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Updated: Feb. 5, 2023 at 8:00 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
: February is the season of Valentine's Day
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 6:53 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
MN DNR says that aquatic ecosystems likely aren't getting enough oxygen
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:22 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Mankato is shaping up to have a busy winter and spring performing arts season.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:18 AM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
More than 50 teams total took part in what is a winter time tradition in southern Minnesota. The fourteenth annual Anthony Ford Pond Hockey Classic was held in North Mankato this weekend.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:35 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Future kitten fosters will be needed this spring at BENCHS
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:12 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Visit Mankato is preparing for the Governor’s Fishing Opener to be held in the area this May
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 6:07 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Minneopa State Park will host a candlelight walk/hike on Feb. 11
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 9:27 AM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
A local business partnered with an animal rescue organization Saturday for an animal adoption event
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 6:24 AM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Fairmont’s city council has voted to kick-start the town’s community center project.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 6:47 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
The Minnesota Ag Expo returns to Mankato this week
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
The Mankato Area Foundation is renovating the Emy Frentz Arts Guild building into a shared space for local non-profits
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 7:32 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
The Mankato Area United Way announced today it's reached its 2023 campaign goal
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:26 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
A school day in Janesville ended with a police presence and a lockdown.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 6:57 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
A surplus of snowfall has local farmers looking ahead at how that snow could affect the year's farming cycle.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 9:54 AM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
A local theater company reignites a production that COVID cancelled nearly three years ago
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 7:19 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Frequent winter weather leaves the need to always be prepared, and is particularly true for MNDoT.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 7:02 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
As winter weather rolls trough for the second week in a row, the storms affect everything from travel to business availability.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 5:45 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
A December 15 tornado is one for the history books and it's something a local town of 300 will never forget.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Minnesota released its 2023 budget outlook this morning.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 5:14 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Reid Oftedahl was injured while competing the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2022 at 8:22 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
The Madelia Fire Department officially moved into their newly constructed fire hall and city headquarters
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 10:03 AM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
The Next Generation Nursing Assistant Initiative program has since been extended through February of next year, due to the overwhelming success of the initial program, training over 1,300 CNAs.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 7:43 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that Mankato-North Mankato is the most employed area in the nation.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 4:25 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
With the weather getting colder and ground beginning to freeze, MNDoT is preparing to end the work on Highway 14 for the year.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 4:39 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
The Mankato Clinic is reporting an uptick in respiratory viruses and children, and fear that the problem may get worse before it gets better.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 3:29 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
A specialty soap store opened in Mankato this weekend.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 5:22 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Brewery Hill Farm in Le Sueur is just days away from opening their annual Christmas Tree harvest, and they say that despite an ongoing drought, they have a hopeful outlook for the season.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 10:05 AM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
The Mankato MakerSpace held its quarterly MakersMarket Sunday, inviting members of the public to start holiday shopping as well as explore the art community in their own backyard
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 9:57 AM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Celebrating its tenth year, the Holiday Craft and Vendor Show has aimed to bring together the community and kick off the holiday season.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:23 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Blue Earth County was one of the state's last counties to report election results last night.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:09 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Election Day has come and gone, and local sheriff's office winners are looking forward to what comes next.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 6:12 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Election Day has many local candidates looking back at how the year went and looking forward to the future
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 9:55 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
Madelia's fire hall has been in operation for over one hundred years, but with the construction of a new facility wrapping up, the department invited the community to say goodbye.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 12:56 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
For over twelve years, Chankaska Creek Ranch, Winery and Distillery have made a tradition of inviting non-hunters to join together in company and kick off the holiday season early.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 8:57 PM CST
|By Aaron Stuve
In May of this year, Bounce Town in Mankato announced that it would be closing its doors. Six months later those doors reopened, still in its original location, next to the River Hills Mall.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Hunters will be out deer hunting for the first time this weekend, and the Minnesota DNR wants hunters and non-hunters alike to be safe and aware of the ins and outs of the practice.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 9:56 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Vocational education is a growing part of public schools, and Fairmont is settling in to their newly opened facility.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 6:06 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Harvest season is coming to an end. and ag experts are saying that the painful year-long drought may have ended up helping farmers in at least one way.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2022 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
The event celebrates contemporary Halloween traditions, with local businesses and community members handing out candy for Trick-or-Treating, but the main events are more traditional.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Election Day is now less than two weeks away. And for many school districts, that means voters will decide schools' budgets for the next decade.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Drivers on Hwy 22 connecting Mankato and St. Peter will see two projects starting Oct. 31.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 10:47 AM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
The Furball Farm in Faribault has taken in and cared for hundreds of area stray cats over the past six years
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 2:33 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Since the 1980s, St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Mankato has hosted a fall festival each year as both a fundraiser and as a way to enjoy the fall season as a community.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 8:31 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
With just over two weeks until this year’s event, organizers say that they’ve learned a lot from last year’s trial, and this year’s celebration will be better than ever.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 7:40 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
For months, the City of Mankato has been gathering feedback about future plans for Jefferson Quarry.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 8:37 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Mankato community members celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day Monday.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 2:35 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
The newly opened PickleBarn played host Sunday to a pickleball tournament for a cause
Updated: Oct. 8, 2022 at 10:53 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Margaret's Pub was full of excitement as two former Minnesota Vikings players made a trip to Easton
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 9:19 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
Fall is here, leaves are falling, and the city of North Mankato is preparing for some fall cleaning.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 7:09 PM CDT
|By Aaron Stuve
VINE Faith in Action is preparing for its November Rake the Town event, and is in need of volunteers.
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