Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Minnesota's COVID-19 Vaccine Finder for Kids Website Launches
(KNSI) - Minnesota has launched a new website to help parents and guardians find vaccination sites for kids now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given the green light for COVID-...
Nov 03, 2021 Unsplash
Man Arrested After Allegedly Throwing a Homemade Bomb at a House in Watab Township
(KNSI) - A 26-year-old St. Joseph man is behind bars, accused of throwing a makeshift bomb at a home in Watab Township last summer. According to the criminal complaint filed in Benton County, a man wa...
Nov 03, 2021 Benton County Jail
Jury: Ex-Minneapolis Officer Confiscated Drugs for Himself
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a former Minneapolis police officer for confiscating drugs during three separate investigations, which he then kept for his own use. Ty Jindr...
Nov 02, 2021 Pixabay
Judge: No Release for GOP Donor Accused of Sex Trafficking
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a prominent Minnesota GOP donor charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking to stay in jail as he prepares his defense, following accusations ...
Nov 02, 2021 Sherburne County Jail
Lake Mille Lacs Open To Walleye This Winter
(KNSI) - Ice anglers on Lake Mille Lacs and Upper Red Lake can keep walleyes this season. Starting December 1st, anglers will be able to keep one walleye between 21-23 inches or one fish longer than 2...
Nov 02, 2021 Pixabay
Judge Releases Names of Jurors in Derek Chauvin's Trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The judge who presided over the trial of Derek Chauvin has made public the names of jurors who convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the death of George Floyd...
Nov 02, 2021 Court TV, via AP, Pool
Free, Reduced Tuition Program Expanded to All U of M Campuses
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The University of Minnesota will offer free or reduced tuition to many Native American students attending its five campuses starting next fall. The cost waiver program had previousl...
Nov 02, 2021 AlexiusHoratius on Wikimedia Commons
St. Cloud VA Finalizing Plans To Administer COVID-19 Booster Shots
(KNSI) - Patients of the St. Cloud VA Health Care System will soon be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. The Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention ap...
Nov 02, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
CenterPoint Energy Requesting Rate Increase
(KNSI) - The state's largest natural gas utility applied Monday for a rate increase, but with an added rate stabilization to lessen the financial impact on its customers. CenterPoint Energy filed one ...
Nov 02, 2021 Unsplash
Man Sentenced for Hitting and Killing a Pedestrian
(KNSI) - A Princeton man has been sentenced to four years in prison after prosecutors say he was high on painkillers when he struck and killed a woman who was walking along a road. The afternoon of Ma...
Nov 02, 2021 Sherburne County Jail