Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Minnesota Refines Future COVID Vaccine Eligibility Groups, Touts Success in Long-Term Care Facilities
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health has refined its COVID-19 vaccine eligibility timeline for the spring and summer, grouping populations into the phases and tiers that were laid out at the on...
Mar 02, 2021 Pexels
The Ledge Hopeful For Summer Opening
(KNSI) - Officials are hopeful they can use The Ledge Amphitheater this summer, but more restrictions need to be lifted first. Waite Park City Administrator Shaunna Johnson gave the city council an up...
Mar 02, 2021 Jake Judd
Klobuchar Introduces Bill to Close 'Boyfriend Loophole' for Stalkers, Domestic Abusers
(KNSI) - A Minnesota senator is reintroducing a bill that would prevent people who have abused dating partners from possessing or buying firearms by closing the "boyfriend loophole." Sen. Amy Klobucha...
Mar 02, 2021 Unsplash
Amount of Help for Heating Costs Doubles Following February's Arctic Blast
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Commerce says it is increasing the amount of help available for people struggling to pay heating costs. Following the arctic blast that slammed much of the country...
Mar 02, 2021 Leighton Broadcasting
Walk In Service for License Tab Renewal Now Available at Both Stearns County Service Centers
(KNSI) - Officials with Stearns County say walk-in services are now available for license tab renewals at both license centers. Walk-in services were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year. ...
Mar 02, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Minnesota Confirms 443 New COVID-19 Cases, 4 Deaths Across State Tuesday
(KNSI) - Four more Minnesotans have died from COVID-19, according to the Minnesota Department of Health's Tuesday situation update. There are also 443 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases around the state, ...
Mar 02, 2021 Unsplash
Two Suffer Minor Injuries After Two Gas Trucks Crash in Stearns County
(KNSI) - Two people suffered only minor injuries after two gas trucks crashed in Eden Lake Township Monday afternoon. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says they were called to the crash near the in...
Mar 02, 2021
General Mills Announces Neighborhood to Nation People's Choice Winner
(KNSI) - General Mills has announced the winner of its 2020 Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest People's Choice Award. Two central Minnesota restaurants - Coyote Moon Grille in St. Cloud and Madigan...
Mar 02, 2021 General Mills
Second Arrest Made in Meeker County Homicide
(KNSI) - The Meeker County Sheriff's Office says a second man is under arrest in connection to a fatal shooting Friday night. Hutchinson police and the Crow River SWAT Team arrested a 23-year-old man ...
Mar 02, 2021 Unsplash
Minnesota Waiting on 45,000 Doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - More than 45,000 doses of the newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should arrive in Minnesota this week, state health officials said Monday. Minnesota Department of...
Mar 02, 2021 Unsplash