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Gov. Tim Walz and MN DEED announced $5 million in loans will be distributed to 22 businesses. One of the businesses is Mankato-based AmeriStar Manufacturing. The second Minnesota Original Music Festival is coming to St. Peter, later this month. The event celebrates new and original music from Minnesota artists. KEYC...

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Gov. Tim Walz and MN DEED announced $5 million in loans will be distributed to 22 businesses. One of the businesses is Mankato-based AmeriStar Manufacturing. KEYC News Now’s Sofia Martinez joined the newscast, live, from the Mankato Civic Center Plaza, the venue for Songs on the Lawn. KEYC News...

Minnesota Original Music Festival coming to St. Peter

North Mankato, MN

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Fans of Chipotle only have to wait a few more days for the Mankato area’s newest location to open. The Chipotle Mexican Grill in North Mankato, located at 1721 Lor Ray Drive, will open next Tues., June 6. The restaurant will feature a Chipotlane, a drive-thru pickup lane that allows for pick up of digital orders without leaving your vehicle.

New North Mankato Chipotle opens Tuesday

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Saint Peter’s education equity and inclusion department started four years ago with two liaisons. It has grown to four with one coordinator. The interpreters and translators help to ensure that all students are successful. “The phone can start ringing from before seven am just for...

St. Peter’s Equity and Inclusion department ensures success of students

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Mankato Area Public Schools is preparing for its summer meal program. Kids aged 18 and younger can sit down at most school locations for a free meal from 11 to 12:30 starting June 12th. No registration is required and meals must be eaten on site. The...

Mankato Area Public Schools prepares for summer meal program

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Today is the first day of June and its first Thursday -- which means Mankato’s Songs on the Lawn kicks off for another year!. KEYC News Now’s Sofia Martinez joined the newscast live from the Mankato Civic Center Plaza. Songs on the Lawn runs...

LIVE: Songs on the Lawn with Sofia Martinez

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota Government puts more money forward to support small businesses across the state. Governor Tim Walz and the state Department of Employment and Economic Development announcing $5 million in loans will be distributed to 22 businesses. One of the businesses selected is Mankato-based AmeriStar...

Mankato business one of 22 receiving monetary support

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms likely throughout this week, weekend. Fleet Farm hosted Taps Across America for a third year with dozens of people in attendance. Gray Duck CrossFit’s Memorial Day challenge. Updated: May. 29, 2023 at 9:33 AM CDT. Every Memorial Day, fitness centers across the country...

Volunteers team up to pack summer food meals

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Minnesota State University, Mankato President Edward Inch announced that Minnesota Pork Board and Minnesota Pork Producers Association has pledged $300,000 over three years to establish the operational structure and advance the growth of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Center for Rural Behavioral Health at the University.

Minnesota Pork Board and Minnesota Pork Producers Association Pledges $300,000 to Minnesota State

Mayo Clinic Health System acquires a brand new aircraft. Mankato is the very first of the Mayo System to receive the new Helicopter. KEYC News Now This Morning Forecast Update 5-30-2023. Updated: 19 hours ago. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms likely throughout this week, weekend. Volunteers team up to...

Windom HyLife H-2-B Visa workers may be forced out of U.S.

Isolated to scattered storm chances likely throughout the remainder of the week and upcoming weekend. North Mankato man arrested for impersonating a police officer, assaulting officer. Updated: 13 hours ago. Corey Spiess, 26, was arrested after police say he pointed a gun at another person, resisted arrest, assaulted an officer...

Identification of theft suspect in North Mankato sought

Fleet Farm hosted Taps Across America for a third year with dozens of people in attendance. Across the nation to right here in Mankato, people stopped to remember our fallen troops. This Memorial Day people pause to remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this nation. Gray Duck...

KEYC News Now This Morning Forecast Update 5-30-2023

Every Memorial Day, fitness centers across the country honor those who have served and died by completing a physical challenge. They do a set of exercises to honor the life of a Navy Seal killed while serving in Afghanistan. Across the nation to right here in Mankato, people stopped to...

