MANKATO — Unusually warm September temperatures and high humidity have prompted Mankato Area Public Schools to delay the kickoffs of tonight's football games at East and West high schools to 8 p.m. That's one hour later than originally scheduled. Gates wi... See more
MANKATO — For drivers of compact cars, filling a tank with 10 or 12 gallons of gas can hurt when the price approaches $4 a gallon. Owners of SUVs and full-size pickups feel the pain more acutely with tank capacities of two or three dozen gallons. Then the... See more
MANKATO — Local drivers making one more trip to the lake or heading to the Minnesota State Fair will be paying more at the pump this holiday weekend than any other Labor Day in history. "The national average is $4.14, up 4 cents from last week," according... See more
NORTH MANKATO — New pavement, safety upgrades and other improvements coming to Highway 169 in Mankato-North Mankato won't shut down the busy highway for the entire construction season next year. Overall construction — including preliminary work on frontag... See more
MANKATO — Three traffic circles coming to Long Street next year are expected to prompt drivers to slow down, a concept known as “traffic calming” among road engineers. The traffic circles work like traditional roundabouts but are smaller in scale so as to... See more
