Category Archives: KNSI Local News
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
Minnesota Supreme Court Upholds State's Permit-To-Carry Law
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court has found that a state law requiring individuals to have a permit to carry a handgun in public is constitutional and does not violate the Second Amendmen...
Aug 04, 2021 Unsplash
Man Faces Felony Charges After Allegedly Hitting Foley Woman, Violating No-Contact Order
(KNSI) - A man has been charged in Benton County for allegedly violating a no-contact order and hitting the woman who filed that order against him. Jeffrey Dewayne Smith, 34, had his initial appearanc...
Aug 04, 2021 Unsplash
Congressman Visits St. Cloud COP House, Proposes Bill To Take Concept Nationwide
(KNSI) - A U.S. Congressman was in St. Cloud to tour what's being called a model of community policing. On Wednesday, sixth District Congressman Tom Emmer was at the St. Cloud Rotary Club Community Ou...
Aug 04, 2021 Pictured Left to Right: Tom Emmer, SCPD Chief of Police Blair Anderson, SCPD Commander Martin Sayer, St. Cloud Representative Tama Theis Photo taken by Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Lane, Street Closures Coming Up for St. Cloud
(KNSI) - Upcoming road work in St. Cloud might impact drivers starting Thursday. The city of St. Cloud says on Thursday, one traffic lane will be closed along northbound Lincoln Avenue Southeast at th...
Aug 04, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud Man Charged With Felony Domestic Assault for Allegedly Strangling Woman
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud man faces two felony charges after he allegedly beat, strangled and threatened to kill a woman. St. Cloud Police were called to a domestic assault in progress on Saturday at a hom...
Aug 04, 2021 KNSI News
St. Cloud State to Require Masks Inside Campus Buildings Starting Thursday
(KNSI) - St. Cloud State University is implementing an indoor masking requirement following the CDC and Minnesota Department of Health's recommendations that people in areas with substantial COVID-19 ...
Aug 04, 2021 St. Cloud State University Facebook