Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Wild’s Zach Parise Placed On NHL’s COVID Protocol List
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise will miss Wednesday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks after being placed on the NHL’s COVID Protocol Related Absence List. The ...
Mar 24, 2021
Prince's Ashes to be Displayed At Paisley Park
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Paisley Park officials are marking the fifth anniversary of Prince's death by offering fans free admission to pay their respects in the suburban Minnesota compound, where his ashes ...
Mar 24, 2021 Associated Press
Minnesota Cracking Down on Speeders After Alarming Number of Deaths
(KNSI) - Minnesota officials are in the middle of a statewide crackdown on speeding drivers, but some people aren't getting the message. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety started the extra enf...
Mar 24, 2021 Minnesota State Patrol/Twitter
Alleged Buffalo Health Clinic Shooter Called 911 During Attack, Records Show
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - A man charged with carrying out a mass shooting at a Minnesota health clinic last month allegedly called 911 during the attack and told the dispatcher he was the shooter and to s...
Mar 24, 2021 Wright County Jail
St. Cloud Area Adds 150 New COVID-19 Cases Wednesday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports 1,323 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths Wednesday. This includes 150 new cases in the five-county St. Cloud area. Stearns County records the most w...
Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud River's Edge Convention Center COVID-19 Testing Site Hours Changing
(KNSI) - The hours for the COVID-19 testing site at the River's Edge Convention Center are changing. As of today, the hours are Wednesdays through Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Weekend testing ...
Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash
Grass Fire Near Holdingford Under Investigation
(KNSI) - Investigators are looking into the cause of a second grass fire over the weekend in Stearns County. The Holdingford Fire Department was called at 2:21 a.m. on Sunday by a 21-year-old man who ...
Mar 24, 2021 Stearns County Sheriff's Office
Winstock 2021 Postponed to August
(KNSI) - The Winstock Music and Camping Festival is being postponed again. Originally set for June, organizers are moving the festival to August 20th and 21st. It was canceled last year due to the COV...
Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud Hosting Second Mass Vaccination Clinic Wednesday
(KNSI) - A mass vaccination site in St. Cloud will be inoculating another 1,000 people on Wednesday. The Moderna vaccine is being offered at the River's Edge Convention Center on Wednesdays from noon ...
Mar 24, 2021 Unsplash
Lawmaker Calls For Abortion Clinics To Be Licensed
(KNSI) - A Minnesota lawmaker has proposed a bill to license abortion clinics. The legislation would require abortion clinics to be licensed the same way as birthing facilities. Right now, abortion cl...
Mar 24, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News