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Police in St. Cloud Investigating a Friday Night Shooting
(KNSI) - An investigation is underway after a 25-year-old woman was shot Friday. Police say they were called to the St. Cloud Hospital after a woman showed up with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound...
Jennifer Lewerenz Feb 06, 2021 KNSI News

2 Minnesota Nurses Chosen For Free Tickets To Super Bowl
This story was originally published on Feb. 5, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two nurses who work in Minneapolis-area hospitals will be among the thousands of vaccinated health care workers at the Su...
Minnesota Sports News & Coverage from WCCO, CBS MN – WCCO | CBS Minnesota Feb 05, 2021

Truck Catches Fire on Pearl Lake
(KNSI) - The Kimball Fire Department responded to a truck fire 200 yards off of Pearl Lake's east shore Wednesday evening. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says it received multiple calls regarding...
Dene Dryden Feb 05, 2021 Stearns County Sheriff's Office

Walz Activates National Guard for Security Assistance Ahead of Chauvin's Trial
(KNSI) - Governor Tim Walz is activating the Minnesota National Guard to assist with public safety efforts surrounding the trials of the former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of Geor...
Dene Dryden Feb 05, 2021 Ian Hutchinson/Unsplash

Visits to Minnesota's Food Shelves Jump During Pandemic
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's food shelves saw a big jump in need in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic instability, according to an annual report released Friday. Hunger S...
Associated Press Feb 05, 2021 Photo by Calle Macarone on Unsplash

Highway 23 Eastbound in St. Cloud Closed Due to a Crash
(KNSI) - Emergency crews are on the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 23 in St. Cloud. Sources tell KNSI the crash happened around 12:30 at the intersection of Highway 23 and Lincoln Avenue ne...
Jennifer Lewerenz Feb 05, 2021 Facebook

Four St. Cloud Area COVID-19 Deaths Among 22 Reported Statewide Friday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health confirms 1,054 new COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths statewide today. This includes 87 new cases and four deaths in the St. Cloud area: two people in Stearns Cou...
Dene Dryden Feb 05, 2021 Unsplash

Waite Park Man Receives Felony Charge After Accidentally Firing Gun in Apartment
(KNSI) - A Waite Park man is charged with a felony after he called police saying he had accidentally fired a gun in his apartment. A Stearns County District Court criminal complaint says 23-year-old T...
Dene Dryden Feb 05, 2021 Stearns County Jail

St. Cloud Based Minnesota National Guard Soldiers to Deploy Monday
(KNSI) - Roughly 60 soldiers from B Company, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment based in St. Cloud will deploy Monday to Kuwait and Iraq for the next nine months in suppor...
Jennifer Lewerenz Feb 05, 2021 Minnesota National Guard

Alexandria Man Charged in Stearns County for Alleged Sex Trafficking
(KNSI) - Bail has been set at $400,000 for a man police say is suspected of sex trafficking. According to the criminal complaint, back in December, the Central Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force p...
Jennifer Lewerenz Feb 05, 2021 Stearns County Jail