Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Judge Rejects Ballot Question to Scrap Minneapolis PD
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge has rejected the latest version of a proposed charter amendment on the future of policing in Minneapolis. Judge Jamie Anderson ruled just days before early and absentee voti...
Sep 14, 2021 Pixabay
Sartell PD Dropping Blue Line Flag Decals, Working on Alternative
(KNSI) - The Sartell Police Department has dropped its blue line flag decal from its squad cars and replaced it with a new decal. A statement from Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes says, "Words alone se...
Sep 14, 2021 Sartell Police Department
Ex-Minnesota GOP Chair Carnahan Says She May Run for Old Job
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The former head of the Minnesota Republican Party who resigned under pressure tells The Associated Press that she's considering running to get her old job back - or possibly for a p...
Sep 14, 2021 Minnesota Republican Party Facebook
Albany Teen Rolled Truck Multiple Times
(KNSI) - A teenager was able to call 911 after getting into a rollover accident in Stearns County on Sunday. First responders were called to the crash around 11 a.m. on 300th Street, about three miles...
Sep 14, 2021 Stearns County Sheriff's Office
Man Accused of Lighting His Home on Fire Found Incompetent to Stand Trial
(KNSI) - The Paynesville man accused of setting his trailer on fire in July has been found incompetent to stand trial. According to a criminal complaint filed in Stearns County, police responded to a ...
Sep 14, 2021 Stearns County Jail
UPDATE: Former Cops Accused of Violating George Floyd's Rights Plead Not Guilty
Original post 9:15 a.m. September 14, 2021. Updated 11:43 a.m. September 14, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights pleaded ...
Sep 14, 2021 Hennepin County Jail via AP Photos
Judge Suspends Minnesota's Tougher Standards on Deadly Force
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A judge has suspended Minnesota's new stricter standards on when police can use deadly force, halting a change in state law that followed the death of George Floyd while in cust...
Sep 14, 2021 Unsplash
City of Sartell Lifts Watering Ban; Reverting to Odd/Even Watering Schedule
(KNSI) - The City of Sartell says effective immediately, it is lifting the watering ban and reverting to the usual odd/even watering schedule. City officials say property owners can run their irrigati...
Sep 14, 2021 Unsplash
UPDATE: Authorities ID Four Dead Found in SUV With MN Plates in Wisconsin Cornfield
UPDATE: 3:00 p.m. (AP) - Authorities say four people found slain in an abandoned SUV in a western Wisconsin cornfield had been shot and were all from Minnesota. Dunn County sheriff's officials said Tu...
Sep 14, 2021 Unsplash
Crashes Make a Mess of Tuesday Morning Commute
(KNSI) - Multiple crashes on Interstate 94 near Albertville are making a mess of the Tuesday morning commute. The Minnesota State Patrol says the initial response was for a multi-vehicle crash in the ...
Sep 14, 2021 Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic camera