Category Archives: KNSI Local News
State Fair Officials: 'Great Minnesota Get-Back-Together' Set for Aug. 26th - Sept. 6th
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota State Fair is back. The fair was canceled last year amid COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and social distancing recommendations. But fair officials announced Friday the...
Jun 11, 2021 Photo by Gordon Wells on Unsplash
Teen Who Filmed George Floyd's Murder Receives Pulitzer Prize Recognition
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and recorded the police restraint and death of George Floyd, helping to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice, was on Friday...
Jun 11, 2021 AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Another Weather Record Set Thursday Amid Days Long Heatwave
(KNSI) - Another weather record was tied Thursday, June 10th, as the historic heatwave that has settled over Minnesota continues. The official high temperature hit 96 degrees, tying the old record set...
Jun 11, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud Professor, Mentor for Young Women is 2021's ATHENA Award Recipient
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud Technical and Community College administrator, dance professor and local leader is this year's Central Minnesota Community Foundation Women's Fund's ATHENA Award winner. Debra L. ...
Jun 11, 2021 Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Minnesota COVID Cases Remain Low as State Inches Closer to 3 Million Vaccinated
(KNSI) - Minnesota confirmed fewer than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 between Monday and Friday, showing that cases are still on the decline as more than half of the state's population has gotten vaccin...
Jun 11, 2021 Photo by Mat Napo on Unsplash
Fourth Person Arrested in Connection to June 3rd Homicide in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A fourth suspect has been taken into custody in connection to the shooting death of a woman whose body was found on the side of a road in St. Cloud last week. According to a press release fro...
Jun 11, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Child Dies in ATV Crash in Wright County
(KNSI) - A 12-year-old boy is dead after the ATV he was driving crashed near Monticello. The Wright County Sheriff's Office says deputies were dispatched to the scene on private property along 120th S...
Jun 11, 2021 Unsplash
Tech Experts Believe Cyberattacks are Part of Doing Business
(KNSI) - Cybersecurity issues that have damaged some U.S. industries are likely to continue. Hackers recently unleashed ransomware attacks on worldwide meat producer JBS Foods and oil pipeline company...
Jun 11, 2021 Pexels
Lemonade Concert and Art Fair Returns for 2021
(KNSI) - The ever-popular Lemonade Concert and Art Fair on the campus of St. Cloud State University is back for 2021. Organizers say the annual event, which was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 ...
Jun 11, 2021 Unsplash
Bean Bag Competition Will Support Local Tool For Schools Program
(KNSI) - The Central Minnesota Builders Association has a new event this month to raise funds for its Tools for Schools program. The CMBA has operated the Tools For Schools program for years and decid...
Jun 10, 2021 Submitted by CMBA