Category Archives: KNSI Local News
First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn Announces Kidney Cancer Recurrence
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn has had a recurrence of his stage IV kidney cancer, the southern Minnesota Republican announced Wednesday. Hagedorn, who was first diagnosed in February 2...
Jul 07, 2021 AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn
Minnesota Senate Ends Special Session Without Confirming DNR, Housing Finance Commissioners
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate adjourned its special session Wednesday without taking a planned vote on confirming two of Gov. Tim Walz's commissioners, after Democr...
Jul 07, 2021 Pixabay
Congressman Views Stearns County Bridge In Need Of Replacement
(KNSI) - Central Minnesota's U.S. Congressman viewed a Stearns County bridge deemed deficient and in need of replacement in the next couple of years. The Minnesota Department of Transportation rates b...
Jul 07, 2021 Engineer Jodi Teich talking with Congressman Tom Emmer about a bridge replacement project in Waite Park Jake Judd/KNSI News
Teen Who Recorded George Floyd's Death Loses Uncle in Crash With Minneapolis Police Department Squad Car
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The teenager who recorded the last moments of George Floyd's life in a video that helped launch a global protest movement against racial injustice said her uncle has died in a crash...
Jul 07, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
2021 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Acts Announced
(KNSI) - The Minnesota State Fair has announced its full grandstand lineup for the 2021 Great Minnesota Get Together. Tickets for some shows are already on sale, while others will go on sale closer to...
Jul 07, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
More Details Released in Fatal Officer Involved Shooting
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is releasing a few more details surrounding the officer-involved shooting death of a man in Olivia on Sunday morning. The BCA says an Olivia poli...
Jul 07, 2021 Pixabay
Monday Night Fire Damages Morrison County Historical Site
(KNSI) - The Morrison County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help after a historical site caught fire Monday night. According to a press release from the department, a 911 call came in abo...
Jul 07, 2021 Unsplash
DNR: Little Rock Lake Drawdown Showing Results
(KNSI) - A drawdown of Little Rock Lake is showing results two years after the massive project. In 2019, around 800 landowners and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources used the Mississippi Ri...
Jul 06, 2021 Photo by Roman Mirsky on Unsplash
Congressman To Discusses Future of Deficient Stearns County Bridge
(KNSI) - A U.S. Congressman will visit a Stearns County bridge listed as deficient that spans the Sauk River. Sixth District Representative Tom Emmer will be at Bridge 6819, along County State Aid Hig...
Jul 06, 2021 Tom Emmer's Office
County Warns Passports Taking Months To Process
(KNSI) - Stearns County is warning residents about delays in processing passports as many people start to take their first trips abroad in more than a year. According to the Auditor Treasurers Office,...
Jul 06, 2021 Stearns County