KEYC News Now Staff
Over the past year, Minnesota added nearly 20,000 payroll jobs — growing at twice the national rate.
A detour is in place while crews work to clear the scene.
Songs on the Lawn runs Thursday’s in June over the lunch hour from 11 to 1 p.m.at Civic Center Plaza in downtown Mankato.
Vance Boelter is accused of shooting and killing Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband in their Brooklyn Park home last year, as well as shooting State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in their Champlin home that same morning. Boelter was allegedly dressed as a police officer when he visited both lawmakers’ homes in the early morning hours of June 14, 2025.
The committee’s findings focus heavily on Feeding Our Future, a Minnesota nonprofit at the center of one of the largest pandemic-era fraud cases in U.S. history.
Ground-level ozone is expected to be high on Saturday and Sunday afternoon across much of Minnesota.
Police say investigators have identified additional persons of interest as they continue reviewing evidence, statements, and other information gathered during the investigation. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
A Waldorf native has been named as the new chief financial officer of the Mankato Clinic.
The Mankato Planning Commission has granted the permits needed to turn the Motel 6 off Highway 22 into affordable assisted living.
The City of Mankato says on Monday construction on Hiniker Parkway will begin.
Meet the latest, and final, Golden Apple Award winner for this school year, Dianne Johns with Franklin Elementary in Mankato!
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is launching the first phase of a brand new electronic licensing system on June 9.
Just after 11pm Saturday, May 23, North Mankato Police were called to the area of Pleasant View Drive and Willow Lane following reports of gunshots in the area.
Among the 15 people accused are two people from Blue Earth who run a pair of foster home locations.
Phase 2 Could Begin as Early as Monday on Belgrade Avenue.
The statewide enforcement and awareness campaign ran April 1 through April 30, with extra patrols looking for drivers on their phones.
According to AAA, the average price for a regular gallon of gas in Minnesota is $4.36 per gallon.
KEYC and our Gray sister stations in Rochester, Duluth and Fargo are hosting the top candidates in a Republican Primary Debate next Thursday.
The gift was made by Mankato-area donor Heidi Boyum through a donor-advised fund at the Mankato Area Foundation.
The 2026 game is part of a record nine international games scheduled across four continents, seven countries, and eight stadiums.
After 35 years, the Galli family passes the torch at a beloved Mankato institution
Tuesday’s high winds coupled with the dry conditions created the perfect recipe for enough blowing dust to impact visibility.
It may be mid-May but it’s never too early to think about Minnesota State University Men’s Hockey.
Dave Karge has announced his candidacy for Blue Earth County Commissioner, District 3 — a seat that will be open after current Commissioner Mark Piepho announced he will step down in November.
A school bus driver employed by New Prague Area Schools is accused of possessing child sexual abuse material.
An environmental advocacy group has dropped its lawsuit challenging a land-use study conducted by the City of North Mankato.
The agency says to expect conditions similar to what we dealt with in 2024.
As we head into the weekend, according to AAA, the average price for a regular gallon of gas in Minnesota is $4.19 per gallon.
He was also a color commentator for the Vikings Radio Network from 1993 to 1994 and again from 2001 to 2006.
In 2025, the organization opened the first-of-its-kind sober home for male Veterans in Winnebago, Minn.
A fundraiser for Rosalyn Rode and her family has been started following a domestic attack last weekend.
Police say the 52-year-old was shot and killed on Sunday by his girlfriend’s former boyfriend.
The contest’s winner will get an all-expenses-paid trip to Nashville to film a performance that will air on KEYC and all other Gray Media stations across the U.S.
The state unemployment rate in March held at 4.5%. The national rate edged down to 4.3%.
The increase means prices are up 21 cents in just the last week. That’s the largest weekly gain for gas prices since March.
After 29 years, the owners of Hooligan’s say in a Facebook post that they’ve made the difficult decision to close.
Mapleton Fire requested help from area fire departments and their tanker vehicles.
In a post on their Facebook page, the A & W in Mankato says they have closed.
Kingsbury, who was Fravel’s ex-girlfriend and mother of his children, disappeared in March 2023 after dropping her two children off at daycare in Winona
Court documents are giving more insight into what lead up to the shooting on Sunday.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will deliver his eighth and final State of the State address from the Minnesota House Chambers on Tuesday night.
The fire was reported around 4:00 Friday in a slough area on the south side of Lake Washington, northeast of the Mankato Municipal Airport.
Highway 22 between Mankato and St. Peter remains closed to through traffic for the final year of construction on the project.
Sheriff Brett Mason says crews were called around 2:40 Tuesday afternoon to a field on 368th Street in Sharon Township.
Avey Skillings was last seen Sunday night around 11 p.m. at her home in Garden City.
Authorities have determined Sayvon Brown was picked up by a truck in the area of Highway 22 and Adams Street in Mankato around 10 PM Sunday.
The project runs from just west of Range Street to Nicollet Avenue and is expected to last through July 31st
