Category Archives: KNSI Local News
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)
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Tours St. Cloud VA
(KNSI) - The Veterans Affairs Health Care System in St. Cloud had a visitor from the President's Cabinet. The St. Cloud VA was his first stop in Minnesota. United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs ...
May 20, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Detours to be Posted Monday as Division Street Construction Work Continues
(KNSI) - Detours will be posted Monday in St. Cloud and Waite Park as construction continues on Division Street. The Stearns County Highway Department says drivers traveling northbound on 6th Avenue S...
May 20, 2021 Unsplash
Foster Grandparent Program Partners with BBBS of Central Minnesota
(KNSI) - Catholic Charities has started a partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota to help extend the reach of its Foster Grandparent program. Area supervisor Sara Heurung says p...
May 20, 2021 Unsplash
Former Minnesota Congressman Out as University of Colorado President
(KNSI) - Former Minnesota Sixth District Congressman Mark Kennedy is out as University of Colorado President. The school's Board of Regents voted Wednesday 6-3 against allowing Kennedy to serve out th...
May 20, 2021 United States Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Half of Minnesotans Have Received COVID-19 Vaccine, MDH Data Shows
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health's data says that as of Tuesday, 50 percent of the state's population is now vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose. So far, 2,780,666 Minnesotan...
May 20, 2021 Photo by CDC on Unsplash
Federal Trade Commission Sues Frontier Communications Over Slow Internet Speeds
UNDATED (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission and six states are suing Frontier Communications for not delivering the internet speeds it promised customers and charging them for better, more expensive s...
May 20, 2021 Unsplash
Smith, Craig Introduce Bills to Boost Workforce Participation Training, Career Exploration in Schools
(KNSI) - Two Minnesota legislators have introduced companion bills that aim to expand workforce training in high schools, technical colleges and community colleges. Sen. Tina Smith and Rep. Angie Crai...
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Minnesota Under a Marginal Risk for Severe Weather Thursday
(KNSI) - Following a wild night of weather Wednesday night in southern Minnesota, round two could come later Thursday. As a warm, humid air mass moved in, it set off thunderstorms that spawned a few t...
May 20, 2021 Steven Coursolle/KNSI News
CBS/SJU Chief Information Officer Finalist for Vice Chancellor for IT Role at State College System
(KNSI) - The Chief Information Officer for the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University is a finalist for Minnesota State Vice Chancellor for Information Technology. Casey Gordon has served a...
May 20, 2021 Submitted Photo