Category Archives: KNSI Local News
State Offering Help To Farmers Hurt by Drought
(KNSI) - Minnesota offers help to farmers hurt by this summer's severe drought conditions during the 2021 growing season. Governor Tim Walz announced a $10 million drought relief package for farmers a...
Sep 24, 2021 Office of Governor Tim Walz
SCSU Seeking Bonding Money for New Education Complex
(KNSI) - A local legislator says he'll carry legislation to make improvements to St. Cloud State University. Members of the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee met on the SCSU campus on Thurs...
Sep 24, 2021 Submitted by Dam Wolgamott's Office
Waterfowl Hunting Season Starts Saturday
(KNSI) - Minnesota's waterfowl season gets underway this weekend. Duck and goose hunters can start shooting a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday. Hunters need to be aware of some new regulations in ...
Sep 24, 2021 Unsplash
UPDATE: Waite Park Pedestrian Killed in Western Minnesota ID'd
UPDATE: 7:45 A.M. (KNSI) - The Minnesota State Patrol says 24-year-old Jesse Robert Kapeka was hit and killed on Thursday around 8:40 a.m. near Wheaton. Original Story: (KNSI) - The Minnesota State Pa...
Sep 24, 2021 Unsplash
CDC Endorses COVID Booster for Millions of Older Americans
(UNDATED) AP - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed COVID-19 booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans. The move opens a major new phase in the U.S v...
Sep 24, 2021 Unsplash
Driver Faces New Charges In Deadly Crash That Killed Two Men Including Mack Motzko
(KNSI) - The Orono man accused of causing a deadly car crash that killed two people, including the son of Former St. Cloud State University Hockey Coach Bob Motzko, is facing new charges. On Thursday,...
Sep 24, 2021 Bob Motzko Twitter
Chauvin to Appeal Conviction, Sentence in Floyd's Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd's death intends to appeal his conviction and sentence, saying the judge abused his discretion or erred duri...
Sep 24, 2021 Hennepin County District Court
UPDATE: Missing Runaway Teen Found
UPDATE: 4:17 a.m. (KNSI) - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has canceled an alert for 14-year-old Cienna Azure-Descheuquet . The BCA says the missing runaway teenage girl was Located in I...
Sep 24, 2021 Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Probe: Michaels, Minnesota Cops Violated Black Teen's Rights
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A state agency that investigates civil rights abuses has found that the manager of a suburban Minneapolis Michaels store called police on a teenager just because he is Black, and re...
Sep 23, 2021
Man Dies After Crashing Into Tree and Getting Ejected From Vehicle
(KNSI) - A man died at St. Cloud Hospital from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle crash near Little Falls. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office was called to the crash scene about two miles south o...
Sep 23, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News