Lighted Holiday Parade in Owatonna

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Applications are being accepted by the City of Mankato for the city’s Neighborhood Engagement Grant Program. The pilot project is designed to provide small monetary grants to residents, neighborhood associations and community organizations. The money will go to support community-building events such as neighborhood block...

BLOOMING GROVE TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KEYC) - A two-car collision on Minnesota Highway 13 has left a man with life-threatening injuries. It happened Thursday in the early morning at around 3 a.m. near Blooming Grove Township. A vehicle driven by Sebastian Robert Schumacher. 28, of Waseca was heading northbound when it...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) -The Mankato East girls hockey team hosted Red Wing Saturday. Mankato East wins by a final of 8-1.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) - Members of the Agriculture Industry in Southern Minnesota are asked to take a survey on the state of ag. GreenSeam and Minnesota State University, Mankato have partnered to get a better understanding of the community. Survey facilitators say anyone directly or indirectly working near the...

A vehicle driven by Sebastian Robert Schumacher. 28, of Waseca collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Eric Allan Nelson, 35, also of Waseca. At 7 p.m., police responded to a driving complaint made against a vehicle operated by 46-year-old Jeffrey Pooley. Madelia Health to expand with new clinic in...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A free program that impacts the youth in the community, is in great need of volunteers who can mentor and guide. “Since COVID mental health has been a real big issue and I think you know, this is one way where you can make a serious change in a real positive influence in a child’s life who may not have that support system or not enough of a support system,” explained Allison Braswell, Recruitment Coordinator and Big Brother/Big Sister advocate.

The university’s Dental Education Program is offering free dental care to area children 18 years and younger on Feb. 2. A vehicle driven by Sebastian Robert Schumacher. 28, of Waseca collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Eric Allan Nelson, 35, also of Waseca.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Mankato West Scarlets girls hockey team earned their first win of the season with a 5-4 victory against Austin at home Saturday. The Scarlets will look for their second straight win Tuesday against Worthington/Fulda.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) -The St. Clair girls basketball team battled Waseca Saturday in a match-up between two of the top Coaches vs. Cancer hosts. Waseca goes on to win by a final of 53-38.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Mankato’s YMCA says the grant from the Otto Bremer Trust will help provide mentoring opportunities for youth and families in the Mankato area. It impacts schools, neighborhoods, workplace, and community. The Mentoring Program at the YMCA includes the Brother/Sister Program and school-based mentoring.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Over the last two years, the ongoing struggle to recruit and retain teachers has worsened throughout Minnesota. A recent state report shows that the teacher-shortage has reached about every school district across the state. “We’ve been talking about the teacher shortage for decades really, and you...

Applications are being accepted by the City of Mankato for the city’s Neighborhood Engagement Grant Program. The university’s Dental Education Program is offering free dental care to area children 18 years and younger on Feb. 2.

LAKE CRYSTAL, Minn. (KEYC) - The fourth-ranked Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial boys’ basketball program put up 107 points in its Valley Conference win over Nicollet on Thursday. The Knights were guided by junior Jack Brockmann and senior Zach Wells who each dropped 16 points in the 107-34 victory.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A programming note for you for Friday due to CBS sports coverage in the afternoon. Starting at 4:00, CBS Sports will begin coverage of the Farmer’s Insurance Open. This will re-empt our Friday episode of Kato Living. Golf Coverage is scheduled until 7:00 on CBS.

Maverick Insider: Hastings expects tough series at Ferris State (Part II) Maverick Insider: No. 14 MSU men's hockey on six-game win streak (Part I) Survey facilitators say anyone directly or indirectly working near the ag, food or natural resource industry can share their input. A graduate from Minnesota State University,...

Maverick Insider: MSU women's basketball returns home this weekend (Part III) Maverick Insider: Hastings expects tough series at Ferris State (Part II) Maverick Insider: No. 14 MSU men's hockey on six-game win streak (Part I) Survey facilitators say anyone directly or indirectly working near the ag, food or natural resource...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - This week’s edition of Maverick Insider features two in-depth interviews with Mike Hastings of the No. 14 Minnesota State men’s hockey program and Emilee Thiesse of the No. 17 MSU women’s basketball team. The MSU men’s hockey team (16-9-1) gears up for a...

Maverick Insider: MSU women's basketball returns home this weekend (Part III) Maverick Insider: Hastings expects tough series at Ferris State (Part II) Survey facilitators say anyone directly or indirectly working near the ag, food or natural resource industry can share their input. A graduate from Minnesota State University, Mankato, Lecy's...