Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Sartell St. Stephen School District Says Snow Days Will Be a Day Off for Students
(KNSI) - As St. Cloud Area School District 742 announces its plan for the first five weather-related closures this coming winter will be flex learning days for students, another local school district ...
Nov 17, 2021 Unsplash
MDH: Schools Need To Do More To Help Prevent the Spread of COVID
(KNSI) - Minnesota Health Officials are pushing schools to do more to help stop the spread of COVID-19 across the state. Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm says the cases among ki...
Nov 16, 2021 Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
Two Charged With Death of Pregnant Woman
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two people were charged Tuesday in the beating death of a pregnant woman whose body was discovered last week in Minneapolis. One of the suspects is a convicted sex offender. Shannon...
Nov 16, 2021 Unsplash
MN Health Officials Want Booster Eligibility Expanded, Or Else
(KNSI) - Minnesota health officials want federal officials to expand the use of COVID-19 booster shots. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, COVID-19 continues to surge across the state at...
Nov 16, 2021 Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash
Hundreds of Minnesota Officers, Agents Getting Body Cameras
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Hundreds of state law enforcement officers in Minnesota will soon be outfitted with new body cameras to record everything from traffic stops to civil disturbances. More than 600...
Nov 16, 2021 Associated Press
MDH: Minnesota Leads Nation in COVID Cases
(KNSI) - Minnesota's COVID-19 infection rate is the highest in the nation. Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm talked about the situation during Tuesday's media briefing. "Minnesot...
Nov 16, 2021 CentraCare/Facebook
Melrose Man Arrested for Allegedly Downloading Child Pornography
(KNSI) - A 23-year-old from Melrose is in the Stearns County jail, charged with four counts of possessing child pornography following a tip that came in to the Internet Crimes Against Children task fo...
Nov 16, 2021 Stearns County Jail
CentraCare and Marco Team Up for Year End Giving Campaign Focusing on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
(KNSI) - The CentraCare year end community giving campaign is officially underway. Funds raised this year will go to support CentraCare's current and future needs in the area of mental health, includi...
Nov 16, 2021 Unsplash
District 742 Students Will Learn at Home During Snow Days
St. Cloud Area School District 742 will switch to flexible learning days if winter weather keeps kids from getting to class. According to a press release, as long as there is no widespread interruptio...
Nov 16, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz
Monday Evening Stove Fire Ruled Accidental
(KNSI) - One person was hurt following a fire Monday evening in St. Cloud. The St. Cloud Fire Department says it was called about 5:50 for a fire alarm in the 200 block of 37th Avenue North. They say ...
Nov 16, 2021 KNSI News