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CentraCare Taking Appointments To Give COVID Vaccine To Kids
(KNSI) - CentraCare Health will start giving the COVID-19 vaccine to kids ages 5 to 11 years old next week. CentraCare will start using the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 two-shot vaccination series for kid...
Jake Judd Nov 04, 2021 Unsplash

Man Accused of Assaulting a Woman, Holding Police at Bay Charged
(KNSI) - The man accused of assaulting a woman at a home in Belgrade and holding police at bay for several hours has officially been charged in Stearns County District Court. According to the criminal...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 04, 2021 Stearns County Jail

Judge: Behavior Errors on Table at Ex-Cop's Homicide Trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge says attorneys for a former suburban Minneapolis police officer on trial for fatally shooting a Black motorist can call a witness at trial to testify about behavior errors. ...
Associated Press Nov 03, 2021 Hennepin County

Woman Accused of Domestic Assault, Child Endangerment
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud woman is accused of assaulting a man and endangering an infant. Aaliyah Marchelle Hooker has been charged with one gross misdemeanor count of endangering a child and two misdemean...
Jake Judd Nov 03, 2021 Stearns County Jail

St. Cloud Area School District Selects New Superintendent
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Area School District has selected its next superintendent and the first woman to lead District 742. Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Dr. Laurie Putnam was offered...
Jake Judd Nov 03, 2021 Photo by District 742/Facebook

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...
Associated Press 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...
Jake Judd 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...
Jake Judd 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...
Jennifer Lewerenz 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...
Jake Judd Nov 03, 2021 Coborn's, Incorporated