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State, Shady's Bar and Grill Settle Pandemic Related Lawsuits
(KNSI) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Friday that his office settled the lawsuit against Shady's Bar and Grill and one other business that violated or threatened to violate execu...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 19, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

Turkey Producers Benefiting From Higher Prices This Year
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota farmers who grow about 45 million turkeys annually will benefit from higher prices this year, according to agriculture experts. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture...
Associated Press Nov 19, 2021 Unsplash

Kyle Rittenhouse Has Been Acquitted on All Charges
(KNSI) - Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted on all charges. He was charged with two counts of first-degree reckless homicide - use of a dangerous weapon, two counts of reckless endangerment, and firs...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 19, 2021 Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool

Medical Examiner Identifies Pregnant Woman Whose Body Was Found in a Burned Travel Trailer
(KNSI) - The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the pregnant woman whose body was found in a burned out travel trailer earlier this month. Police say 28-year-old Annysa Marie Zierhut was ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 19, 2021 KNSI News

Downtown St. Cloud Stoplight Removed
(KNSI) - The stoplight at 8th Avenue and West St. Germain Street downtown St. Cloud was removed overnight Thursday. In September, the City of St. Cloud asked for public input regarding the stoplight's...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 19, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Experts: Seasonal Depression Common As Holiday Approach
(KNSI) - The change of seasons can cause a type of depression known as seasonal affective disorder. SAD, as it's known, begins and ends at about the same times every year, usually in November and last...
Jake Judd Nov 18, 2021 Photo by Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash

St. Cloud Lawyer Weighs in on Rittenhouse Trial
(KNSI) - The jury in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial finished its third day of deliberations on Thursday without reaching a verdict. St. Cloud area attorney Mike Bryant with Bradshaw and Bryant Law Firm says...
Jake Judd Nov 18, 2021 Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool

Virus Surge Worsens in Midwest as States Expand Boosters
(AP) - A surge in cases in the Upper Midwest has some Michigan schools keeping students at home ahead of Thanksgiving and the military sending medical teams to Minnesota to relieve hospital staffs ove...
Associated Press Nov 18, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)

Minnesota Man Charged in Killing of Couple at Fargo Factory
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A 35-year-old man with a long criminal record was charged Thursday with three counts of murder in the shooting deaths at a Fargo factory of a man and a woman who was eight months pr...
Associated Press Nov 18, 2021 Unsplash

County Seeking More Adopt-A-Highway Teams
(KNSI) - Volunteers are needed to help keep roadsides clean in Stearns County. The Stearns County Highway Department says volunteers collected about 11.2 tons of waste in ditches along county roads. S...
Jake Judd Nov 18, 2021 Taken by Stearns County Highway Department