Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Xcel to Build Solar Energy Project Near Sherco Plant
(KNSI) - Xcel Energy is preparing to build the largest solar energy project in Minnesota near Becker's Sherco coal plant. The $575 million, 460-megawatt Sherco Solar project will be built between 2022...
Apr 13, 2021 Photo by Science in HD on Unsplash
State Patrol Releases Name of Man Killed in Crash Monday Morning
(KNSI) - The Minnesota State Patrol has identified the man killed in an accident in Monticello Monday. Crash investigators say 71-year-old Gordon Duane Anderson of Monticello was riding his bike in th...
Apr 13, 2021 Unsplash
MDH Reports COVID-19 Outbreak at South Dakota Youth Wrestling Tournament
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota health officials are urging those who attended a recent youth wrestling tournament in South Dakota to get tested for COVID-19 after a number of wrestlers contracted the co...
Apr 13, 2021 Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
Dozens Arrested After Second Night of Violent Protests
(KNSI) - Police and protesters clashed for the second night in a row as tensions flared following the fatal officer-involved shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center Sunday afternoon. About 40 arr...
Apr 13, 2021 John Minchillo/AP
Brooklyn Center Officer involved in Fatal Shooting Identified
(KNSI) - The officer involved in the shooting death of a 20-year-old man in Brooklyn Center has been identified. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) says Of...
Apr 12, 2021 Brooklyn Center Police Department
Veterans Week of Advocacy in Minnesota
(KNSI) - This week is the first Veterans Week of Advocacy held in Minnesota. Essentially it's an expansion of the previous Veterans Day on the Hill event. This year's inaugural event will be done virt...
Apr 12, 2021 MN DAV/Facebook
Bill Would Make Small Towns More Transparent When Disciplining Department Heads
(KNSI) - A Central Minnesota State Senator has proposed a law that would force small cities to be transparent when disciplining a police chief, department head, or other public officials. Minnesota st...
Apr 12, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
St. Cloud Lawmaker, Lt. Governor to Hold Virtual Listening Session
(KNSI) - Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor will join a local lawmaker in a virtual listening session focused on its budget. You can voice your thoughts on how Minnesota spends taxpayer's money to St. Cl...
Apr 12, 2021 Dan Wolgamott/Facebook
Curfew Set, Law Enforcement Presence Ramps Up in Twin Cities Metro After Sunday's Fatal Police Shooting, Rioting
(KNSI) - A curfew for several cities and the counties of Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin and Ramsey goes into effect at 7 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday after state leaders and law enforcement officials she...
Apr 12, 2021 Gov. Tim Walz speaks at an Operation Safety Net conference on Monday, April 12th, 2021 on the fatal shooting of a Brooklyn Center man by a police officer, the following protests and riots and a wide-sweeping curfew for the Twin Cities metro Monday night.
Family of Man Shot Hires Famous Civil Rights Attorney
(KNSI) - A famous civil rights attorney represents the family of a young man shot and killed by police in a Twin Cities suburb. Lawyer Ben Crump is representing the family of Daunte Wright. The 20-yea...
Apr 12, 2021 Ben Crump/Twitter