers in central Minnesota have been nominated to be the 2022 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. The award celebrates the tradition of excellence in teaching in Minnesota. There a...
Jan 26, 2022 Unsplash
Biden Cancels Lease Renewals for Proposed Minnesota Mine
The Biden administration on Wednesday canceled a move by former President Donald Trump to renew mineral rights leases for a proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Trump had...
Jan 26, 2022 AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Minnesota DFL to Allow Felons, Non-US Citizens to Caucus
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota DFL Party will allow people without the right to vote to participate in precinct caucuses, party officials said Wednesday. State Democratic Party Chairman Ken Mart...
Jan 26, 2022 Minnesota DFL Facebook Page
CentraCare: Omicron Peaking in St. Cloud, Cases to Remain High For Weeks
(KNSI) - Cases of COVID-19 fueled by the omicron variant have peaked in the St. Cloud area, according to local medical experts, but they warn we're not out of the woods. CentraCare COVID-19 Incident C...
Jan 26, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News