Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Sheriff Seeking Information on Park Damage
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding the person who drove through a county park, causing damage to some trees. The sheriff's office says the damage was discovered in...
Jun 30, 2021 Stearns County Sheriff Twitter
Search for Missing Man Ends After His Body Was Found in a Car Tuesday
(KNSI) - The search for a missing Crown College graduate has come to a sad end. Police were called to a single vehicle crash near the area of Highway 101 and Highway 13 in Savage Tuesday afternoon. Th...
Jun 30, 2021 Find Keegan Oyugi Facebook
Minnesota Lawmakers Pass Police Accountability Bill
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Senate approved a modest set of police accountability measures early Wednesday that's part of a broader public safety budget bill, as the state's divided Legislature p...
Jun 30, 2021 AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File
State Peacetime Emergency to End July 1st
(KNSI) - The House and Senate have voted to end the state's peacetime emergency on July 1st. An 11th hour deal struck late Tuesday night with the United States Department of Agriculture will protect m...
Jun 30, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
St. Cloud Woman Connected to Murder Case Charged With Exposing Toddler To Drugs
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud woman charged in connection to a murder in St. Cloud is accused of exposing her toddler to drugs. Thirty-Three-year-old Angela Renee Jones has been charged with felony drug exposu...
Jun 29, 2021 Stearns County Jail
University of Minnesota Approves Tuition Increase
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The University of Minnesota Board of Regents on Tuesday agreed to raise tuition for the first time in two years, over objections from some students who believe it's wrong to charge ...
Jun 29, 2021 AlexiusHoratius on Wikimedia Commons
Police Accountability, Public Safety Budget on the Table for Minnesota Legislature Tuesday
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota House was preparing to debate police accountability as part of a broader public safety budget bill that the state's divided Legislature must enact before late Wedn...
Jun 29, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Despite Mississippi River's Low Flow, Paddling Trips Continue as Normal
(KNSI) - As Minnesota experiences abnormally dry weather conditions this summer, the Mississippi River's water level and flow at St. Cloud is considered low, according to the Department of Natural Res...
Jun 29, 2021 Unsplash
Increase Crime At County Park Has Sheriff Increasing Patrols
(KNSI) - An increase in crime at a Stearns County park has caused the sheriff's office to step up patrols. According to a press release, the Stearns County Sheriff's Office has seen an increase in inc...
Jun 29, 2021 KNSI News
Alleged Shooter In Downtown St. Cloud Brawl Charged
(KNSI) - A man accused of shooting a 17-year-old during a large fight in downtown St. Cloud has been charged and a warrant issued for his arrest. According to court records, 20-year-old Kevon Washingt...
Jun 29, 2021 Stearns County Jail