Construction of a new MnDOT District 7 truck station in Saint Peter is underway, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The new truck station will be located at 1250 [...]

Mankato Police officers responded to the 1300 block of Monks Avenue at 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, July 22 for a report of gunshots. Upon arriving, officers discovered numerous bullets in a [...]

On Monday July 20, 2026, at approximately 2:40 p.m. the Brown County Sheriff's Office, Hanska Fire and Alina Ambulance responded to a report of an adult woman who had been [...]

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) is currently accepting applications for its Small Town Grant program. Towns, or Native nations, with populations of 10,000 or less in SMIF’s 20-county region are [...]

Leisure Education for Exceptional People, Inc. (LEEP) will hold its tenth annual LEEP Legends softball fundraising event featuring a rematch between returning champion Wow!Zone/Victory Bowl versus Kia and Hyundai of [...]

Question:  I read in the newspaper about a person receiving tickets for no proof of insurance and no driver’s license in possession, what are the laws on these violations? Answer: [...]

Community members and businesses are invited to Greater Mankato Area United Way’s 2027 Campaign Kickoff & 95th Anniversary Celebration in Mankato from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, [...]

On July 18th, 2026 at 12:37 PM, the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a motorcycle crash on Scenic Byway Road, just south of the Faxon Road intersection, [...]

On July 17, 2026, at 6:55 p.m., the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office received a report of a missing 50-year-old female. Deputies responded to her last known location at the [...]

Around 1:30 a.m. this morning, a 47-year-old male pedestrian was struck by a Chevrolet Trailblazer as the vehicle was headed eastbound on Madison Avenue. The driver is a 53-year-old male [...]