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MANKATO – In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the Mankato Family YMCA is encouraging community members to join the conversation about mental health. Mental health is how we think, feel and act. At the Y, we recognize [...]

A single-engine plane crash occurred at the Mankato Regional Airport, 3030 North Airport Road, last night (Tuesday, May 3) at approximately 7:48 p.m. when the plane was approaching the runway. The pilot, a 78-year-old male, was the only individual in [...]

Jay Dulas is running for Waseca County Sheriff in this years' election "I am announcing that I am running for Waseca County Sheriff in this years’ election. He says: My 25-year career in law enforcement has been motivated by my [...]

(Kasota, MN)  --  The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office is announcing over one-thousand fentanyl pills have been found and seized.  The department says a drug task force found the pills in a storage locker Wednesday in Kasota just north of [...]

Brief update that the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office expanded the search area north of Eagle Lake today and did not locate Nyawuor Chuol or anything of interest.  The MN State Patrol helicopter assisted by searching wetland and slough areas [...]

It's Walk and Bike to School Day in Minnesota (WED). MnDOT's Dave Cowan says there are many benefits to walking or biking to school, including... "Creating safe routes to school, building a sense of community or school spirit and inspiring [...]

An E-12 education bill the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate passed Tuesday -- totaling 30 million dollars to beef up literacy programs in public schools -- could hardly be more different than House Democrats' plan to add three billion dollars to public [...]

The City of North Mankato will be observing “No Mow May,” an  initiative encouraging property owners to limit mowing grass for one month to promote habitats  for early season pollinators that emerge in the spring. The City Council approved a [...]