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Two Arrested After Drugs Found in Kandiyohi County Home
(KNSI) - Two people were arrested, and two children are OK after the CEE-VI Drug Task Force and the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office executed a narcotics search warrant at a home in Pennock. Accordin...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 12, 2021 Unsplash

Minnesota Reports Just Under 2,000 New COVID-19 Cases, 2 Deaths Monday
(KNSI) - There are 1,994 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Minnesota Department of Health on Monday, including 199 cases across the five-county St. Cloud area. The state also reports two new deaths f...
Dene Dryden Apr 12, 2021 Unsplash

One Person Dead After Crash in Monticello
(KNSI) - The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Monticello. Crash investigators say a bicyclist was hit at Highway 25 and Interstate 94 about 7:45 Monday morning. A Peterbilt sem...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 12, 2021 Unsplash
Severe Weather Awareness Week Begins in Minnesota
(KNSI) - Monday marks the start of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota, a time to "refresh, remind and educate everyone about the seasonal threats from severe weather," says the state Departmen...
Dene Dryden Apr 12, 2021

Two Million Vaccines Administered to Minnesota Adults
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota hit the 2 million mark for people who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the state's Department of Health reported Sunday. "Getting vaccinated will all...
Associated Press Apr 12, 2021 Unsplash

Third Man Accused of Killing Man at Red Carpet in St. Cloud To Appear in Court
(KNSI) - A third man accused of stabbing a man to death at a St. Cloud nightclub will be in court Monday. Bryant Jerome Stephenson has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder for his alle...
Jake Judd Apr 11, 2021 Stearns County Jail

St. Cloud State Falls in NCAA Championship
(KNSI) - St. Cloud State University lost in the NCAA National Championship game to the University of Massachusetts on Saturday night. UMass dominated the game, scoring early and often to a 5-0 win. 20...
Jake Judd Apr 10, 2021 NCAA Ice Hockey/Twitter

St. Cloud Company Launches Program For Small Businesses
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Financial Credit Union has launched a program to help set up payment technology for small businesses. The program will offer credit union members mobile and contactless payment solu...
Jake Judd Apr 09, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI News)

Then and Now: Coborn's Celebrating 100 Years in Business
(KNSI) - St. Cloud-based Coborn's, Incorporated is celebrating the company's 100th year in business in 2021. Chester Coborn started the company, and his two sons also got involved. Duke Coborn had six...
Jennifer Lewerenz Apr 09, 2021 Coborn's, Incorporated

Emmer Co-Authors Letter to Biden Concerning Capital Gains Tax Increase's Impact on Farmers
(KNSI) - Minnesota's Sixth District Congressman Tom Emmer and three other U.S. Representatives have sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to reconsider the proposed capital gains tax increas...
Dene Dryden Apr 09, 2021 U.S. House of Representatives