Category Archives: KNSI Local News
U of M Extension Names Benton County Farm Family of the Year
(KNSI) - Benton County's 2021 Farm Family of the Year was announced at the fair. Emslander Farms was announced as the winner on Wednesday night. The Emslander farm was purchased 50 years ago by Dave a...
Aug 05, 2021 Unsplash
Car Show Sunday Aims to Ease Family's Medical Expenses
(KNSI) - A car show that aims to help out a Garfield family with its medical bills is happening this weekend in Parkers Prairie. The Rip and Roar Car Show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Park...
Aug 05, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud Under an Air Quality Alert
(KNSI) - A large swath of northern Minnesota is under an Air Quality Alert, including Stearns and Benton County, until 9 p.m. on Friday. The St. Cloud area's Air Quality Index Reading is yellow or mod...
Aug 05, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
St. Cloud Hospital Opens New Emergency Mental Health Unit
(KNSI) - CentraCare's new Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing unit at St. Cloud Hospital opened its doors this week. Known as EmPATH, the unit will provide care for adult patients...
Aug 05, 2021 Provided Photo
Apollo, Tech High School Forming Co-Op Nordic Ski Team
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Area School District is forming a Nordic ski team. St. Cloud Apollo and Tech High Schools will compete together during the 21-22 school year. The team is being formed because th...
Aug 05, 2021 Unsplah
70 New COVID Cases, 1 Death Reported in St. Cloud Area Thursday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health confirms 878 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths across the state on Thursday. Those numbers include 70 new cases in the five-county St. Cloud area and one d...
Aug 05, 2021 Unsplash
Walz Supports Emergency Relief for Drought-Stricken Farms
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Tim Walz and top state lawmakers say they will support an emergency financial relief package for farmers in Minnesota, where most of the state is in a severe or extreme dro...
Aug 05, 2021 Office of Governor Tim Walz
Weather Service Using New Severe Storm Warning Tags, Considerable and Destructive
(KNSI) - The National Weather Service has new damage threat tags to help add more context to severe thunderstorm warnings. The generic severe thunderstorm warning means the storm has wind speeds of 58...
Aug 05, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
‘I’ll Follow The Protocols Vigilantly’: Kirk Cousins Comes Off COVID List, Still Keeping Vaccination Decision ‘Private’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins says his stint on the reserve/COVID-19 list was prompted by the small size of the team’s quarterback meeting room. The Vikin...
Aug 05, 2021
CSB/SJU Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Students, Faculty This Fall
(KNSI) - The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University will require that all staff, faculty and students be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus this fall. In a letter fr...
Aug 04, 2021 KNSI News