Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Friday MDH Data Confirms 2,000+ COVID Cases, 12 Deaths
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health confirms more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 found across the state Friday. Out of the 2,088 newly confirmed cases, 205 were found in the five-county St. ...
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Lawsuit: GOP Donor Offered Money to Hush Girl He Trafficked
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A prominent Minnesota GOP donor who is charged with multiple counts of child sex trafficking is now being sued by an underage girl he allegedly groomed as a victim. The lawsuit file...
Sep 07, 2021 Sherburne County Jail
Judge Rejects Minneapolis Ballot Language on Policing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge has struck down ballot language that would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new agency, saying the wording was misleading and unworkable. Judge Jamie Anderso...
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Judge Tosses Death Sentence in Slaying of College Student From Minnesota
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted in the 2003 slaying of a North Dakota college student. Judge Ralph Erickson ruled Friday that misleading testim...
Sep 07, 2021 Associated Press
Bear Sightings on the Rise As They Seek Food Amid Drought
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Black bear sightings are on the rise in Minnesota, as this summer's drought has made it harder for the animals to find the food they need to prepare for hibernation. This time o...
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Large Crowd Tried to Storm State Fair Gate Monday Night
(KNSI) - For the second year, the Minnesota State Fair came to a chaotic end. Monday night, a large crowd, including a man who allegedly had a gun, tried to storm the gate at Snelling Avenue and Midwa...
Sep 07, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Weekend Rain Helps Contain Northern Minnesota Wildfires
ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) - Cooler temperatures and weekend rain showers helped fire crews who are working to contain wildfires in northeast Minnesota. As of Sunday the Greenwood Fire burning west of Isabe...
Sep 07, 2021 This Aug. 15, 2021, photo provided by U.S. Forest Service-Superior National Forest shows a rapidly growing wildfire in northeastern Minnesota that has prompted some evacuations, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. The fire was spotted around 3 p.m. Sunday near Greenwood Lake, about 15 miles southwest of Isabella, in the Superior National Forest. (Nick Petrack/Forest Service-Superior National Forest via AP)
Minnesota State Patrol Purged Messages After George Floyd Riots and Protests
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota State Patrol purged emails and text messages immediately after protests over the death of George Floyd last year, according to testimony in a lawsuit that alleges the ...
Sep 07, 2021 AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File
Two Children Hospitalized After Being Pulled From a Minneapolis Lake
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two children were rushed to a hospital after they were pulled from a Minneapolis lake on Monday. The Minneapolis Fire Department said on Twitter that one of the kids is 11 and one i...
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District Acknowledges Decline in State Assessments Due To Pandemic, Making Plans To Recover Lost Ground
(KNSI) - As another school year begins, the St. Cloud Public School District acknowledges its student assessment test scores were lower than desired and vowed to work to improve. The Minnesota Departm...
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