Category Archives: KNSI Local News
CentraCare to Receive More than $200,000 for Telehealth Services
(KNSI) - St. Cloud-based CentraCare Health is getting more than $200,000 to invest in telehealth services. Minnesota Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar released a joint statement saying that the Fe...
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Ten Year Old St. Cloud Boy Shot in the Head in Minneapolis is Coming Home
(KNSI) - Some good news in the case of a ten-year-old St. Cloud boy who was shot in the head this past spring. Ladavionne Garret, Junior was shot in the head while riding in his parents' SUV after vis...
Oct 21, 2021 GoFundMe
One Person Injured After Being Hit By a Car Wednesday Night
(KNSI) - A pedestrian was seriously injured after being hit by a car in the area of Highway 10 and Highway 23 Wednesday evening. According to a critical incident report from the St. Cloud Fire Departm...
Oct 21, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Woman Charged After Allegedly Stealing a Car With a Dog Inside
(KNSI) - A 50-year-old woman is under arrest and charged with motor vehicle theft after police say she stole another woman's car with a dog inside and then crashed it near St. Cloud Hospital. Accordin...
Oct 21, 2021 Stearns County Jail
District 742 Superintendent Stepping Down at End of School Year
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Area School District Superintendent Willie Jett is stepping down at the end of the school year. Jett made the announcement during Wednesday night's school board meeting. According t...
Oct 20, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Willie Jett (right) walking with current 742 Superintendent Laurie Putnam.
CSB, SJU Investigate Alleged Sex Competition
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP) - The College of St. Benedict and St. John's University are investigating allegations that some male students started a competition this fall to see who could have more sexual...
Oct 20, 2021 KNSI News
Police: Man Accused of Attempted Stabbing Outside a Gas Station
(KNSI) - Police say a 27-year-old St. Cloud man is charged with second-degree assault after an attempted stabbing at a convenience store. According to the criminal complaint, the victim says Faysal Ib...
Oct 20, 2021 Stearns County Jail
MDH: 23 Minnesotans Sickened By Salmonella Tainted Onions
(KNSI) - Officials report at least 23 Minnesotans have gotten sick from onions contaminated with Salmonella. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the Minnesota cases have been rep...
Oct 20, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FDA OKs Mixing COVID Vaccines; Backs Moderna, J&J boosters
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose ca...
Oct 20, 2021 A nurse prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccination at the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center during COVID-19 vaccinations in Eagan, Minn., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Approximately 13,400 doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered at the Minnesota Vikings practice facility to health care workers and adults 65 years of age or older over the next few days. (John Autey/Pioneer Press via AP, Pool)
MDH: Breakthrough Case Data Proves Vaccines Effectiveness
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health has been tracking breakthrough cases and says data showed vaccines are the best protection against the pandemic. MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm spoke to repor...
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