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Sibley County Building Maintenance employees Mark Niebuhr and Russ Kral received Outstanding Service Awards during the Sibley County Board of Commissioners meeting Oct. 27, recognizing their work assisting the Court Administration office with the installation of a new fireproof safe. The two employees were nominated by Court Administrator employee Stacie...
After a wildly successful inaugural season in 2026, here's a look at all of the scheduled shows announced for 2027 at the outdoor venue.
Minnesota’s Bakers Square count was cut in half overnight. Here’s what happened, where the last Bakers Square remains, and how you can still grab a slice of that famous pie throughout the state.
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - According to an announcement on social media from CBC Fisher Group, the former Sears building in Mankato is set to take on a new life. A local developer has reportedly purchased the property, with plans to transform it into a recreation district, including a go-kart track.
A federal jury in Minnesota has convicted a man for producing what prosecutors described as sadistic videos of animal cruelty.
A homemade replica locomotive called Steemer still appears in local parades to promote this outdoor market. It was built back in 1971 to promote the place in parades. Somehow, it’s still going. The train is only the warm-up act. On a typical Saturday, 150 to 200 sellers spread across...
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Mankato Area Public Schools is preparing changes to the middle and high school experience, and Central High School Principal Marti Sievek is taking on a temporary assignment to help lead the work. Superintendent Paul Peterson discussed the secondary redesign, school board representation and traffic safety near...
Election results may change who’s making decisions, but the priorities for Minnesota agriculture remain. Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation Vice President Carolyn Olson says the organization is ready to work with newly elected and returning lawmakers. “Whether you lean left or lean right, you’re going to be excited or you’re going to be disappointed,” said Olson. “Farm Bureau is a nonpartisan organization and I think that is one of our strengths as well.” Building relationships at the Capitol is only part of the job. “Putting a face on an issue is one of the best things we can do.” MFBF is hosting its annual meeting, starting Thursday in Minnetonka.
More than 500 feet of painted animals now line Mounds Boulevard on St. Paul’s East Side, in “The Procession of St. Paul.” The mural points toward Wakaŋ Tipi, a 27-acre site formerly known as the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, and brings the neighborhood’s present-day communities into a landscape with centuries of Dakota history.
The average household with a water softener uses an estimated 25 pounds of salt per month, according to the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, the magazine of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. That adds up to about 300 pounds a year. Much of it ends up in local wastewater, and some of that is avoidable. Here is how to size, set and run a softener so it does the job on less salt.
Overview: Minnesota policy and healthcare news is led by the federal government’s permanent denial of roughly $113 million in Medicaid reimbursements, the opening of a new Department of Homeland Security detention facility in Appleton, and Attorney General Keith Ellison’s commitment to ongoing federal legal battles ahead of Governor-elect Amy Klobuchar taking office.
First Avenue has closed the Palace Pub, a restaurant next to the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Minn.
The Minnesota Yacht Club music festival is returning to St. Paul in 2027. It'll take place over three days in July.
A proposed high-voltage transmission line drew strong opposition during a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission hearing in Sherburn Thursday. The PowerOn Midwest project would bring a 765-thousand-kilo-volt transmission line from South Dakota across southern Minnesota, including Martin County, before ending in Dakota County. The project must receive a state Certificate of Need before moving forward. Representatives from Great River Energy say the line is needed to maintain electric reliability as power consumption is expected to increase by about 25-percent over the next 20 years. However, all 24 people who spoke during Thursday’s hearing opposed the project. Concerns included the impact on farmland, whether the line is actually needed, and the possibility it could attract large data centers to the region. Martin County Commissioner Richard Koons questioned the project’s benefits to southern Minnesota, saying local counties are losing population and the electricity would largely pass through the area rather than serve local needs. Another speaker, retired Xcel Energy employee Kent Scholl, argued that a smaller transmission project could meet near-term reliability needs with less disruption. Administrative Law Judge Joseph Meyer will issue a report with recommendations by February 15th. The Public Utilities Commission is expected to make a decision on the Certificate of Need around March or April of 2027. Comments can be submitted to the email consumer.puc@state.mn.us, mailed to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, 121 7th Place East, Suite #350, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55101, or faxed to 651-297-7073. The written form to fill out can be found at https://mn.gov/puc/get-involved/public-comments/.
Minnesota policymakers settled on an unorthodox tiebreaker in its deadlocked mayoral race: drawing a name from a bag. Incumbent mayor Robert Nelson and challenger Halyn Roth each received 1,201 votes in the November election, prompting the state law to draw lots to declare a winner. The tiebreaker method may sound...
WalletHub has released a study ranking 399 U.S. cities by how good they are for sports, and the Twin Cities did surprisingly well.
South Washington County Schools could cut $13 million from its budget, with staff losses possible but no school closures planned.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a contract to Brennan Marine, out of La Crosse, Wisconsin, to move dredged river sand near Wabasha. The St. Paul District awarded a $9.1 million contract to Brennan Marine Sept. 29, to move 325,000 cubic yards of sand from the Corps’ Grand Encampment site to a permanent upland placement area near the Zumbro River Flats area, located south of Wabasha.
