Category Archives: KNSI Local News
St. Cloud Hospital Ranks Among Best in the U.S.
(KNSI) - St. Cloud Hospital is being recognized as one of the best hospitals in the country on Newsweek's 2021 World's Best Hospitals list. "Newsweek", along with Statista, which is a global data mark...
Mar 05, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz
Minnesota Launches Permanent COVID-19 Vaccination Site at Roy Wilkins Auditorium
(KNSI) - The state is launching another COVID-19 community vaccination site, this time in St. Paul. The clinic at Roy Wilkins Auditorium is expected to dole out 5,850 doses of the vaccine to eligible ...
Mar 05, 2021 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to Minneapolis VA Hospital Director Patrick Kelly after over doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the hospital Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, Pool)
Minneapolis, Hennepin County Spending $1 Million on Security Ahead of Chauvin Trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials will spend at least $1 million to put up fences and other barricades ahead of the trial for the former officer charged with murder in the d...
Mar 05, 2021
Man Charged With Possession of Meth, Gun
(KNSI) - A Melrose man has been charged with possession of guns and drugs after police pull over a truck near Sauk Centre. According to the criminal complaint, a woman called the police on December 6t...
Mar 04, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Permit To Carry Classes Full In The St. Cloud Area As State Sets New Record of Carriers
(KNSI) - Permit to carry classes in the St. Cloud area have been filled for almost a year straight, and there's no sign of slowing down. Tactical Advantage in Waite Park co-owner Jason Falconer says t...
Mar 04, 2021 Unsplash
UPDATE: Bloomington Police Find Missing Man Dead
Update, 4 p.m. Friday: The Bloomington Police Department has canceled its missing person alert after authorities found 73-year-old David Shibata deceased Friday morning. The report does not detail whe...
Mar 04, 2021 Bloomington Police Department
Man Accused of Raping Teen During High School Basketball Game
(KNSI) - A 19-year-old is accused of raping a girl at knifepoint during a high school basketball game in St. Cloud. According to the criminal complaint, a 15-year-old girl reported to a therapist she ...
Mar 04, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Chauvin's Knee Was on Floyd's Neck For Nine Minutes, Prosecutors Say
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - As the trial approaches for a white Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, prosecutors are putting the time Derek Chauvin's knee was on the Bla...
Mar 04, 2021
Spring Turkey Hunting Permits Now on Sale
(KNSI) - Spring wild turkey hunting licenses are now on sale. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says licenses can be purchased online, over the phone by calling 888-665-4236 or at location...
Mar 04, 2021 Photo by Lewis Meyers on Unsplash
St. Cloud VA Medical Center Quickly Vaccinating Veterans and Staff Against COVID-19
(KNSI) - As more mass vaccination clinics start to pop up around the state, the St. Cloud VA Medical Center is ahead of the game. Public Affairs Officer Barry Venable tells KNSI's Bob Hughes their dri...
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