Twelve power and 12 glider students took flight in southern Minnesota this week with a passion for aviation.

Attorney General Keith Ellison will visit Mankato tomorrow as part of a listening tour.

The annual event honors cancer survivors, patients and caregivers, and raises money to fight cancer.

Scientists say Minnesota is one of the fastest-changing climates in the United States.

Looking to become the fourth state to end veteran homelessness, five out of Minnesota's 10 CoC's have ended veteran homelessness.

Jen Theneman joined KEYC News 12 This Midday to talk about the needs of Partners for Affordable Housing as they begin a new venture of opening a shelter in St. Peter.

About $250,000 remaining from a 2016 DNR Dam Safety contract will go to repair the deteriorating west retaining wall of the Rapidan Dam.

The first two new Toys R Us stores will open in Texas and the other in New Jersey.

The Department of Natural Resources says the West Nile virus may be causing an uptick in reports of dead loons.

A scammer posing as a priest has been asking members of a local church to make donations for people battling cancer.

A southern Minnesota native and top American diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was overrun by Iranian protesters in 1979 has died. He was originally from Butterfield, MN.

John Sandry with the Mankato Area Pickleball Association joined KEYC News 12 This Morning to talk about the group, and how the growing sport of pickleball works.

Mike Fischer, organizer of Play4ACure in Fairmont joined KEYC News 12 This Morning to talk about the event coming up August 9-11.

Governor Tim Walz will join River Valley Continuum of Care alongside other state agency leaders at the Minnesota Valley Action Council at 8:45 this morning.

30-year-old Buomkuoth Well now faces first-degree criminal sexual conduct in addition to the two original criminal sexual conduct and indecent exposure charges.

Researchers are testing a promising new method to treat the disease.

"It provides opportunities for people in our area to go do sports and all sorts of activities."

The University on the Prairie is a three-day learning event for area youth organized by Cottonwood County 4-H with the help of local support.

Nearly 100 students from seven area schools explored multiple career paths through hands-on learning for the career institute's third year.

Authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle that fled the scene of an accident in Nicollet.

A Minnesota man who admitted he hacked into state government databases in 2017 has been sentenced to five years of probation.

It didn’t fire when he pulled the trigger because the safety was engaged. The teacher and a guidance counselor grabbed the gun from him.

It was a collective community effort to ensure seven-year-old Gabe Wargelin’s wishes, indeed came true for his day.

The Nicollet County Historical Society needs help in getting ready for the grand reveal of the North Mankato History Display.

"Guys are swinging bats like they're capable of."

Owatonna is close to finalizing and breaking ground at a site for a 354,000 square foot distribution center.

If interested in volunteering, please meet at 144 North Street in Waldorf before 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, July 18.

Police Lt. Adam Schaefer says the bodies had been in the apartment, “for some time.”

Deputies were sent to the scene after someone called 911 around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday.

The locomotive began its voyage in Boone, Iowa and will be finishing up at the train depot in St. Paul.

Deputy Commissioners Chuck Johnson and Claire Wilson announced their resignations last week.

The Diocese of Crookston has reached a $5 million settlement with 15 people who were children when they were sexually abused by priests.

Patterson pleaded guilty in March to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.

Noor has been moved to an out-of-state prison for his own safety.

The Minnesota Wild have re-signed three restricted free agents.

Minnesota Vikings running back Roc Thomas has been suspended by the NFL without pay for three games.

Former Minnesota State Maverick Men's Hockey player Teddy Blueger signed a two-year extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Mankato Township road washed out due to rainy season.

The City of Eagle Lake warns drivers of a sinkhole that has formed near a storm sewer manhole.

Pam DeMarce joined KEYC News 12 This Midday to talk about the Blue Earth County Relay for Life events happening, Friday, July 19 at 6 p.m. at Sibley Park in Mankato.

Region Nine Development Commission is awarded a grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation.

There will be plenty of new attractions to take in at the Great Minnesota Get Together this year.

Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman says all visible traces of cancer have been removed from his lung during a seven-hour surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

Five new lawsuits have been filed more than two years after a natural gas explosion caused part of Minneapolis school building to collapse, killing two people and injuring nine others.

A 37-year-old man is arrested in Albert Lea after police say he entered his former workplace armed with a shotgun.

Tim Harbo with Welsh Heritage Farms of Lake Crystal joined KEYC News 12 This Morning to talk about the summer and fall attraction.

Andrew Jelken with the Greater Mankato Tennis Association joined KEYC News 12 This Morning to talk about the Riverbend Tennis Classic taking place July 19-21 in Mankato.

The American Water Works Association has awarded the city with a 2019 Exemplary Source Water Protection Award.

86% predict revenue growth or stability next year.

Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children's songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping on the patio of a city-owned rental banquet facility

Our own Ally Dudgeon even got in on the action.

A little different than most camps, Camp Invention allows children to solve problems related to science, technology, engineering and math with creativity and innovation.

Held on a Tuesday and Wednesday every year, the two-day celebration that nearly doubles the town's population for 48 hours is in its 67th year.

On the evening of July 15, members of the Indivisible group of St. Peter/Greater Mankato were notified via a letter from Congressman Jim Hagedorn that the staff in his Mankato district office will no longer be meeting with the group in-person.

Two concerns to not having enough rest stops include having tired drivers continue to drive and having drivers choose an unsafe location to rest.

The association asked the city for an estimated cost, which is between $350,000 to $500,000.

Mavericks picked fifth in CFAY Preseason Poll.

The Highway 99 detour at Cleveland will be in place until the completion of the project in October.