Category Archives: KNSI Local News
3M Releases Q4 Earnings Snapshot
ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ 3M Co. (MMM) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.39 billion. On a per-share basis, the St. Paul, Minnesota-based company said it had a profit of $2.38. The results su...
Jan 26, 2021 Pexels
Two Men Plead Guilty to Arson Charges After August Riots
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two men have pleaded guilty to federal arson charges in connection with fires that were set inside the Target corporate headquarters during unrest that followed rumors of a police s...
Jan 26, 2021 Pixabay
No Local COVID-19 Deaths Among Eight Reported Statewide Tuesday
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud area adds 61 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday with no newly reported deaths. Statewide, Minnesota sees 727 new cases and eight deaths. Stearns County adds the highest number of new...
Jan 26, 2021 Unsplash
Stearns County Sheriff Looking for a Missing Teenager
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a missing teenager. Deputies say 14-year-old Alexus Rayne Norberg left her home in St. Cloud on January 19th withou...
Jan 26, 2021 Stearns County Sheriff's Office
St. Cloud State University to Allow Family Members of Teams to Attend Games
(KNSI) - St. Cloud State University is making an update to its fan attendance policy. The athletics department says family members will be allowed to attend games for the winter sports season, startin...
Jan 26, 2021 Unsplash
Local Congresswoman Appointed to Three House Committees
(KNSI) - Minnesota's Seventh District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach has been appointed to serve on three committees within the U.S. House of Representatives. Fischbach has been appointed to serve o...
Jan 26, 2021 Unsplash
Walz to Focus on COVID-19 Recovery With Upcoming Budget
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Tim Walz will this week propose a two-year budget with a heavy focus on helping Minnesota recover from the impact of COVID-19. The governor's budget, which is expected to t...
Jan 26, 2021 AP Images
MyPillow CEO Permanently Banned from Twitter
UNDATED (AP) - Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell's account after he continually perpetuated the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. A Twit...
Jan 26, 2021 Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash
St. Cloud Man Arrested for Allegedly Selling Fake Heroin
(KNSI) - A 37-year-old St. Cloud man was arrested after allegedly selling fake heroin. The Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force used a confidential informant to buy 4.9 grams of heroin from T...
Jan 26, 2021 Stearns County Jail
Minnesota Identifies First Known Brazil P.1 Variant COVID-19 Case in United States
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health's Public Health Laboratory has found the first documented case of the Brazil P.1 SARS-CoV-2 variant in the United States. Like the B.1.1.7 variant first dis...
Jan 25, 2021