Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Judge Won't Block Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A federal judge won't block a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for scores of Minnesota health care workers, at least for now. Nearly 200 Minnesota health care workers filed a lawsuit in...
Oct 13, 2021 Photo by Spencer Davis on Unsplash
St. Cloud State University Homecoming Gets Underway
(KNSI) - St. Cloud State University is celebrating homecoming this week. SCSU kicked off events on Wednesday morning with a campus kick-off celebration that featured rides, games, food and prizes for ...
Oct 13, 2021 SCSU Blizzard's Twitter Account
UPDATE: Woman Killed, Three Hurt in School Bus Crash
UPDATE: 12:30 p.m. (KNSI) - The Minnesota State Patrol says 21-year-old Ellen Elizabeth Follestad from Glencoe died from injuries suffered in Tuesday night's crash. Original story: (KNSI) - Two studen...
Oct 13, 2021 Unsplash
Man Charged After Allegedly Exposing Himself in an Apartment Hallway
(KNSI) - A 28-year-old Waite Park man is jailed after allegedly exposing himself to a woman and a teenager. Eduardo Antonio Lopez is accused of exposing himself in the hallway of an apartment building...
Oct 13, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Man Charged With Killing Woman In Crow Wing County
(KNSI) - A man has been charged with murder after allegedly killing a woman from Nisswa in Crow Wing County. According to the sheriff's office, 29-year-old Cameron Jay Moser has been charged with 2nd-...
Oct 12, 2021 Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office
St. Cloud Police Give Council Public Safety Presentation
(KNSI) - Data from the St. Cloud Police Department shows that violent crime was up in 2020 and the first part of 2021. The numbers were shown at this week's city council meeting during a public safety...
Oct 12, 2021 City of St. Cloud
Scores of Rabbits Perish in Minnesota Barn Fire
HOLLANDALE, Minn. (AP) - A fire in southern Minnesota has claimed the lives of more than 100 rabbits. The Albert Lea Tribune reports the fire broke out in a barn north of Hollandale on Sunday night. T...
Oct 12, 2021 Unsplash
Waite Park Lifts Watering Ban
(KNSI) - Waite Park has ended its watering ban effective immediately. Waite Park officials say the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) announced that the state has moved from the Drought...
Oct 12, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Minnesota COVID-19 Positivity Rate Hits Vaccine-Era High
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's COVID-19 test positivity rate soared to 8.3% as of Tuesday, the highest mark since vaccines first rolled out late last year. The seven-day rolling average for the st...
Oct 12, 2021 CentraCare/Facebook
Raising Cane's Opens In St. Cloud
(KNSI) - Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers opened its first store in Central Minnesota on Tuesday. The store opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It's the first Cane's outside of the Twin Cities and th...
Oct 12, 2021 Submitted by Raising Cane's Jorge Saenz