Category Archives: KNSI Local News
Sauk Rapids-Rice Students Switching to In-Person, Hybrid Learning Models This Month
(KNSI) - Students in the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District will be returning to their classrooms later this month. All students are in distance learning through January 15th, but pre-K through fifth gr...
Jan 08, 2021
MDH Officials Optimistic but Cautious as State Loosens Restrictions, Continues Vaccinations
(KNSI) - According to the CDC, Minnesota has been allocated more than 378,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far. Amid worries that vaccine rollout in the state and nationwide is going too slowly, stat...
Jan 07, 2021 Kai Pilger / Unsplash
Minnesota Reports 44 COVID-19 Deaths, 2,000 New Cases Thursday
(KNSI) - Minnesota adds just more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday with 44 newly reported deaths. The death count includes one person from Sherburne County, two from Stearns County and two fr...
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District 742 Speeds Up Return to Classrooms
(KNSI) - Officials with St. Cloud Area School District 742 are speeding up their plan to return kids to the classroom. A press release from the district says the plans prioritize the youngest students...
Jan 07, 2021
Iowa Derecho May Affect Minnesota Commodity Prices
(KNSI) - Corn harvest is underway across the Midwest, and producers in Iowa are finding that more of their cornfields are unable to be harvested after a derecho struck the central region of the state ...
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Quarantined With an Abuser: Links, Resources, and Help
(KNSI) - With many Minnesotans already living paycheck to paycheck, the recent economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic can be adding fuel to what could already be a low simmering fire. Accordin...
Apr 03, 2020