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Experts Warn of Sticker Shock for Home Heating Prices This Winter
(KNSI) - Experts are warning Minnesotans to get ready for major sticker shock for the upcoming heating season. Geoff Greenwood with the MidAmerican Energy company says it's not just Minnesotans who ar...
Jennifer Lewerenz Oct 12, 2021 Unsplash

UPDATE: Upcoming Road Work to Close St. Cloud Streets
3:17 p.m. UPDATE: (KNSI) - Please be advised that on Thursday, October 14, 2021, weather permitting, the intersection of Plum Creek Drive and Kristin Lane will be closed to through traffic due to culv...
Jennifer Lewerenz Oct 12, 2021 Stearns County Highway Department

Man Charged After Allegedly Pointing a Gun at a Woman and Threatening to Shoot Her
(KNSI) - A 23-year-old Sauk Rapids man was jailed after allegedly pointing a gun at a woman and threatening to kill her. According to the criminal complaint, Sauk Rapids police were called to an apart...
Jennifer Lewerenz Oct 12, 2021 Pixabay

Beloved ROCORI Teacher and Coach Bob Brink Has Died
(KNSI) - A former ROCORI High School teacher and coach has died. 84-year-old Bob Brink passed away Saturday. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, which, according to an obituary, he had bee...
Jennifer Lewerenz Oct 12, 2021 MNBBCA

Sartell City Council Approves Purchase Agreement for 167 Acres of Land
(KNSI) - The Sartell City Council Monday night approved a purchase agreement for 167 acres of land currently owned by AIM Development, LLC. That same company bought the Verso Paper Mill site and the 1...
Jennifer Lewerenz Oct 12, 2021 City of Sartell Facebook

Catholic Charities Looking For Sponsors to Adopt Families for Christmas
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud based non-profit says it needs the community to make sure every family can enjoy Christmas. The Share the Spirit program is sponsored by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. C...
Jake Judd Oct 11, 2021 Pixabay

Attorney Suggests Mechanical Failure in Crash That Killed Two
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The attorney for a man accused in connection with a car crash that killed the son of the University of Minnesota men's hockey coach and another young man said Monday that mechanical...
Associated Press Oct 11, 2021 Bob Motzko Twitter

BCA: Missing Woman Found Safe
UPDATE: 3:30 p.m. - (KNSI) The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says Abbey Piner has been located safe. The Aitkin County Sheriff's Office would like to thank everyone for their assistance. N...
Jake Judd Oct 11, 2021 Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Sheriff: Teenager Hurt After Hit By Suspected Drunk Driver
(KNSI) - Deputies say a teenager was hurt after getting hit by a suspected drunk driver on Sunday afternoon. The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office says first responders were called around 4:45 p.m. af...
Jake Judd Oct 11, 2021 Unsplash

No Charges for Task Force Members in Winston Smith Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force will not be charged in the fatal shooting of Winston Smith Jr., a Black man who was killed while authorities were trying to arrest him ...
Associated Press Oct 11, 2021 Associated Press