Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Police: Man choked, Beat Woman in Head With Hammer in Waite Park
(KNSI) - A man in Waite Park is accused of hitting a woman in the head with a hammer because she was moving too slow. Police were called to a home on Thursday afternoon after 31-year-old Andre Shyron ...
Jan 21, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Longtime Minnesota Infectious Disease Director to Retire
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kris Ehresmann, a key figure in Minnesota's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will retire next month after more than three decades at the state health department. Ehresmann, the Mi...
Jan 21, 2022 Photo from the Minnesota Department of Health
EXPLAINER: Will Chauvin Testify at Trial of 3 Other Cops?
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - As the federal trial for three former Minneapolis officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights is set to begin Monday, some wonder whether Derek Chauvin - the off...
Jan 21, 2022 Hennepin County District Court
Father Accused of Beating Child With Baseball Bat
(KNSI) - A Waite Park man is accused of beating a girl with a baseball bat while high on methamphetamine. Police were called to a home on Joymar Drive around 5:15 a.m. on Thursday for a possible domes...
Jan 21, 2022 Photo taken by Stearns County Jail
St. Cloud Man Found Unresponsive on Lake Mille Lacs
(KNSI) - Emergency crews were called to an unresponsive man on the ice on Lake Mille Lacs last weekend. According to the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Department, 73-year-old Michael Reade Vadnie of St....
Jan 21, 2022 Unsplash
Flags to Be Flown at Half Staff Saturday for Third First Responder to Die in the Line of Duty
(KNSI) - Governor Tim Walz has ordered flags to be flown at half staff to honor another first responder with ties to central Minnesota who has died in the line of duty. A press release from the govern...
Jan 21, 2022 Morrison County Sheriff's Office Facebook
Police: Man Choked, Assaulted Woman in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud man with a criminal history is accused of strangling a woman after telling him she had a new boyfriend. According to the criminal complaint filed in Stearns County District Court,...
Jan 21, 2022 Photo: Stearns County Jail
Three Arrested on Outstanding Warrants in St. Cloud Friday Morning
(KNSI) - Three men were arrested in St. Cloud Friday morning on outstanding warrants for allegedly selling and possessing drugs. According to a press release from the St. Cloud Police Department, just...
Jan 21, 2022 KNSI News
Summer Internships Available at Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has posted over 200 summer internships. Becky Keller, a human resource generalist with the Minnesota DNR, tells KNSI the summer interns get paid ...
Jan 21, 2022 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota Born Comedian Louie Anderson Has Died
(KNSI) - Comedian and Minnesota native Louie Anderson has died. Anderson arrived on the scene thanks to a spot on The Tonight Show in 1984. He starred in several comedy specials and had acting roles i...
Jan 21, 2022 Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File