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Winter Weather Advisory Issued as 2-4" of Snow Expected Saturday Afternoon for Central Minnesota
Original story posted 1:11 p.m. Saturday, November 13th, 2021. Updated at 2:35 p.m. Saturday November 13th. (KNSI) - The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory as another round ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 13, 2021 National Weather Service

Dassel Man Seriously Injured in Friday Afternoon Hunting Accident
(KNSI) - A 38-year-old man from Dassel was seriously injured after a hunting accident Friday afternoon. The Meeker County Sheriff's Office received a call about a man with a gunshot wound about 2:40 p...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 13, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Governor and Local Business Leaders Head to Europe on Trade Mission
(KNSI) - Governor Tim Walz Saturday headed to the United Kingdom on a trade mission he is leading to the U.K. and Finland. According to a press release from the governor's office, the mission will foc...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 13, 2021 YouTube

Eddie Frizzell, Metro Transit Police Chief, Nominated for U.S. Marshal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is nominating its first set of U.S. Marshals, including the first Black man to serve as the U.S. Marshal in Minnesota, along with a slate of other historic f...
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Court Panel Reconvenes in January on Trial Coverage
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A state court advisory committee will take a closer look in January at key issues in whether to allow more video coverage of criminal trial proceedings in Minnesota, the head of the...
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Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges for Defying 1/6 Subpoena
MARKS, Miss. (AP) - Steve Bannon, a longtime ally to former President Donald Trump, was indicted Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied a congressional subpoena from the House co...
Associated Press Nov 12, 2021 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Snow and Ice Cited in NE Minnesota Crash That Killed 2
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Wintry weather carrying strong winds gusts, snow and icy conditions may have contributed to a highway crash in northeastern Minnesota that killed a woman and an 11-year-old boy. T...
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Three Area Non Profits Receive Grant Funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
(KNSI) - Three area non-profits have received grants from the Small Business Partnership Grant Program. The grants are through the Department of Employment and Economic Development. They are given to ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 12, 2021 Unsplash

Court Advisory Committee to Discuss More Video Coverage of Criminal Proceedings
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A state court advisory committee meets Friday to discuss whether to allow more video coverage of criminal proceedings in Minnesota. Chief Justice Lorie Gildea directed the panel...
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CentraCare Pleading With The Community for Help
(KNSI) - CentraCare and Carris Health have filled their medical facilities, and they're asking anyone with health care experience to join them. The health care providers say the pandemic is not over, ...
Jake Judd Nov 12, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News