Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Minnesota Cold Weather Rule and Expanded Benefits for Lower Income Customers Take Effect Friday
(KNSI) - Minnesota's cold weather rule takes effect October 1st, and along with that, expanded benefits to help lower-income residents pay their heat, electricity, and water bills also kick in. The co...
Oct 01, 2021 Unsplash
Stearns County Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Drug and Firearms Charges
(KNSI) - A 30-year-old Stearns County man has been sentenced to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for drug and firearms charges. According to court documents, on November 22nd o...
Oct 01, 2021 Stearns County Jail
St. Cloud Woman Charged With Assault After Allegedly Hitting Her Neighbor Over the Head With a Metal Pole
(KNSI) - A 47-year-old St. Cloud woman is jailed and charged with second degree assault after she allegedly hit her neighbor upside the head with a metal pole. According to the criminal complaint, pol...
Oct 01, 2021 Stearns County Jail
DNR: Fall Colors Approaching Peak
(KNSI) - Minnesota's hitting its peak for fall colors, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The latest report released Thursday shows leaves are 25% to 50% in peak around the St...
Sep 30, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
St. Cloud Holding Veteran Suicide Prevention and Awareness Event
(KNSI) - A veterans suicide prevention event will take place this weekend in St. Cloud. Minnesota Veteran Suicide Prevention and Awareness Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday at Wilso...
Sep 30, 2021 Pixabay
Charges Filed Against St. Cloud State University Wrestler Accused of Attacking Fellow Student
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud State University wrestler accused of severely beating a fellow student athlete has officially been charged with felony assault. According to the criminal complaint, a woman call...
Sep 30, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Accidental Fire Damages St. Cloud Home
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Fire Department says a fire that caused roughly $1500 damage to a home Wednesday evening was an accident. Firefighters were called to a home in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue North...
Sep 30, 2021 KNSI News
MDH: Schools Reporting Five or More COVID Cases More than Doubles
(KNSI) - According to the Minnesota Department of Health, more than twice as many schools are reporting five or more COVID-19 cases in two weeks. The list has 231 schools reporting at least five cases...
Sep 30, 2021 Unsplash
Guilty Plea for Murder of St. Cloud Man in Minneapolis
(KNSI) - A 33-year-old Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to murder after fatally shooting a St. Cloud man outside a convenience store in March. According to the criminal complaint, Ryan Decker was in...
Sep 30, 2021 Unsplash
More Prison Inmates Vaccinated Than Corrections Employees
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Department of Corrections has been more successful getting inmates immunized against the coronavirus than it has for its own employees, vaccination rates show. As ...
Sep 30, 2021 Unsplash