Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Local Health Experts Point Out How Minnesota Can Better Prevent, Stop Tobacco Use
(KNSI) - Minnesota's tobacco control report card contains some passing and failing grades, according to the American Lung Association. In its State of Tobacco 2021 report, the ALA says Minnesota gets ...
Feb 03, 2021
Minnesota GOP Effort to Limit Walz's Emergency Powers on School Closures Gains Ground
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Republican proposal to strip Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of the emergency powers he used to close schools as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in Minnesota passed its first test in ...
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DFL Candidates, Groups Spent Double What GOP Did for Minnesota Senate Races
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Democrats outspent Republicans more than 2-to-1 in the battle for control of the Minnesota Legislature but came up short. Overall, Democratic candidates and outside groups spent...
Feb 03, 2021
Cold Weather Car Care Tips
(KNSI) - Central Minnesota is in line for an arctic blast these next few days, and a local car care expert has some ways to keep your vehicle running, so you aren't left out in the cold. Jesse Nelson,...
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Stearns County Resident Among 24 Reported Dead from COVID-19 in Minnesota Wednesday
(KNSI) - Minnesota confirms 669 new COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths Wednesday. The death count includes one person from Stearns County in their 90s. Across the St. Cloud area, there are 48 new cases. Ben...
Feb 03, 2021
Central Minnesota Community Foundation Executive Director to Retire
(KNSI) - The woman at the helm of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation says she is heading for retirement. Caryl Turnow has led the CMCF for the last five years, coming here from the Northwest M...
Feb 03, 2021 Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Coborn's, Inc. Wins 2020 Gold Plate Award for Kids Virtual Meal Prep Class
(KNSI) - St. Cloud-based Coborn's, Inc. has won an award for their creative promotion of family mealtime. Coborn's won the 2020 FMI Foundation's Gold Plate Award for their dietician led virtual cookin...
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Security Funding a Concern for Chauvin Trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's top law enforcement officials said Tuesday they are worried about arranging security for the trial of Derek Chauvin after Republicans balked at a proposal to have the st...
Feb 03, 2021
Request to Stop Line 3 Replacement Construction Denied by Appeals Court
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied a request by two American Indian tribes to shut down construction of a contentious crude oil pipeline project in northern Minnesota....
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Not Wearing a Face Mask on Public Transportation is Now a Federal Violation
(KNSI) - Officials with Metro Bus in St. Cloud say the new mandate for face masks on public transportation now makes it a federal violation to not wear a cloth or fabric mask on a bus or inside a Metr...
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