MN DOC Looking To Add Staff As Prison Assaults Continue
Brett Prescher2023-03-21T12:23:10+00:00(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Department of Corrections is looking to add officers as the number of prison guard assaults keeps rising. Commissioner Paul Schnell told 5 Eyewitness News [...]
MN House Passes Abortion Protections Bill
Brett Prescher2023-03-21T12:15:05+00:00(St. Paul, MN) -- The state House is advancing a bill that would provide legal protections for those targeted by another state for legal abortions performed in Minnesota. The Reproductive [...]
Temporary Closure of Civic Center Plaza Scheduled to Begin Tuesday, March 21
Radio Mankato2023-03-17T09:08:27+00:00A portion of Civic Center Plaza will be temporarily closed from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, for construction work on the Mayo Clinic Health System Event [...]
Interview With GMG’s Andy Wilke 3-17-23
Radio Mankato2023-03-17T08:58:03+00:00Listen by clicking here
Road closures and no travel advisories lifted at 9 a.m. today on I-90 and most state highways
Radio Mankato2023-03-17T08:40:36+00:00MANKATO, Minn. – (8:30 a.m.) The Minnesota Department of Transportation is lifting the road closures and no travel advisories from Interstate 90 and most state highways in southcentral and the southwest [...]
Bonding bill stalled at MN Legislature as Republicans demand tax cuts first, Democrats explore options
Radio Mankato2023-03-17T06:06:40+00:00A 1.5-billion-dollar bonding bill for state public works projects is at least stalled or possibly dead at the Minnesota Legislature after Senate Republicans, demanding tax cuts first, refused to provide [...]
Walz to sign free school breakfast/lunch bill
Radio Mankato2023-03-17T06:00:22+00:00Governor Tim Walz this afternoon (115pm) signs into law one of Democrats' top priorities for the 2023 session: free school breakfast and lunch for all Minnesota students, regardless of income. [...]
Childcare Providers Hold Out Hope For State Funding to Expand Programs
Radio Mankato2023-03-17T05:58:35+00:00For the first time in several years, childcare providers are holding out hope state lawmakers understand the importance of early childhood education. Earlier this year, Governor Tim Walz proposed a [...]
