Category Archives: Outdoor News

MN DNR Fall Color Map Comes Out This Week
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will kick off the fall color season on Thursday with a virtual presentation. It will cover the different factors that affect the timing of when t...
Ashley Kolling Sep 06, 2023 Stearns County Parks Department

Air Quality Alert Issued for St. Cloud Wednesday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has extended an air quality alert to include the St. Cloud area. The Air Quality Index is expected to reach the orange or unhealthy for sensitive groups...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 06, 2023 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Record Heat to End Tuesday With Thunderstorms and an Air Quality Alert
(KNSI) - The National Weather Service says even with several runs of 90 degrees or more, summer 2023 for St. Cloud was only slightly above average for temperatures. The observed average temperature wa...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 05, 2023 Unsplash

Minnesota DNR's Walk In Access Program Opens Friday
(KNSI) - September 1st marks the opening of the Walk-In Access Program for public hunting on private land. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says hunters pay $3 for validation and access t...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 01, 2023 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Hot, Dry, Breezy Weather Leading to Elevated Fire Weather Conditions
(KNSI) - The hot, dry, and breezy weather that will settle over central Minnesota is leading to elevated fire weather conditions. Forecasters say the temps will be around 90 on Friday with relative hu...
Jennifer Lewerenz Sep 01, 2023 Unsplash

Minnesota regulators vote to proceed with environmental review of disputed carbon capture pipeline
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota regulators voted Thursday to proceed with an environmental review for part of a proposed but disputed pipeline network that would carry planet-warming carbon dioxide from ...
Associated Press Sep 01, 2023 AP Photo/Jack Dura

Visitor Reports Help Parks Maintenance Staff
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Parks Department says an online reporting tool has helped staff with timely maintenance in seven facilities so far this year. Some of the problems that have been identified...
Ashley Kolling Aug 28, 2023 Stearns County Parks Department

Starry Stonewort Discovered in Lake Near Annandale
(KNSI) - An invasive species has been confirmed in a popular area lake. Starry stonewort was found by a vegetation survey company in a cove on the east end of Clearwater Lake. It is contained to about...
Ashley Kolling Aug 28, 2023 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Man Killed by Bull in Rural Minnesota
(KNSI) - A person was killed after getting attacked by a bull near Parkers Prairie. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says first responders were called to a property in Effington Township around ...
Jake Judd Aug 28, 2023 Unsplash

St. Cloud Ties Record High Temperature Tuesday
(KNSI) - Tuesday's heat tied a record in St. Cloud as the mercury hit 97 degrees. The last time St. Cloud got that hot on August 22nd was in 1971. Records go back to 1894, even hotter than the Dust Bo...
Jennifer Lewerenz Aug 23, 2023 Unsplash