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New challenge Looms for Minneapolis Ballot Measure on Police
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Lawyers for a former Minneapolis City Council member are objecting to new language for a ballot measure on the future of policing in the city, saying it fails to comply with a court...
Associated Press Sep 08, 2021 Pixabay

Level Three Sex Offender Moves to Sauk Rapids
(KNSI) - A level three sex offender has moved to Sauk Rapids. According to the Sauk Rapids Police Department, Steven Lee Odelius has served his prison term and was released on October 20, 2020. The 55...
Jake Judd Sep 08, 2021 Sauk Rapids Police Department

CentraCare Health CEO Defends Vaccine Mandate
(KNSI) - CentraCare Health's President and Chief Executive Officer is defending the healthcare systems COVID 19 vaccine mandate. The requirement applies to all CentraCare and Carris Health staff, incl...
Jake Judd Sep 08, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News

Central MN Red Cross Volunteers Feeding People In Hurricane Destruction Zone
(KNSI) - Two Red Cross volunteers from Central Minnesota are in Louisiana helping families devastated by Hurricane Ida. Disaster Action Team members James Carlin from Sauk Rapids and Michael Long from...
Jake Judd Sep 08, 2021 Submitted by James Carlin

Central Minnesota's Construction Industry Remains Economically Strong Amid Pandemic
(KNSI) - In Central Minnesota, the construction industry is doing well. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says the construction industry, for the most part, maintained em...
Dene Dryden Sep 08, 2021 Unsplash

Two Central Minnesota Companies Receive $175,000 From the Minnesota Job Creation Fund
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Wednesday announced $2.1 million in awards from the Job Creation Fund, and two central Minnesota companies are among the recipi...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 08, 2021 Unsplash

St. Cloud Road Resurfacing Continues Wednesday
(KNSI) - The City of St. Cloud will be out resurfacing streets again Wednesday. According to a press release from the city, 14th Street North from 6th Avenue North to 400 feet east of Northway Drive, ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 08, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Property Tax Levy Proposed for 2022 Stearns County Budget
(KNSI) - A 4.25% property tax levy is part of the new proposed Stearns County 2022 budget. The Board of Commissioners discussed that and other budget items at its regularly scheduled meeting this week...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 08, 2021 Stearns County

Former Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka Announces His Candidacy for Governor
(KNSI) - It's official. Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka is running for governor. Gazelka made the announcement Wednesday morning at the State Capitol in St. Paul. In a tweet, he s...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 08, 2021 Paul Gazelka Twitter

Trial Date Set for Man Accused of Stalking and Harassing Multi-Racial Cold Spring Family
(KNSI) - The case of a man accused of deliberately crashing an unoccupied SUV into the Cold Spring home of a multi-racial family will head to trial. Benton Louis Beyer is accused of stalking and haras...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 08, 2021 Stearns County Jail