Category Archives: KNSI Local News
The Wall That Heals at Rice Elementary School This Weekend
(KNSI) - Flanked by law enforcement officials and a host of motorcycles, The Wall That Heals made its way to Rice Elementary School on Tuesday. The Wall That Heals is a traveling three-quarter-scale r...
Aug 18, 2021 Benton County Sheriff's Office Twitter
Sheriff: Tree Trimmer Killed In Big Lake Township
(KNSI) - A Royalton man died after the saw he was using to trim trees touched a power line. The Sherburne County Sheriff's Office says 33-year-old Noah Joshua Ness was cutting trees around 12:30 on Fr...
Aug 17, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Embattled GOP Chairwoman Speaks Publicly For First Time
(KNSI) - The embattled chair of Minnesota's Republican Party is speaking out for the first time since a party doner was arrested on sex trafficking charges sparking calls for her resignation. Republic...
Aug 17, 2021 Minnesota Republican Party Facebook
Minnesota Refines Its In-School COVID Testing Infrastructure As New School Year Coincides With COVID Wave
(KNSI) - Minnesota is updating its in-school COVID-19 testing program to provide more flexibility for public, private, tribal and charter schools that will soon welcome students back into the classroo...
Aug 17, 2021 Unsplash
Sartell Issues All Out Watering Ban Due to Extreme Drought
(KNSI) - The City of Sartell says effective immediately; there is a ban on all non-essential outdoor water use. According to a press release from the city, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource...
Aug 17, 2021 Unsplash
85 Scholarships Awarded to Area Students
(KNSI) - Dozens of area high school students are getting financial help going to college thanks to the Central Minnesota Community Foundation. The St. Cloud area charity, with CommunityGiving, has awa...
Aug 17, 2021 Central Minnesota Community Foundation
New Burning Restrictions Go Into Effect Tuesday, August 17th
(KNSI) - The National Weather Service says current drought conditions drying out the vegetation coupled with high winds Tuesday is an explosive recipe for wildfires. South winds of 10 to 15 miles an h...
Aug 17, 2021 Pixabay
Prosecutors Object to Releasing Chauvin Trial Juror Names
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Prosecutors asked a judge Monday to reject a request by a coalition of media outlets to unseal the names of the jurors who convicted ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of m...
Aug 17, 2021 Hennepin County District Court
Dozens of Residences Evacuated as Northern Minnesota Wildfire Spreads
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Dozens of residences have been evacuated as a wildfire in northeastern Minnesota continues to spread, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fire in the Superior National Forest ...
Aug 17, 2021 U.S. Forest Service Facebook
Embattled Minnesota GOP Chair Asks for Vote of Confidence
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The embattled chair of the Minnesota Republican Party has asked other state party leaders to hold a vote of confidence on her continued leadership amid the uproar over the indic...
Aug 17, 2021 Minnesota GOP Facebook