Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Pedestrian Hit Near Upsala
(KNSI) - A woman was hit while walking in the road in Morrison County. The sheriff's office says 26-year-old Kelsie Olson was walking down the middle of 70th Street, about three miles north of Upsala,...
Mar 17, 2021 KNSI News
Mass Vaccination Site Opens in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - St. Cloud has been selected as the next Minnesota city to have a mass COVID-19 vaccination site. Medical staff will give 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine every Wednesday at the River's Edge...
Mar 17, 2021 Jake Judd (KNSI)
Governor's Trip to St. Cloud Canceled After Staff Member Tests Positive for COVID-19
(KNSI) - Governor Tim Walz's trip to the new COVID-19 vaccination site at the River's Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud Wednesday morning was abruptly canceled 15 minutes before he was scheduled to ...
Mar 17, 2021 AP Images
Man Sentenced in Fatal 2019 Red Carpet Nightclub Stabbing
(KNSI) - One of three men accused in the fatal stabbing of a man at the Red Carpet Nightclub has been sentenced. 29-year-old Lawrence Michael Johnson was convicted in October of one count of second-de...
Mar 17, 2021 Stearns County Jail
U of M Researchers Pinpoint Where Minnesota Can Implement Groundwater Conservation Measures
(KNSI) - New research from the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center has identified aquifers around the state that would be suitable for aquifer storage and recovery treatment. Seventy-five p...
Mar 17, 2021 Pixabay
State Relaxes Guidance for Visits at Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facilities
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health Wednesday says it is relaxing more visitor rules and allowing outings for residents in long-term care facilities. According to the MDH, the new guidance wil...
Mar 17, 2021 Unsplash
St. Cloud Area Adds 1 New COVID-19 Death, 100+ Cases Wednesday
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud area reports 106 new cases and one death from COVID-19 Wednesday. The newly reported death was a Wright County resident who was in their 70s. Benton County sees 12 new cases, Mo...
Mar 17, 2021 Unsplash
Minnesota Sees Slight COVID-19 Case Uptick with More Teens Testing Positive
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Health officials say teenagers are behind a slight increase in coronavirus activity in Minnesota. The state Department of Health reported 6,818 additional COVID-19 cases in the week...
Mar 17, 2021 Unsplash
Patients at Sauk Centre COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Receive Saline Injections by Accident
(KNSI) - Patients at a clinic in Sauk Centre who thought they were getting a COVID-19 vaccine accidentally received saline a injection instead. A statement from CentraCare says that a small number of ...
Mar 17, 2021 Unsplash
One Person Killed in Wrong Way Crash Wednesday Morning
UPDATE: 3:04 p.m. The Minnesota State Patrol has identified the victim as 78-year-old Bryan Theodore Withers, of Osakis. (KNSI) - One person is dead after a head-on crash on Interstate 94 Wednesday mo...
Mar 17, 2021 KNSI News