Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Frey Wins 2nd Term as Minneapolis Mayor After Bitter Race
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was reelected to a second term, surviving a bitter challenge in a race that focused on calls for changes to policing and racial justice, elections offic...
Nov 03, 2021 Mayor Jacob Frey gives a speech at the Jefe Urban Cocina restaurant on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey risked his bid for a second term by opposing a push to replace the city's police department. Voters agreed with Frey on the policing question, but they left the mayor guessing until Wednesday about his own re-election..(AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
Student Hit By Vehicle in Cold Spring
(KNSI) - An 8-year-old Cold Spring Elementry student was hit by a car while walking from school on Tuesday. The accident was reported around 3:15 p.m. near Fifth Avenue North and Fifth Street North in...
Nov 03, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Hunter's Homicide Remains Unsolved Five Years Later
(KNSI) - Officials are still searching for answers five years after Terry Brisk was killed while deer hunting near Little Falls. Brisk died on November 7th, 2016, after being shot while hunting on his...
Nov 03, 2021 Morrison County Sheriff's Office
Morrison County Traffic Stop Yields One Pound of Suspected Methamphetamine
(KNSI) - A 44-year-old Pine River man is behind bars after the Cass County Sheriff's Office says a traffic stop turned up suspected methamphetamine. On Saturday, deputies conducting an ongoing drug in...
Nov 03, 2021 Unsplash
Coborn's Stores Closed on Thanksgiving To Give Workers Day Off
(KNSI) - Coborn's Incorporated will close its grocery stores and other retail locations on Thanksgiving Day. According to the St. Cloud company's press release, Coborn's wants employees to spend the h...
Nov 03, 2021 Coborn's, Incorporated
Minnesota's COVID-19 Vaccine Finder for Kids Website Launches
(KNSI) - Minnesota has launched a new website to help parents and guardians find vaccination sites for kids now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given the green light for COVID-...
Nov 03, 2021 Unsplash
Man Arrested After Allegedly Throwing a Homemade Bomb at a House in Watab Township
(KNSI) - A 26-year-old St. Joseph man is behind bars, accused of throwing a makeshift bomb at a home in Watab Township last summer. According to the criminal complaint filed in Benton County, a man wa...
Nov 03, 2021 Benton County Jail
Jury: Ex-Minneapolis Officer Confiscated Drugs for Himself
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a former Minneapolis police officer for confiscating drugs during three separate investigations, which he then kept for his own use. Ty Jindr...
Nov 02, 2021 Pixabay
Judge: No Release for GOP Donor Accused of Sex Trafficking
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a prominent Minnesota GOP donor charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking to stay in jail as he prepares his defense, following accusations ...
Nov 02, 2021 Sherburne County Jail
Lake Mille Lacs Open To Walleye This Winter
(KNSI) - Ice anglers on Lake Mille Lacs and Upper Red Lake can keep walleyes this season. Starting December 1st, anglers will be able to keep one walleye between 21-23 inches or one fish longer than 2...
Nov 02, 2021 Pixabay