Fleet Farm’s Taps Across America

Isolated to scattered storm chances likely throughout the remainder of the week and upcoming weekend. In North Mankato, authorities are searching for a man suspected of stealing from vehicles at Caswell Park late Monday afternoon. North Mankato man arrested for impersonating a police officer, assaulting officer. Updated: 8 hours ago.

Injuries sustained in police pursuit

Rochester, MN

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Mayo Clinic Health System acquires a brand new aircraft. Mankato is the very first of the Mayo System to receive the new Helicopter. “We aren’t messing around with these things and time is what saves lives,” said Mayo Clinic Ambulance nurse, Heather Hilke. In...

Mayo Clinic Health System acquires a brand new aircraft

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The New Ulm softball team took out powerhouse Fairmont 1-0 in 11 innings on Tuesday at Caswell Park in the Section 2AA tournament. The victory advances the Eagles to the Section 2AA championship where they’ll battle Le Sueur-Henderson. The Cardinals finish the season 20-4 overall.

New Ulm wins 11-inning stalemate over Fairmont

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) -The Mankato West baseball team hosted St. Peter to open up the Section 2AAA tournament Wednesday afternoon. St. Peter wins by a final of 2-0. The Saints play at New Ulm’s Johnson Park on Saturday in the winner’s bracket at 11 in the morning while it’s win or go home for West from this point on in the tournament.

St. Peter tops West behind Guida’s complete game gem

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota State Patrol is asking for the public’s help locating a silver Ford Taurus station wagon involved in an incident that left a man seriously hurt. Just after 6 p.m. Monday, May 29, the Taurus wagon was traveling southbound on Highway 15 near Winthrop....

State Patrol in search of vehicle involved in an incident injuring a man

Albert Lea, MN

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Mankato East baseball team defeated Albert Lea 10-4 in the opening round of the Section 2AAA baseball tournament on Wednesday at Wolverton Field. The Cougars will play either Marshall or Jordan in the next round at 11 a.m. on Saturday in New Ulm.

Mankato East comes out hot in Section 2AAA tournament, 10-4 win over Albert Lea

Tomorrow kicks off the 20th year of Songs on the lawn in Mankato. Live bands perform in the Mankato Civic Center Plaza every Thursday in June. Tomorrow, City Mouse takes the stage. St. Peter advances in the winner's bracket in Section 2AAA tournament. North Mankato looks for input from community...

North Mankato man arrested for impersonating a police officer, assaulting officer

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating a stabbing and a chase after Mankato police used one of their vehicles to stop a suspect vehicle during a pursuit. At about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Mankato Department of Public Safety received...

BCA investigating following stabbing, chase in Mankato Tuesday

New Prague, MN

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The New Prague softball team took care of business with an 11-0 six-inning win over Mankato West in the Section 2AAA tournament on Tuesday. The Trojans will next face top-seeded Mankato East in the Section 2AAA championship. Mankato West finishes the season 17-6 overall.

New Prague advances to 2AAA title game, 11-0 shutout win over West

Sleepy Eye, MN

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Mankato Loyola/Immanuel Lutheran baseball team came out victorious over Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 2-1 in 8 innings on Tuesday at Wolverton Field. The Crusaders advance to the Section 2A quarterfinals with the win where they’ll face Sleepy Eye, while SESM falls to the elimination bracket.

Mankato Loyola wins nail biter over SESM in 2A tournament

Maverick Insider: MSU softball and their pitching crew (Part III) Minnesota State saw great success this season, especially on the pitching front. Maverick Insider: MSU baseball success with breakout star Jackson Hauge (Part I) Updated: 3 hours ago. A look back on the success of Minnesota State Baseball this season.

Maverick Insider: Maverick women's track dominates this year (Part II)

Ohio State

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) recognizes Minnesota State senior Brendan Furry as the conference’s 2022-23 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The award was voted on by the Faculty Athletics Representatives from each member institution. A native of Toledo, Ohio, Furry is a sports management major...

Brendan Furry named CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year

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Public tours at Lincoln Community Center

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Blue Earth County Historical Society and Mankato Area Public Schools are celebrating 100 years of Lincoln. The Historical Society...

Public tours at Lincoln Community Center

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