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Stearns County Sheriff Not a Fan of Recreational Marijuana
(KNSI) - After lawmakers approved a bill allowing medical cannabis users to start smoking plant-based marijuana, it leaves some wondering if recreational marijuana is far behind. Stearns County Sherif...
Jake Judd May 23, 2021 Unsplash

Applications For 30K Stipend to Pursue Social Entrepreneurship Open
(KNSI) - An organization will award $30,000 a year for the next two years to eight people to develop them into leaders and social entrepreneurs. The Initiators Fellowship, launched by the Initiative F...
Jake Judd May 23, 2021 Pixabay

UPDATE: Children Found Safe After Amber Alert Issued
AMBER ALERT UPDATE: 8:10 p.m. (KNSI)- The alert is canceled. The children have been found safe and returned to their mother. (KNSI) - An Amber Alert has been issued for two abducted sisters. The Minne...
Jake Judd May 23, 2021 Minnesota BCA

Becker Man Suffered Serious Injuries In Two Vehicle Crash
(KNSI) - A Becker man suffered severe injuries in a crash near Briggs Lake in Sherburne County. The Minnesota State Patrol says the accident happened at Highway 25 and 37th Avenue in Palmer Township a...
Jake Judd May 23, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Dealership Donates To Local Boys and Girls Club
(KNSI) - The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota received a generous donation from a St. Cloud car dealership for the seventh year in a row. St. Cloud Subaru's Share the Love event donated $14,3...
Jake Judd May 21, 2021 Submitted by the Boys and Girls Club of Central Minnesota

Man Accused of Threatening Police With Hatchet
(KNSI) - A man was arrested near a school in St. Cloud after allegedly threatening police officers with a hatchet and fleeing on foot. St. Cloud Police responded to an argument between a man and a wom...
Jake Judd May 21, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

Sherburne County Wellness Van Hits the Road for COVID-19 Vaccinations, Public Assistance Programs
(KNSI) - Sherburne County Health and Human Services' wellness van is up and running, delivering COVID-19 vaccines to locations around the county. The van, paid for mostly through CARES Act funding, ha...
Dene Dryden May 21, 2021 Sherburne County Health and Human Services

St. Cloud PD Holding Cops FORE! Kids Program
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Police Department will be teaching selected kids from the St. Cloud Area School District golf over the summer. It's the first year of the free pilot program Cops FORE! Kids. SCP...
Jake Judd May 21, 2021 Pixabay

Quarry Park Open for Swimming in Time for Summer-Like Saturday
(KNSI) - Just in time for a summer-like Saturday, swimming is open at Quarry Park and Nature Preserve. The largest of the parks in the Stearns County system, swimming is available at quarries two and ...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 21, 2021 KNSI News

Division Street Closed, School Placed in Lockdown For a Time During Police Incident in East St. Cloud
Update posted at 1:12 p.m. (KNSI) - A police incident Friday morning on St. Cloud's east side caused St. Katharine Drexel School to briefly go into lockdown. According to an email sent to parents from...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 21, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)