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MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Xcel Energy is reporting an outage that could impact voters in Mankato, Good Thunder, and Lake Crystal. The outage was reportedly due to planned maintenance by crews, and Xcel Energy’s Outage Map says that crews estimate all power to be restored by 8 p.m. The...

After rainy, stormy weather on Saturday prompted postponement, the Windom Municipal Swimming Pool will hold its rescheduled Splash Bash event this evening, starting at 5 p.m. The event will feature several games and contests for participants in four age groups. Concessions will be available throughout the event and music will...

A Windom couple lost money to a con artist, recently, in a scam that involved a supposed social security number problem. The elderly couple received a call from a man who claimed to be with the government. The man reported that one of the couple’s social security numbers had been stolen and that it had been used illegally in seveal states. The couple was then instructed to purchase gift cards and to then provide the caller with the numbers from those cards.

Esther Windschitl age 75, of Comfrey, MN, died on August 7, 2022, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center, St. James. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye and will continue on Friday from 9:30 until 10:30 am at the church. There will be a parish prayer service at 4pm at the funeral home on Thursday.

A Granada man suffered injuries in an accident Monday afternoon in Mankato. Robert Eugene Kesselring, Junior, 55 was driving a 1967 Chevrolet pickup that collided with a 2015 Jeep Cherokee driven by Brian Eugene Crock, 49, of Mankato. The collision between the southbound vehicles happened at the intersection of Highway 22 and Adams Street at 5:19 P.M. Monday. Kesselring was transported to Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato with what were described in the Patrol Report as non-life threatening injuries. A passenger in the pickup, Robert Eugene Kesselring, Sr., 86, of Winnebago, had no apparent injury and Crock, the driver of the Jeep, was also uninjured in the incident.

(Fairmont, MN)--A Fairmont man has been charged in connection with a July hit-and-run accident. Officers were dispatched to the scene of a collision between a car and scooter Monday, July 18th at an intersection in Fairmont. The three wheeled scooter was found overturned by officers just before 4 pm, with a man who was bleeding from the back of his head. He was transported to a hospital.

Esther Windschitl age 75, of Comfrey, MN, died on August 7, 2022, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center, St. James. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye and will continue on Friday from 9:30 until 10:30 am at the church. There will be a parish prayer service at 4pm at the funeral home on Thursday. Funeral Service will be held at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs, Leavenworth, on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 10:30 am. The clergy will be Father Mark Steffl. Interment will be at Japanese Martyrs Catholic Cemetery in Leavenworth, MN.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation is asking for input on the Highway 4 construction project from Sherburn to St. James. Construction is expected to start in 2024 on the project -- which includes roadway, bridge and drainage improvements, along with resurfacing a 25-mile stretch. Two in-person...

61-Year old DeeAnn Lee (Ask / Nelson) Peterson of St. James, passed away on July 2, 2022 in St. James. The funeral will be on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the Augustana Lutheran Church in St. James. A private family burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral at the church on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Plenty of people caught the renovation bug during the pandemic. They spent their extra hours at home finishing their basements, retiling their outdated bathrooms or adorning their bedroom walls with a fresh coat of paint. The Winnebago Area Museum Board also caught the renovation bug. However, the project they chose...

A Fairmont man has been charged in a hit-and-run crash with a scooter than left a man with serious injuries. Ethan Taylor Meixell, 21, was charged Wednesday in Martin County Court with felony criminal vehicular operation for the July 18 incident. The crash happened at the intersection of Blue Earth Ave and Grant St in Fairmont.