Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Woman Identified 27 Years After Remains Found in Michigan
WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The body of a woman found in a western Michigan ditch has been identified 27 years later. Authorities using DNA and genealogical tests learned that the remains were Shell...
Jan 21, 2022 Unsplash
Enbridge Says It Has Fixed Pierced Aquifer Near Oil Pipeline
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Enbridge Energy said it has stopped the flow of spilled artesian groundwater that began a year ago when workers installing the Line 3 oil pipeline in northwestern Minnesota puncture...
Jan 21, 2022 Image by David Mark from Pixabay
Florida Man Charged After Four People Found Dead Along the U.S. Canadian Border
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - A Florida man was charged Thursday with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what author...
Jan 21, 2022 Unsplash
Jury Selected for Federal Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A jury was picked Thursday for the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing, with the judge stressing repeatedly that fellow Officer ...
Jan 20, 2022 AP Photo/Julio Cortez
St. Cloud Children's Home Receives Marker
(KNSI) - A marker honoring the St. Cloud Children's home has been added to the Beaver Island Trail in St. Cloud. Established in 1924, the St. Cloud Children's Home was tasked with caring for orphans, ...
Jan 20, 2022 KNSI News
MDH: 12th School Worker Dies From COVID-19
(KNSI) - A twelfth school employee has died from COVID-19 since the start of the school year. The Minnesota Department of Health included the latest death in Thursday's COVID-19 update. Education Minn...
Jan 20, 2022 Unsplash
City Council To Discuss Possible Mask Mandate
(KNSI) - St. Cloud will talk about a possible citywide mask mandate at next week's city council meeting. Earlier this month, St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis and other area city leaders decided against a ma...
Jan 20, 2022
Hundreds Take State Paid Nursing Assistant Training
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Hundreds of Minnesotans are taking advantage of the state's offer to cover the cost of training to become a certified nursing assistant. The state has used $3.5 million in federal r...
Jan 20, 2022 Unsplash
Jury Selection Begins in Ex-Officers' Federal Trial
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing, with a judge dismissing potential jurors for reasons r...
Jan 20, 2022 Hennepin County Jail via AP Photos
MN Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 2019
(KNSI) -- The Minnesota unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since 2019, a seasonally adjusted 3.1%. The U.S. unemployment rate is almost a percentage point higher at 3.9% In the monthly ...
Jan 20, 2022 Unsplash