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Man Charged With Murder After Fatal Overdose
(KNSI) - A 24-year-old Annandale man is charged with third-degree murder after he allegedly provided drugs to a man who later died from an apparent overdose. Police were called to a home in South Have...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 20, 2021 Stearns County Jail

COP House Holding Garden Club
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Community OutPost, better known as the COP House, is seeking donations for its gardening club. The St Cloud Police Department Community Engagement-Cop House Unit is seeking dona...
Jake Judd May 19, 2021 Pixabay

Man choked Woman, Threatened To Kill Her
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud man is accused of choking a woman and threatening to kill her. According to the criminal complaint, 37-year-old William Tell IV grabbed a woman around the neck and squeezed when s...
Jake Judd May 19, 2021 Stearns County Jail

Community Policing Agreement Signed by Activists, Stearns County Sheriff
(KNSI) - Around a dozen groups signed a community policing agreement with Stearns County to help protect the area's immigrant community. Fe y Justicia organizer Patty Keeling helped spearhead the agre...
Jake Judd May 19, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

Minnesota Focuses on Getting Families, Teens Vaccinated Against COVID-19
(KNSI) - The state of Minnesota is focusing on getting families with children vaccinated against COVID-19 in the near future as people age 12 and older got the green light to receive the Pfizer shot l...
Dene Dryden May 19, 2021 Photo by Spencer Davis on Unsplash

Man Accused of 'Body Slamming' Woman, Choking Her
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud man has been charged after allegedly body-slamming a woman and putting her in a chokehold. David Demetrius Tazewell is charged with felony domestic assault by strangulation and in...
Jake Judd May 19, 2021 Stearns County Jail

Six-Year-Old Shot in Minneapolis Has Died, Family Says
(KNSI) - A six-year-old girl who was shot while riding in a vehicle Monday night in Minneapolis has died. The family confirmed to multiple media outlets Wednesday that Aniya Allen had died of her inju...
Dene Dryden May 19, 2021 Aniya Allen's grandfather KG Wilson with family and Minneapolis Police Department Homicide Detective, Lieutenant Richard Zimmerman. Twitter livestream press conference.

President of St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce Named Executive of the Year by Peers
(KNSI) - The president of the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce has been given the title of Executive of the Year by the Mid-America Chamber Executives. The six-state organization made up of chamber ...
Dene Dryden May 19, 2021 St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce

Sheriff's Office To Enact Community Policing Agreement
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office is entering into a community policing agreement with multiple community organizations. A signing ceremony will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday in the Ste...
Jake Judd May 19, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

American Pickers to Return to St. Cloud
(KNSI) - The popular History Channel docu-series American Pickers is coming back to St. Cloud. The series follows people known as pickers as they search for valuable antiques. American Pickers is look...
Jennifer Lewerenz May 19, 2021 Submitted Photo