Category Archives: KNSI Local News
American Idol Auditions for Minnesota August 25th
(KNSI) - American Idol auditions are coming soon to a computer near you. Instead of superstar singer hopefuls standing in a seemingly endless line awaiting their shot at stardom, American Idol auditio...
Aug 19, 2021 Freemantle/ABC Entertainment
U.S. Representative Emmer, Fischbach In Minnesota; D.C. Staffers Safe
(KNSI) - Police are investigating a report of a possible explosive device in a pickup truck outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill and have evacuated multiple buildings on the sprawling Capit...
Aug 19, 2021 From Tom Emmer's Office and Michelle Fischbach's Office
Man Charged After Allegedly Raping a Woman at a Waite Park Hotel
(KNSI) - A Burnsville man has been charged after allegedly raping a woman at a Waite Park hotel. According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the Coratel Inn on August 15th and found a w...
Aug 19, 2021
UPDATE: Standoff near Capitol Ends, Suspect Arrested
UPDATE: 1:43 p.m. - WASHINGTON (AP) - The man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol has surrendered to law enforcement, ending an hourslong standoff. The man, identified b...
Aug 19, 2021 Associated Press
State Imposes Water Restrictions as Drought Conditions Worsen
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The drought in Minnesota continues to get worse, exposing rocks, riverbeds and islands in the St. Croix and Minnesota river drying up entire channels in the mighty Mississippi. The ...
Aug 19, 2021 Associated Press
Minnesota Mother Meets, Thanks State Troopers Who Saved Her Life
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Five Minnesota state troopers helped save the life of a hemorrhaging new mom last month. On Tuesday, Jenapher Blair got to personally thank them. The Star Tribune reports Blair had ...
Aug 19, 2021 Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Masks Optional For ISD 47 Students, Staff
(KNSI) - Students and staff going back to class in the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District will have an option to wear masks. Independent School District 47 had its COVID 19 Safe Learning Plan approved b...
Aug 18, 2021
COP House Hosting End of Year Block Party
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Community OutPost is holding its first End of Summer Block Party. The free block party is from 5 to 9:30 p.m. at Haws Park, 819 13th Steet South, St. Cloud. Supervisor of the Co...
Aug 18, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Visits St. Cloud
(KNSI) - The top Republican in the Minnesota Legislature isn't calling for the chairwoman of the state's Republican party to step down when he visited St. Cloud on Wednesday. Minnesota Senate Majority...
Aug 18, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
St. Cloud Area School District Approves Mask Mandate
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Area School District will require all students, staff, and faculty to wear masks for the 2021-2022 school year. The School board approved the administration's recommendation at ...
Aug 18, 2021