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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...
Jake Judd 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...
Associated Press 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,...
Jake Judd 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...
Associated Press 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...
Jennifer Lewerenz 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...
Associated Press 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...
Jake Judd Sep 23, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Father, Stepmother Sentenced For Killing Child
(KNSI) - A father and stepmother have been sentenced for causing the death of an 8-year-old girl in Elk River. Brett Jason Hallow and Sarah Kay Hallow were each sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thur...
Jake Judd Sep 23, 2021 Sherburne County Sheriff's Office

Walk To End Alzheimer's Saturday in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - The annual Walk to End Alzheimer's is this weekend in St. Cloud. The walk is Saturday, with registration at 9 a.m. and the walk starting at 10 a.m. around Lake George. Alzheimer's Association...
Jake Judd Sep 23, 2021 Walk to End Alzheimer's Facebook

Target Trims Holiday Hiring Goals
NEW YORK (AP) - Target will hire fewer seasonal workers this year and will instead offer more hours to current employees. The move, announced Thursday, is in response to its permanent workers wanting ...
Associated Press Sep 23, 2021 Associated Press