Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Minnesota Man Charged in Connection to U.S. Capitol Insurrection
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged a Minnesota man in connection with the U.S. Capitol siege. The U.S. attorney's office tweeted Friday that 31-year-old Jordan K. Stotts with trespass...
Mar 19, 2021 Phillip Roulain on Pixabay
Minnesota to Receive $81 Million from Tobacco Companies After Resolving Settlement Dispute
(KNSI) - On Tuesday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that the state will receive $81 million in back payments from two tobacco companies as required by a 1998 agreement. That tobacc...
Mar 19, 2021
St. John's University Releases Spectator Policy
(KNSI) - The athletics department at St. John's University is releasing a spectator policy for the 2021 spring and fall to spring sports. Masks will be required at all times, even outside, and social ...
Mar 19, 2021 Jbiasi at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Nearly 1 in 4 Minnesotans Vaccinated Against COVID-19 as State Confirms 1,449 New Cases Friday
(KNSI) - Minnesota confirms 1,449 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths Friday. There are no new COVID-19 deaths reported in the five-county St. Cloud area, but 173 more people have tested positive. B...
Mar 19, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
St. Cloud COP House Inspires Federal Bill
(KNSI) - A Minnesota congressman wants to take a program modeled after the St. Cloud Community OutPost nationwide. The St. Cloud COP House helps out with English language programs, back-to-school even...
Mar 19, 2021 Congressman Tom Emmer's Office
Judge: Chauvin's Trial Won't Be Moved, Delayed
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge said Friday he won't delay or move the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death over concerns that a $27 million settlement for Floyd's f...
Mar 19, 2021 Pool Court TV/Associated Press/Pool Photo from Video
St. Cloud Business Owner Hopeful For Future
(KNSI) - A year into the coronavirus pandemic and downtown St. Cloud business owners say they're optimistic about the future. KNSI News caught up with Jules' Bistro owner Donella Westphal who said the...
Mar 18, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
Passerby Stopped Wrong Way Semi After Driver Goes Unconscious
(KNSI) - A good samaritan stopped a semi that was going the wrong way down a busy St. Cloud road after the driver suffered a medical emergency and lost consciousness. Police say the semi was headed no...
Mar 18, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
Walz Creates Community Council to Address Racial Inequities in Minnesota
(KNSI) - On Thursday, Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order establishing the Governor's Community Council on Inclusion and Equity. The 15-person council will be led by Walz's chief inclusion officer...
Mar 18, 2021 Photo by Benjamin Child on Unsplash
Walz Releases Revised Two-Year Budget Proposal
(KNSI) - Gov. Tim Walz released his revised two-year budget for the state on Thursday after new projections show that the state will be working with a budget surplus, not a shortfall. In February, Min...
Mar 18, 2021 Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, Pool