Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Flags to Fly at Half Staff to Honor Upsala Fire Captain Who Died in the Line of Duty
(KNSI) - Flags around the state are at half staff until sunset on Saturday, December 18th, to honor Upsala Fire Captain Brian Lange. Lange died December 11th of a medical illness he suffered in the li...
Dec 17, 2021 Stearns County Twitter
Booster Seats Recalled
(KNSI) - The maker of infant bath seats has issued a recall due to a drowning hazard. Karmas Far's infant bath seats were sold as a two-in-one or three-in-one booster seat for eating, bathing, or sitt...
Dec 17, 2021 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Man Sentenced in St. Cloud Park Rape
(KNSI) - The second of three men accused of taking a woman off a street in St. Cloud and raping her has been sentenced. A Stearns County judge sentenced Abdirahin Omar Ali to 30 years in prison. In Oc...
Dec 17, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Defense Rests In Potter Trial
(KNSI) - The defense has rested in the trial of the Brooklyn Center police officer charged in the fatal shooting of motorist Daunte Wright. Kimberly Potter took the stand in her own defense Friday, cl...
Dec 17, 2021 Court TV via AP, Pool
UPDATE: CentraCare Puts Nearly 300 Staff on Leave For Not Complying With Mandate
UPDATE: 6:00 p.m. (KNSI) - CentraCare Health now states they've placed an estimated 250 to 300 staff on a leave of absence for failing to comply with the vaccine mandate. CentraCare says as of Decembe...
Dec 17, 2021 A crowd protests outside St. Cloud Hospital in August 2021 against vaccine mandates Photo taken by Dene Dryden (KNSI News)
St. Cloud Area School District Hosts Vaccination Clinic
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Area School District has partnered with CentraCare to offer the COVID vaccine to students and their families. Children aged five to 11 years, any siblings aged 12 to 18 years and th...
Dec 17, 2021
DEED Grants Help Two Local Businesses
(KNSI) - St. Cloud State University will provide workforce training for two local companies as the result of grants awarded through the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. St ...
Dec 17, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Officer Involved Shooting in Willmar Under Investigation
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Willmar. According to a press release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Willmar po...
Dec 17, 2021 Unsplash
Morrison County Man Sentenced for Killing His Wife
(KNSI) - The 31-year-old husband of a Little Falls woman whose body was found under a bridge has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jonathan Greyblood was charged with two counts of felony second-d...
Dec 17, 2021 Morrison County Jail
Quarry Park Annual Pass Increases
(KNSI) - The cost of an annual vehicle parking pass at Quarry Park is going up. An annual vehicle parking permit will increase to $25.00 starting January 1st. Passes are good for one year from the dat...
Dec 17, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News