Category Archives: KNSI Local News
COVID-19 Wave Overwhelms Rural Hospitals Short on ICU Beds
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The case of a rural Minnesota man who waited two days for an ICU bed and later died is among several examples that have frustrated officials in rural hospitals whose facilities are ...
Oct 25, 2021 CentraCare/Facebook
COVID-19 Cases Rising Faster on Reservations in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Native Americans have contracted COVID-19 at two to three times the rate of white Minnesotans over the past month, according to state health officials. There are large pockets o...
Oct 22, 2021 Unsplash
Salmonella Linked to Italian-Style Salame Sticks
(KNSI) - Officials are warning Minnesotans not to eat Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks produced by Citterio and purchased at Trader Joe's or other stores after linking Salmonella infections to the ...
Oct 22, 2021 Minnesota Department of Health
Leave a Light on for Jacob
(KNSI) - Residents are asked to leave a porch light on tonight in memory of Jacob Wetterling and all the children who never made it home. Jacob was kidnapped on October 22nd, 1989, while riding his bi...
Oct 22, 2021 Wikicommons
Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Child in St. Cloud
UPDATE: Charges were dropped against Joseph Jenkins Jr. by prosecutors in the "interest of justice." The Stearns County Attorney's office stated that a key witness couldn't be located. As of October 2...
Oct 22, 2021 Stearns County Jail
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday
(KNSI) - National Perscription Drug Take Back Day is this weekend and state officials are urging Minnesotans to clear out their medicine cabinets. Drug Take Back Day is Saturday and officials want Min...
Oct 22, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Police: Pedestrian Hit on Highway 10 Was Not in a Marked Crosswalk
(KNSI) - We are learning more about a crash on Highway 10 that seriously injured a pedestrian on Wednesday. According to the St. Cloud Police Department, about 6:40 p.m., they were called to the crash...
Oct 22, 2021 Unsplash
Trial Begins for Two Men Accused in a Sexual Assault at a St. Cloud Park
(KNSI) - The trial for two men accused of grabbing a woman off a St. Cloud street, driving her to a park and raping her is underway in Stearns County District Court. According to the criminal complain...
Oct 22, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Kids and Parents Expo This Weekend
(KNSI) - The Kids and Parents Expo returns to the River's Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud this weekend. The 17th annual event is Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Leighton Promotions and Events Di...
Oct 21, 2021 Leighton Broadcasting
Teachers Ask for Virus Protocols After Student, Staff Deaths
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Members of Minnesota's teacher's union are calling on school leaders to do more to protect students and staff after the state Department of Health reported the first student dea...
Oct 21, 2021 Unsplash