Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Extreme Heat, Severe Storms on Tap for Central Minnesota This Week
(KNSI) - The hottest temperatures of the summer could be headed toward central Minnesota this week. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch effective from Tuesday afternoon thr...
Jul 26, 2021 Unsplash
Large Minnesota Grain Elevator Destroyed by Fire
(KNSI) - Residents of Clinton, Minnesota, are mourning the loss of a town landmark and center of commerce. Fire departments from a dozen cities, and at least one from South Dakota, rushed to a massive...
Jul 26, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Prepaid Child Tax Credits To Cause Smaller Tax Returns, Some Will Owe IRS
(KNSI) - Thousands of parents in Central Minnesota started getting monthly payments from an early child tax credit but what will that mean when families file their 2021 taxes? The Child Tax Credit was...
Jul 25, 2021 Unsplash
Mack Motzko, Son of Former SCSU Hockey Coach, Cathedral Grad, Killed in Car Crash
(KNSI) - Mack Motzko, the son of former St. Cloud State University Hockey Coach Bob Motzko, died in a car accident in a Twin Cities suburb. Mack Motzko was 20-years-old. He graduated from St. Cloud Ca...
Jul 25, 2021 Cathedral Hockey Twitter
BLPD Hires interim Chief To Take Over Department
(KNSI) - The Big Lake Police Department has hired its interim police chief as the new police chief. Matt Hayen has been given the official title of Big Lake Police Chief after holding the position sin...
Jul 23, 2021 Big Lake Police Department Facebook
Freedom Rock Mural Being Painted in Big Lake
(KNSI) - A tribute to military men and women is being worked on in Central Minnesota. Big Lake will be home to one of nearly 100 Freedom Rocks painted by artist Ray "Bubba" Sorensen. Sorensen started ...
Jul 23, 2021 Big Lake Police Department Facebook
St. Cloud COP House Soccer Camp A Huge Success
(KNSI) - The first weeklong soccer camp help by the St. Cloud Rotary Community OutPost, or COP House is a hit. More than 120 boys and girls ranging from six to 13 years old took part in the free camp ...
Jul 23, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Campfires Banned In Parts of Minnesota Due to Dry Conditions
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources implemented new fire restrictions for Superior National Forest and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Under the order, all fires are proh...
Jul 23, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz (KNSI News)
Teen Employee Killed In Accident at Golden Valley Menards
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) - An accident at a home improvement store in a Minneapolis suburb has killed an employee. Authorities say a man operating a forklift in the lumberyard of Menards in Golden Va...
Jul 23, 2021 Unsplash
Three Local COVID-19 Deaths Reported This Week as Minnesota Cases Continue to Rise
(KNSI) - Minnesota's COVID-19 cases are on the rise. Over the last seven days, the Minnesota Department of Health has reported 1,881 new cases and 15 new deaths statewide. That weekly case count is a ...
Jul 23, 2021 Unsplash