Category Archives: KNSI Local News
State Caucuses Outline Police Accountability Measures After Fatal Police Shooting in Brooklyn Center
(KNSI) - Members of the Minnesota Legislature's People of Color and Indigenous Caucus and United Black Legislative Caucus on Tuesday are detailing actions that DFL legislators will propose to improve ...
Apr 13, 2021 Pixabay
State Vows To Prosecute Big Lake Man Accused of Killing Mom
(KNSI) - The Big Lake man accused of murdering his mother last summer has been found incompetent to stand trial, but that doesn't mean he won't get his day in court. 20-year-old Eric Jordahl was charg...
Apr 13, 2021 Big Lake Police Department
CentraCare to Pause Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine Administration on CDC's, MDH's Recommendation
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health is advising health care providers to pause their distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which is now under review by the Centers for Di...
Apr 13, 2021 Photo by CDC on Unsplash
On First Anniversary Of Mother’s Death, Karl-Anthony Towns To Sit Out Game Vs. Nets
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Karl-Anthony Towns is set to miss the Timberwolves’ rescheduled game against the Brooklyn Nets as he marks a year since his mother, Jacqueline Towns, died of COVID-19....
Apr 13, 2021
Two Dead After Head-On Crash in Foley Monday Evening
(KNSI) - Two people are dead after a two-vehicle head-on crash in Foley on Monday. The Minnesota State Patrol reports that just before 6:30 p.m., a 2014 Chrystler 200, driven by 20-year-old Amber Viol...
Apr 13, 2021 Pixabay
Rockville Man Dies at Birthday Party
(KNSI) - Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a 26-year-old Rockville man to die at a birthday party over the weekend. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says Saul Cano was at the Rock ...
Apr 13, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Two Local COVID Deaths Reported Tuesday as State Sees 1,367 New Cases
(KNSI) - Minnesota reports 1,367 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths on Tuesday. The death count includes one Stearns County resident and one Wright County resident who were both in their 60s. Acro...
Apr 13, 2021 Unsplash
Brooklyn Center Police Chief and Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting Resigns
(KNSI) - Both the Brooklyn Center Police Chief and the officer seen on bodycam video in a fatal shooting Sunday have resigned from the department. A letter made public Tuesday says she is tendering he...
Apr 13, 2021 Brooklyn Center Police Department
IRS Urges Everyone to File Taxes This Year
(KNSI) - COVID-19 upended almost everything in the last year - including taxes. Even if someone doesn't typically file, the IRS is urging everyone to do so for tax year 2020. Eric Smith of the IRS exp...
Apr 13, 2021 Unsplash
JoeTown Rocks Canceled, Again
(KNSI) - JoeTown Rocks has been canceled for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Former chair Rich Schwegel confirmed the cancelation of the summer festival in St. Joseph to KNSI Ne...
Apr 13, 2021 KNSI News