Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Lawyer asks Judge to Toss New Charge in Daunte Wright Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Attorneys are asking a judge to dismiss a new manslaughter charge against the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright. Former Brooklyn Center Of...
Sep 15, 2021 Ben Crump/Twitter
MDH: 153 COVID Cases Tied To State Fair
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health says it's tracking COVID-19 cases from the Minnesota State Fair and other large gatherings. MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm says health officials see an increa...
Sep 15, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Walking Tour of Lake George Water Quality History Next Week
(KNSI) - St. Cloud will showcase a water treatment projected that will get Lake George off the impaired waters list next week. Lake George was put on the impaired waters list in 2012 and, thanks to a ...
Sep 15, 2021 City of St. Cloud
Minnesota Judge Rejects Attempt to Force School Mask Mandate
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota judge has rejected a request by concerned parents to force a stateside mask mandate in all schools. Ramsey County District Judge Thomas Gilligan said the court was "...
Sep 15, 2021 Unsplash
Minnesota Supreme Court Overturns Ex-Cop's Third Degree Murder Conviction
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed the third-degree murder conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an Australian woman in 2017, saying the ...
Sep 15, 2021 AP Photos
Fatal Shooting and Subsequent Car Crash in North Minneapolis Tuesday Night Under Investigation
(KNSI) - One person is dead after a shooting that led to a car crash in Minneapolis. Around 8:00 Tuesday night, police were called to a person who had been shot on the 500 block of 49th Avenue North v...
Sep 15, 2021 KNSI News
Embattled Representative John Thompson Expelled From DFL Caucus
(KNSI) - The Minnesota House DFL caucus has ousted embattled Representative John Thompson. Tuesday night, the Minnesota House DFL met and voted to expel Thompson after refusing repeated calls to resig...
Sep 15, 2021 Minnesota House of Representatives
Wrongly Convicted Man Who Escape Death Row Dies of COVID-19
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man who escaped death row in Louisiana in 2012 after he was exonerated by DNA evidence for a murder he didn't commit has died of COVID-19. Damon Thibodeaux's death earlier this mo...
Sep 15, 2021 Unsplash
Police: Four People Found Shot to Death in Wisconsin a Mystery
MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) - Four people found slain in an abandoned SUV in a western Wisconsin cornfield had been shot and were all from Minnesota, authorities said Tuesday of a case they described as a my...
Sep 15, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud Sets Preliminary Budget, Tax Rate Remains Flat
(KNSI) - After approving its preliminary budget on Monday, St. Cloud is hiring more officers, doubling road projects, and isn't raising the tax rate to do it. St. Cloud's tax rate will remain unchange...
Sep 14, 2021