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School Bus Fire Blamed on Engine Block Heater
(KNSI) - A fire inside the engine compartment of a school bus was likely started by an engine block heater. The St. Cloud Fire Department was called to the fire at Athlos Academy about 3:45 p.m. Monda...
Jennifer Lewerenz Feb 16, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
What to Know About COVID-19 Stimulus Checks, Federal Unemployment When Filing Your 2020 Taxes
(KNSI) - Tax Day is less than two months away, and many in 2020 experienced a financially difficult or otherwise financially different year. How do stimulus checks and boosted unemployment payments fa...
Dene Dryden Feb 16, 2021

Cathedral Education Foundation Awards Over $500,000 in Grants and Scholarships
(KNSI) - The Cathedral High School Education Foundation is awarding more than $500,000 in financial needs-based scholarships and grants to provide tuition assistance to families and other programming ...
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Report: Doctors Who Say No to Opioid Users Face Threats
UNDATED (AP) - One patient threatened to shoot Dr. Terry Hunt if physical therapy didn't relieve his pain as effectively as opioids did. Another harassed his staff, then roamed a hospital searching fo...
Jennifer Lewerenz Feb 15, 2021 Unsplash

Proper Mask Wearing Urged to Keep COVID Numbers Down
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota health officials urged this week that people wear masks - and wear them properly - as the state reported an additional seven COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday and 964 ne...
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Moment of Silence to Be Held for Victims of Buffalo Clinic Shooting
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - A moment of silence will be held on Tuesday to mark one week since a Minnesota man walked into a health clinic northwest of Minneapolis and opened fire, killing one staff member ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Feb 15, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

18 Year Old Under Arrest After Alleged Domestic Assault
(KNSI) - An 18-year-old is suspected of strangling and punching a juvenile female early Friday morning. Police say they were called to a home about 1:30 on a report of a domestic assault. A juvenile a...
Jennifer Lewerenz Feb 15, 2021 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
St. Cloud Area Adds 41 COVID-19 Cases as State Nears 1 Million Vaccine Doses Administered
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports 611 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths Monday. Around St. Cloud, there are 41 new cases. Morrison County reports none. Benton County reports six case...
Dene Dryden Feb 15, 2021

Minneapolis Police to Spend $6.4 Million on Officer Recruitment
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis is planning to spend $6.4 million to hire dozens of police officers, at a time when some City Council members and activist groups have been advocating to replace the pol...
Associated Press Feb 15, 2021 Photo by Matt Popovich on Unsplash

Two Arrested After a Traffic Stop
(KNSI) - Two people are under arrest after a traffic stop Saturday morning yielded suspected methamphetamine. The Becker Police Department says an officer stopped a car for speeding about 1:15 on High...
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