Category Archives: KNSI Local News
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 ...
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...
May 21, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Minnesota AG's Office to Lead Prosecution Against Former Brooklyn Center Officer in Daunte Wright's Death
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Attorney General's Office is officially leading the prosecution against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter. Potter was charged in Washington County last month with...
May 21, 2021 AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool
St. Cloud Area Reports Three COVID-19 Deaths, 88 Cases Friday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports 690 new COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths across the state Friday. Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties recorded one death each in Friday's count; thos...
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Waite Park Legion Holding Auction After Closing Last Month
(KNSI) - Waite Park American Legion Post #428 is holding an online auction after shuttering its doors last month. The Legion has posted more than 295 items for sale. Everything must go from the signs ...
May 21, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz (KNSI News)
Avon Man Seriously Burned in a Workplace Accident Tuesday
(KNSI) - A 21-year-old Avon man was seriously injured Tuesday in a workplace accident. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says about 7:45 p.m., Peter Hagemann was working at The Landing Bar and Resta...
May 21, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Hiring Increases, Job Recovery Slows in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's jobs agency is trying to direct unemployed individuals to businesses that are having difficulty filling positions. Each week, the Minnesota Department of Employment ...
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Sherburne County to Get Nearly $19 Million in Funding From the American Rescue Plan Act
(KNSI) - Sherburne County is in line to get roughly $19 million in funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress in March to help with the public health and economic fallout ca...
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Man Accused of Assaulting a Woman Over a Cell Phone
(KNSI) - A Waite Park man is facing two counts of felony domestic assault after police say he assaulted a woman who picked him up from the hospital Sunday night. Police say the two were allegedly figh...
May 21, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Stearns History Museum Launches New WWII Exhibit in June
(KNSI) - The Stearns History Museum is getting ready to open its newly renovated main gallery next month with an exhibition on World War II. The Museum will allow people to experience life in the 1940...
May 20, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)