Category Archives: KNSI Local News
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
Drugs, Guns Found During Raid
(KNSI) - A drug and gang task force says they arrested a man after finding methamphetamine and guns during a raid. On Thursday, the C.E.E. VI Drug and Gang Task Force executed a search warrant on a ho...
Aug 17, 2021 Pixabay
Glenwood Man Charged for Allegedly Possessing Child Pornography and Soliciting a Teen Girl for Sex
(KNSI) - A Glenwood man is charged with three felonies in Stearns County after allegedly soliciting a minor for sex and possessing child pornography. According to the criminal complaint, police were c...
Aug 17, 2021 Stearns County Jail
One Dead, One Hurt in Two Separate ATV Crashes
(KNSI) - One person is dead, and another person was injured in two separate ATV crashes in Morrison County. On Saturday night, the Morrison County Sheriff's Office says they were called about 11:35 fo...
Aug 17, 2021 Unsplash