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Our View: Highway 169 revisited plan looks like a winner
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (685+ words) Thumbs up to the coalition of community groups and government for the plan to establish Highway 169 coming into Mankato-North Mankato from the north as a more aesthetically pleasing gateway into the two cities. The $1.2 million effort will create green-scaping with…...
Snow emergency declared for downtown streets
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (154+ words) Mankato plow trucks clear snow from streets after a winter storm in a 2022. During a snow emergency set for 10 p.m. Thursday through 8 a.m. Friday, vehicles may be tolled if they are parked along some streets in the for downtown corridor. MANKATO " Mankato…...
Topping $200, snow tows take a financial toll
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (689+ words) Towed cars await their owners at the impound lot operated by Affordable Towing after a storm a few years ago. MANKATO" For owners of towed vehicles during the overnight snow emergency in Mankato, the cost of violating the rules will…...
Mankato declares snow emergency
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (156+ words) Mankato declares snow emergency'Mankato Free Press Key Oscar moments: Paul Thomas Anderson and Amy" Japan's cherry blossom season begins with first" After attacks on Iran's oil facilities, toxic b" MANKATO " A snow emergency is set to run for 12 hours beginning…...
North Kato lifts snow emergency
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (95+ words) North Kato lifts snow emergency'Mankato Free Press Japan's cherry blossom season begins with first" Key Oscar moments: Paul Thomas Anderson and Amy" After attacks on Iran's oil facilities, toxic b" NORTH MANKATO " City officials have lifted a snow emergency issued…...
North Mankato declares snow emergency
1+ week, 22+ min ago (150+ words) North Mankato declares snow emergency'Mankato Free Press US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome " France returns a sacred drum looted during the " A US military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, " Blizzard Warning from SAT 7:00 PM CDT until MON 4:00 AM CDT…...
In this Minnesota city, it's tradition to line up for ice cream even when it's 6 degrees
2+ week, 4+ day ago (734+ words) Jack Dura | Associated Press Koral Salisbury, left, and Ally Hoekstra eat ice cream treats Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Dairy Queen in Moorhead, Minn. Hold for story - Customers wait their turn to place their order Sunday, March 1, 2026, during the annual opening…...
Minnesota Legislature returns with tears, roses, remembrances of Hortman
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (712+ words) Ben Hovland | MPR New Roses are piled on Melissa Hortman's desk in the Minnesota House Chamber on the first day of the 2026 legislative session on Tuesday. Single roses appeared Tuesday on the desk of every Minnesota House member, some of…...
Takeaways from AP report on immigrant who says ICE officers beat him during Minnesota arrest
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (730+ words) Alberto Casta'eda Mondrag'n poses for a portrait at an apartment Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. He remembers being taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. Then came the emergency room and the intense pain…...
Astra, Como Zoo’s new polar bear, has arrived
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (635+ words) Courtesy Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium Astra the 4-year-old polar bear is a new member of Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. Como Park Zoo & Conservatory has a new resident. Astra, a four-year-old, 700-pound female polar bear, arrived Thursday night from…...