The Waseca community showed record energy and Bluejay pride on Saturday, November 22, as families, students, and supporters gathered for the annual Bluejay Blast – Presented by Katie Gonzales, State [...]

University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP) invites farmers across Greater Minnesota to apply for funding for on-farm climate adaptation and mitigation projects through RSDP’s Farmer Climate Action [...]

The Mankato Area Public Schools Mankato East Planetarium Production Club will present a NASA film that the students helped develop. The program will highlight what astronauts must consider during the [...]

DOWNTOWN SNOW EMERGENCY Begins: Monday, Dec. 1 at 10 p.m. Ends: Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 8 a.m. Downtown snow emergency map There is no parking on downtown Mankato streets during [...]

Blue Earth County is seeking nine members for openings on the new Recycling and Waste Reduction Advisory Committee. The Committee shall work to increase participation in, and provide education about, [...]

The Mankato Department of Public Safety has launched its annual fire-prevention campaign, “Keep the Wreath Bright, Prevent a Red Light,” running Thursday, Nov. 27, through Thursday, Jan. 1. A wreath [...]

The Blue Earth County Property & Environmental Resources department is helping to keep the holidays ‘green’ this season by offering free recycling of strands of holiday lights and reminding residents [...]

The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office is providing notice that the Onsolve CodeRED platform used for public alerting by our agency was the victim of a targeted cyber-attack in November. [...]

The detour for the Highway 22 Mankato to St. Peter project is expected to be lifted by 4 p.m. today, Nov. 24. Watch for limited traffic impacts as crews continue minor [...]

On November 22, 2025 the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a person who had exited a vehicle and then was struck by the vehicle. The incident [...]