The North Mankato Farmer’s Market returned to South Central College today. This year marks the seventh year of the market, and the third partnering with the college.

Last Friday, A total of 42 people lost their homes in a fire that broke out at an apartment complex in Mankato.

The Giants will face-off against Pequot Lakes to open the Class AA softball tournament.

At 9 percent annually, Minnesota’s exports grew faster than those of the United States as a whole, which saw 7 percent annual growth.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has expanded the air quality alert for east central and southeastern Minnesota to include the North Shore and Duluth area. The alert is effective until 6 p.m. on Tuesday. The affected area includes the Twin Cities, Albert Lea, Rochester, Mankato, Hinckley, Duluth, Two Harbors, and the tribal nations of Prairie Island, Mille Lacs, Fond du Lac, and Grand Portage.

North Mankato Police Department says 16-year-old Colin Raberge of North Mankato has been found.

City officials had said earlier that the three missing men had “high probability of being home at the time of the collapse.”

A firefighter was injured while responding to a house fire in Albert Lea early Monday morning.

Pence, the nation’s 48th vice president, will formally launch his bid for the Republican nomination with a video and kickoff event in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Owatonna Police Department has arrested one person in connection to the homicide investigation of Sabrina Schnoor of Elysian.