(St. Paul, MN)  --  Minnesota's unemployment rate is the same as last month. The state added more than 14-thousand jobs in February, as Minnesota's unemployment rate remains two-point-nine percent.

The risk of flooding is well above normal for the next few months. That's according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's updated spring flood outlook. It says there's a [...]

(Austin, MN)  -  An Austin woman will spend approximately nine years in prison in connection to two overdose deaths.  Yashica Shenay Thomas faced third degree murder charges for allegedly selling [...]

(Morrison County, MN)  -  A Morrison County man is accused of stealing from the Bowlus Fire Department's charitable gambling funds.  Seventy-four-year-old Arnold Benusa is accused of taking large amounts of [...]

Mankato-A portion of Civic Center Plaza will be temporarily closed from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13, and Tuesday, March 14, for construction work on the Mayo [...]

Blue Earth County is hosting an open house on March 16, 2023 to obtain public feedback about the future of County Road 5 (Third Ave.)  The Mankato/North Mankato Area Planning [...]

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The Mankato YMCA will be hosting the “Biggest Youth Social Yet!” on March 18 th from 7pm – 9:30pm. The Youth Social is open to members and non-members who are [...]

The First Steps prenatal early intervention program has completed its 10th year of serving children and families in our region.   Led by a partnership between Blue Earth County, Greater Mankato [...]

Students at Mankato East High School are excited to announce that they will be tapping silver maple trees for wildlife ecology today and Friday in their school forest located on [...]