Category Archives: KNSI Local News
CentraCare Taking Appointments for J&J, Moderna COVID Booster Vaccines
(KNSI) - St. Cloud area medical provider CentraCare Health is ready to give the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna COVID-19 single shot boosters. CentraCare says patients should get a booster if they r...
Nov 01, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
St. Cloud's Annual Weinachtsmarkt Returns for 2021
(KNSI) - The annual Weinachtsmarkt is back in downtown St. Cloud for 2021. The annual German-style Christmas market will be held Thursday, November 18th. There will be holiday-themed arts and crafts, ...
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Housing Groups Worried About Economic Fallout Due to Increasing Foreclosures
(KNSI) - Programs that allowed struggling homeowners to pause monthly payments during the pandemic have reached their limits for millions of borrowers. Former St. Paul mayor and current Twin Cities Ha...
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Man Accused of Causing a Serious Crash; Fleeing the Scene Arrested
(KNSI) - Police have arrested the man they believe caused a crash at County Road 75 and 33rd Street South in September and fled the scene. On September 29th, crews responded to the crash involving two...
Nov 01, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Sanford Health: 97% of Workforce Complying With Vaccine Mandate
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Sanford Health, a dominant provider of health care in the Upper Midwest, said that 97% of its workforce has complied with a mandate to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Monday or...
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Liquor Sales Soar in 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Sales at municipal liquor stores in Minnesota soared in 2020 for a record-breaking year. Sales at the state's 213 "munis" jumped 10% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
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New Law Protects Students from Predatory Lenders
(KNSI) - On Friday, Minnesota commissioners and lawmakers were at St. Cloud Community and Technical College to tout a new law designed to protect college students from predatory lenders. The Student L...
Oct 31, 2021 Photo by Jake Judd KNSI News
Winter Parking Restrictions Begin in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - Winter parking restrictions begin in St. Cloud. The parking restrictions are in place from November 1st to April 1st. The restriction, often called odd/even parking, is enforced between 1:00 ...
Oct 31, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Man Who Shot at Minneapolis Police Sues City, Officers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man found not guilty of attempted murder after firing at Minneapolis police during the unrest that followed George Floyd's death has sued the city and numerous officers, alleging ...
Oct 29, 2021 Jaleel Stallings, of St. Paul, Minnesota, is shown in this undated photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. Stallings was arrested in May 2020 during the chaotic protests that followed George Floyd's death last year and charged with attempted murder after firing several shots at a Minneapolis police van. Stallings was acquitted in July on all counts after arguing self-defense, saying the officers were in an unmarked van and had fired at him first. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Man Sentenced For Killing SCSU Professor
(KNSI) - A man was sentenced for the shooting death of a St. Cloud State University professor in June. Jason Robert Beckman was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Friday. The Duluth man was given cred...
Oct 29, 2021 Stearns County Jail