Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Benton County Launches Broadband Study
(KNSI) - Benton County has launched a study of internet service and needs in the county. According to a press release, the county has a goal of getting all county residents and businesses connected to...
Sep 29, 2021 Unsplash
New Fundraiser To Help Women Dealing With Cancer Is This weekend
(KNSI) - A fundraiser to help cancer patients in the St. Cloud area will is this weekend as Beast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway. The first annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes is Saturday from 9 a.m...
Sep 29, 2021 Unsplash
Intersection Reopens, Search Continues for Driver Who Allegedly Fled Serious Crash
Originally posted: September 29th at 10:25 a.m. Updated: September 29th at 5:15 p.m. (KNSI) - St. Cloud police say the driver of an SUV who allegedly caused a crash and then fled the scene is still on...
Sep 29, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Sheriff: Watch for Farmers, It's Harvest Season
(KNSI) - Drivers are reminded to share the road with farm equipment as harvest season gets underway. Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck says drivers need to pay extra attention to farm equipment this tim...
Sep 29, 2021 Unsplash
City where Daunte Wright Was Killed Enacts Policing Changes
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - The Minneapolis suburb where Black motorist Daunte Wright was killed by an officer has enacted its first step in a plan to change policing in the city. Brooklyn Center an...
Sep 29, 2021 Ben Crump/Twitter
Central Minnesota Prosecutor Reviewing Winston Smith Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota prosecutor is reviewing evidence in law enforcement's fatal shooting of Winston Smith Jr. during an arrest. Crow Wing County Attorney Donald Ryan said he'll review the e...
Sep 29, 2021 Associated Press
Enbridge Says Line 3 Replacement Complete, Opens Friday
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Enbridge announced Wednesday that the upgrade and expansion of its Line 3 pipeline across Minnesota is complete and will become operational on Friday. The Canadian-based company's P...
Sep 29, 2021 AP Photo/Jim Mone File
Man Charged After Allegedly Beating and Sexually Assaulting a Woman Sunday Morning
(KNSI) - A Watkins man was arrested after he allegedly beat and raped a woman Sunday morning. Police say they responded to a domestic and sexual assault at about 3:45 a.m. Sunday at a home in Watkins....
Sep 29, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Suspect Arrested in Connection to Severe Beating of a St. Cloud State University Student
(KNSI) - Police in St. Cloud say the man accused of severely assaulting a St. Cloud State University student has been arrested. According to a press release from St. Cloud police, officers were called...
Sep 28, 2021 Unsplash
Two St. Cloud Lawmakers Pass Away
(KNSI) - Central Minnesota lost two state lawmakers in the last week. Pehler was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1972 to 1980. He then served in the Minnesota Senate from 1981 ...
Sep 28, 2021 Pixabay