Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Minnesota Hospitals Short on COVID Treatments
(KNSI) - Despite improvements in treating people suffering from COVID-19, St. Cloud doctors say there's little they can do to help most sick people right now. CentraCare Health says they have some new...
Jan 12, 2022 Unsplash
Trial Scheduled in Fatal Clinic Shooting in Buffalo
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - A jury trial has been scheduled for a Minnesota man accused of walking into a medical clinic and opening fire, killing one staff member and wounding four others last year. Gregor...
Jan 12, 2022 Wright County Jail
Judge Agrees to Delay State Trial for Three Cops in Floyd's Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge agreed to delay a state court trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, though he didn't immediately set a date. Hennepin County Ju...
Jan 12, 2022 Court TV, via AP, Pool
Human Remains Found in 2003 Belong to Man Missing Since 1970
CAMBRIDGE, Minn. (AP) - Human remains found buried in Isanti County in 2003 have finally been identified as a 22-year-old man missing since 1970, sheriff's officials said Wednesday. According to the I...
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Governor: Tapping $40 Mill in Federal Funding For Hospitals Overrun With COVID
(KNSI) - Minnesota is tapping $40 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan to help pay hospital staff working in the hardest-hit areas. According to a press release from the governor's...
Jan 12, 2022 Unsplash
Mayor: Supply Issues Delay City Hall's Grand Opening
(KNSI) - Supply chain issues have forced the grand opening of St. Cloud's new city hall to be delayed. St. Cloud planned to hold a community open house and its first meeting at the new site on January...
Jan 12, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News
US Consumer Prices Soared 7% in Past Year, Most Since 1982
WASHINGTON (AP) - Prices paid by U.S. consumers jumped 7% in December from a year earlier, the highest inflation rate since 1982 and the latest evidence that rising costs for food, rent and other nece...
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Blattner Company Raising Funds For Wounded Veterans Hockey Teams
(KNSI) - An Avon-based construction and energy company is hosting a charity hockey game to raise money for wounded veterans. Blattner Company's hockey team will play the Minnesota Warriors Veteran's H...
Jan 12, 2022 Minnesota Warriors Hockey Facebook
Judge in Federal Trial in Floyd Death Urges Quick Proceeding
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The judge handling the federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights urged attorneys Tuesday to "move the case al...
Jan 12, 2022 Photo from Hennepin County Jail
Benton, Stearns County Reinstate Mask Mandate for Employees
(KNSI) - Both Benton and Stearns County have reinstated a mask mandate for county workers but declined to pass a mandate on the public. CentraCare Health officials asked for the mandate on Friday. The...
Jan 12, 2022 Photo from FDA