Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Two Arrested in Litchfield Drug Bust
(KNSI) - Two people from Litchfield were arrested after a drug bust Wednesday. According to a press release from the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office, the CEE-VI Drug and Gang Task Force executed a s...
Apr 15, 2021 Unsplash
SJU Names Transitional President
(KNSI) - Saint John's University has named a transitional president. The Board of Trustees says Dr. James Mullen Jr. will take over the university starting on June 1st. His tenure as transitional pres...
Apr 15, 2021 Submitted by Saint John's University
Man Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting a Police Officer With a Hammer
(KNSI) - A Hutchinson police officer is out of the hospital after allegedly being attacked by a man with a hammer Wednesday. Hutchinson police responded to an alleged assault at the Menards store abou...
Apr 15, 2021 Pixabay
Mayor Sets Date, Location for 16th State of The City Address
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is getting ready to deliver his 16th State of the City Address. "It's May 4, at 12:30 p.m. at Lake George on the performing stage, weather permitting. Hopefully, it...
Apr 14, 2021
Paramount To Host Crowd For First Time Since Start of Pandemic
(KNSI) - After more than a year without an audience, the Paramount Center for the Performing Arts in St. Cloud will play to a live crowd. The Paramount Theatre will open on May 6th with the Fabulous A...
Apr 14, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
MN Extends COVID-19 State of Emergency for 13th Time
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota officials extended the peacetime emergency for another 30 days in order to boost the state's response to more infectious variants of the COVID-19 virus. The five Democrati...
Apr 14, 2021 Governor Walz's Office
Two Juveniles Charged With Stealing Car at Gunpoint
(KNSI) - Two juveniles from St. Cloud have been charged after allegedly pulling a gun on a woman in Big Lake and stealing her vehicle last week. The Sherburne County Attorney's Office says the juvenil...
Apr 14, 2021 Big Lake Police Department/Facebook
One Hurt in Three Vehicle Crash on I-94
(KNSI) - One person was hurt in a three-vehicle crash involving a semi on Interstate 94 near Monticello. The Minnesota State Patrol says the semi and two passenger cars were headed eastbound on I-94 w...
Apr 14, 2021 Unsplash
Willmar Man Arrested After Authorities Allegedly Find Synthetic Cannabinoids Worth $15K
(KNSI) - The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office arrested a Willmar man Wednesday morning after they say they found drugs and handgun ammunition in his vehicle. Authorities say a Department of Natural R...
Apr 14, 2021 Unsplash
Former Minnesota Cop Charged in Shooting of Black Motorist
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota prosecutor has charged a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright with second-degree manslau...
Apr 14, 2021 Hennepin County