Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Lawyer for Embattled Minnesota Lawmaker Denies Domestic Abuse Reports
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The attorney for a Minnesota Democratic state representative facing calls to step down over allegations of domestic violence said Sunday the reports are not true and could be pa...
Jul 18, 2021 YouTube
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Other Top Democrats Calling for Lawmaker's Resignation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Tim Walz and top state Democratic lawmakers are calling on state Rep. John Thompson to resign following reports of domestic violence allegations in his past. The four domestic ...
Jul 17, 2021 Minnesota House of Representatives
Chauvin Trial Cost Hennepin County Almost $4 Million
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The weekslong trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin cost Minnesota's Hennepin County about $3.7 million for employee salaries, courthouse security, victims' servi...
Jul 16, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Milaca to Open City Archery Range
(KNSI) - The city of Milaca will soon open a new archery range. The city says the range, which is currently under construction, is situated north of the Milaca Municipal Airport along 110th Avenue. On...
Jul 16, 2021 Photo by Kampus Production from Pexels
Minnesota Stepping Up Drought Response as Dry Conditions Worsen
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota officials stepped up their drought response on Friday as the state grows drier, which threatens water supplies, agriculture and more wildfires. Minnesota has now reached t...
Jul 16, 2021 Unsplash
Hutchinson Man Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash on Highway 15 Friday
(KNSI) - A Hutchinson man is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 15 Friday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened shortly after 7 a.m. Friday on Highway 15 north of County R...
Jul 16, 2021 Unsplash
Two Waite Park Residents to be Charged With Drug Possession, Sales After Task Force Bust
(KNSI) - The Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force has arrested one person and intends to charge two people after authorities found suspected cocaine during a search of a Waite Park home Frida...
Jul 16, 2021 Pixabay
Toddler in Critical Condition After Being Shot in North Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis police say a 3-year-old boy was in critical condition Friday after he was shot inside a home in north Minneapolis. Police spokesman John Elder said other people were in ...
Jul 16, 2021 Unsplash
Coborn's Partners With National Grocery Wholesaler; New Fresh, Frozen Distribution Warehouse to Be Built in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A national grocery wholesaler is partnering up with St. Cloud-based Coborn's, Inc. starting next year. "We are excited to embark on this new partnership with AWG and to be a part of their pla...
Jul 16, 2021 Coborn's, Incorporated
New COVID-19 Cases in Minnesota, St. Cloud Begin to Creep Up
(KNSI) - After weeks of relatively low COVID-19 cases in Minnesota, new infections are starting to rise. In recent weeks, the state has confirmed roughly 100 new COVID cases each day, but in the last ...
Jul 16, 2021 Unsplash