Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Flags Lowered For Second Day In a Row In Honor of Firefighter
(KNSI) - Flags will be lowered at half-staff again Wednesday in honor of a firefighter who died after getting COVID-19 in the line of duty. Tintah firefighter Tim Kath passed away on December 31st. Ti...
Jan 12, 2022 Photo from the Tintah Fire Department's Facebook page
American Indian Movement Leader Clyde Bellecourt Dies at 85
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Clyde Bellecourt, a leader in the Native American struggle for civil rights and a founder of the American Indian Movement, has died. He was 85. Bellecourt died Tuesday morning from ...
Jan 11, 2022 Photo from AIM
Sartell Hires Interim High School Principal
(KNSI) - The Sartell-St. Stephen's school district has hired a temporary replacement after a principal resigned earlier this month. ISD 748 says they've hired Tim Wege as the interim principal at Sart...
Jan 11, 2022 Photo submitted by ISD 748
Lawmaker Proposing State Bonding Money To Make Campus Improvements
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud lawmaker wants state bonding money to help make improvements to a college in St. Cloud. Representative Dan Wolgamott says he will introduce a bonding bill seeking $4.5 million to ...
Jan 11, 2022 Dan Wolgamott Facebook
Statues Hearing Set For Three Cops Charged in Floyd's Death
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights during an arrest that ended in his death were scheduled to appear in federal court Tu...
Jan 11, 2022 Photo from Hennepin County Jail
St. Cloud Area Cities Reject Mask Mandate Request
(KNSI) - Several Central Minnesota cities have refused a health care provider's appeal to put a six-week mask mandate in place. St. Cloud, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, and Waite Park rejected CentraCare's re...
Jan 11, 2022 Unsplash
Nickel Mine Developer Has Major Commitment From Tesla
TAMARACK, Minn. (AP) - The company that plans to develop a nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota has made a major supply deal with Tesla, the electric vehicle maker. Tesla has committed to purchasing ...
Jan 11, 2022 Pixabay
Sheriff's Office Warning About New Scam
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office warns stores about a new type of fraud. The sheriff's office says several jurisdictions in the Twin Cities have seen a large number of thefts using debit o...
Jan 11, 2022 Pixabay
Mardi Gras Gala Fundraiser Goes Virtual, Again
(KNSI) - Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud has decided to change its Mardi Gras Gala from an in-person event to a virtual event due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. Last year's gala was al...
Jan 11, 2022 Catholic Charities Mardi Gras
CentraCare Dispels Misinformation on COVID Vaccines, Hospital Capacity
(KNSI) - CentraCare Officials are trying to dispel rumors and educate the public about the COVID-19 vaccines and their hospital capacity. CentraCare President & CEO Dr. Ken Holmen explained the pu...
Jan 11, 2022 CentraCare/Facebook