Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Jury Instructions Sewn Up in Trial Over Daunte Wright Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Attorneys and a judge hammered out jury instructions Monday for the trial of a white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright, with the judge denying d...
Dec 06, 2021 Court TV, via AP, Pool
Arradondo, Minneapolis Chief Amid Floyd Fallout, to Retire
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced Monday that he won't accept a third term as chief, a blow to a department that has been reeling since four officers were charged...
Dec 06, 2021 Associated Press
Minnesota National Guard deployed to area long-term care facilities.
(KNSI) - The first three National Guard skilled-nursing response teams have been deployed to support long-term care facilities facing severe staffing shortages. According to a press release issued Mon...
Dec 06, 2021 Unsplash
Positive CWD test on Minnesota deer leads to management changes.
(KNSI) - A newly discovered instance of chronic wasting disease in the Brainerd Lakes area will result in three more years of sampling and other disease management efforts for that area. One of the 1,...
Dec 06, 2021 Unsplash
MN Launching Plan to Help Nursing Homes Get Workers
(KNSI) - Minnesota has a new plan to get at least 1,000 new nurses into long-term care facilities by the end of January. Governor Tim Walz announced the initiative to recruit and pay to train nursing ...
Dec 06, 2021 Georg Arthur Pflueger/Unsplash
St. Cloud Area School District Extending Winter Break
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Area School District is extending its winter break for staff and students to two full weeks. The three-day extension now includes December 20, 21 and 22, with school resuming on...
Dec 06, 2021
Student in Custody for Allegedly Creating Threatening Social Media Posts
(KNSI) - Police in Sauk Rapids say they have a 14-year-old student in custody in connection to the alleged threats made on social media directed at Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School. KNSI obtained screen...
Dec 06, 2021 KNSI News
Flags at Half Staff
(KNSI) - Flags around St. Cloud and Minnesota will be at half staff this week to honor Senator Bob Dole, who died over the weekend. Dole served in the U.S. Army, where he earned the Purple Heart twice...
Dec 06, 2021 Unsplash
Classes at Sauk Rapids Rice Middle and High Schools Canceled for Monday December 6th
Originally published 7:25 a.m. Monday, December 6th, 2021 Updated at 9:19 a.m. Monday, December 6th, 2021 (KNSI) - A 14-year-old is in custody after allegedly creating a threatening social media post....
Dec 06, 2021 KNSI News
Catholic Charities Share the Spirit Program Needs Sponsors for Area Families
Originally posted December 3rd, 2021 at 11:04 a.m. Updated December 6th, 2021 6:31 a.m. (KNSI) - The Catholic Charities' Share the Spirit program is well underway with its planning process, but Cathol...
Dec 06, 2021 Pixabay