Category Archives: KNSI Local News
CentraCare End of Year Campaign Supporting Mental Health Services
(KNSI) - The CentraCare Foundation's 2021 Community Campaign is focusing on mental health care. St. Cloud based Marco Technologies LLC says they'll match up to $100,000 for any new donation made by De...
Oct 15, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Governor Lays Out Action Plan for Expanded COVID-19 Testing, Response, and Hospital Capacity Issues
(KNSI) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz laid out his plan for expanded COVID-19 testing and response and an action plan to assist hospitals, which are becoming increasingly crowded due to the continued s...
Oct 15, 2021 AP Images
Search Warrant Finds Man Accused of Possessing Gun Used in Accidental Shooting of Child
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud SWAT and police executed a search warrant and arrested a man with a history of gun crimes. The St. Cloud Police Department's Community Response Team says they searched a home in...
Oct 15, 2021 Stearns County Jail
UPDATE: Man Wanted in Connection to a Fatal Shooting in Moorhead Arrested in St. Cloud Thursday
Original story published at 5:37 a.m. October 15th, 2021. Updated at 8:24 a.m. October 15th, 2021. (KNSI) - A man wanted for aiding and abetting second-degree murder in Clay County was arrested in St....
Oct 15, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Walz Promises COVID Testing Expansion, Vaccine Incentives
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Tim Walz says his administration will soon announce expanded COVID-19 testing options and launch new incentives to get teenagers vaccinated. Minnesota Public Radio reported W...
Oct 15, 2021 Office of Governor Tim Walz
CentraCare: Hospitals Hit Tipping Point, 'This Is Like a War'
(KNSI) - CentraCare Health officials say its medical facilities are full and there is no more room for patients needing critical care. CentraCare CEO Dr. Ken Holmen told KNSI News that COVID-19, speci...
Oct 15, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz
Back The Blue Rally This Weekend in Sartell
(KNSI) - Supporters of law enforcement are invited to a Back the Blue Rally in Sartell on Saturday. Last month, the Sartell Police Department announced they would remove the "thin blue line" decals fr...
Oct 14, 2021 Submitted by Jen Smith
Ex-Minneapolis Officer Seeks 41 Months in 911 Caller's Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Attorneys for the former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman who called 911 to report a possible rape behind her home are asking a judge to sentence him to 41 months...
Oct 14, 2021 AP Photos
Law Enforcement Issue More Than 1800 Tickets During Seat Belt Campaign
(KNSI) - A recent statewide seat belt enforcement campaign resulted in law enforcement issuing more than 1,800 tickets. The Minnesota Department of Safety Office of Traffic Safety conducted the Click ...
Oct 14, 2021 Pixabay
Ex-cop Who Killed Daunte Wright Lays Out Possible Defense
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A former suburban Minneapolis police officer who has said she meant to use a Taser instead of a handgun when she shot and killed Daunte Wright in April is laying out her potential d...
Oct 14, 2021 Ben Crump/Twitter