Category Archives: Outdoor News
Local Senator Writes Bill to Require AEDs on Public Lands
(KNSI) - A bill introduced at the Capitol this week would fund the purchase and installation of Automated External Defibrillators in state parks, rest stops, and schools. Rockville area Senator Jeff H...
Mar 10, 2022 Minnesota Senate Republicans, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Ice Shelter Removal Deadline for St. Cloud Area is Monday
(KNSI) - It's the last weekend for ice fishing houses to be left on the lake overnight in the southern two-thirds of Minnesota, including the St. Cloud area. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Monday. Afte...
Mar 03, 2022 Pixabay
Snowmobile Safety Class Offered in Waite Park
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced a Snowmobile Safety Field Day in Waite Park. The safety class will take place at Quarry Park Saturday, March 5th from 8:00 to 10:00...
Feb 28, 2022 Unsplash
National Weather Service Releases Snow Totals from President's Day Storm
(KNSI) - The immediate St. Cloud area seems to have escaped the worst of the snow with this latest storm, but that's not the case for areas to the north. Forecast models released just ahead of the sno...
Feb 23, 2022 Unsplash
DNR Accepting No Child Left Inside Applications
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce another phase of the No Child Left Inside grant program. Public entities and nonprofit organizations that help children un...
Feb 03, 2022 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Snowmobile Found Burned and Abandoned on Little Rock Lake
(KNSI) - The Benton County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find out who left a snowmobile, torched almost beyond recognition, abandoned on Little Rock Lake. According to a press re...
Jan 26, 2022 Benton County Sheriff's Office
Court Offers Mixed Views on Water Permit for Minnesota Mine
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota appeals court on Monday issued a mixed opinion in a complicated case contesting one of the key permits that a St. Paul-based company needs to build what would be the...
Jan 25, 2022 AP Photo/Jim Mone, File
Wind Chill Advisories, Warnings Issued Monday Through Wednesday
(KNSI) - Dangerously cold windchills are returning to Minnesota starting Monday afternoon. The National Weather Service says the bone-chilling cold will begin to move in Monday afternoon and will stea...
Jan 24, 2022 Unsplash
Enbridge Says It Has Fixed Pierced Aquifer Near Oil Pipeline
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Enbridge Energy said it has stopped the flow of spilled artesian groundwater that began a year ago when workers installing the Line 3 oil pipeline in northwestern Minnesota puncture...
Jan 21, 2022 Image by David Mark from Pixabay
Lake George Warming Shelter Closed Due to Extreme Cold
(KNSI) - The City of St. Cloud says the Lake George warming shelter is closed Thursday due to extreme cold. According to a press release from the city, the warning shelter will reopen Friday at 4:00 p...
Jan 20, 2022 Unsplash