Balancing on 24 wheels, this 65-foot grain elevator looked small when it was pulled across the Blue Earth River bridge at Rapidan Dam. (Photo Associates/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

After the Minnesota legislature failed to pass a bonding bill in 2024, lawmakers pitch up to $1.35 billion in infrastructure projects.

A farmer in southern Minnesota died after being run over by his tractor, authorities say. The Blue Earth County Sheriff's ...

“It is with deep sorrow and a heavy heart that I write to inform you of an unimaginable tragedy that occurred at Store 344 in Mankato, MN, early this morning,” Zietlow said in the statement.

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MANKATO, Minn. — Blue Earth County prosecutors say criminal charges will be filed Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of a Kwik Trip employee in Mankato. According to a press release from Mankato ...

MANKATO — An autism service provider plans to open a new clinic in Mankato in a building formerly used as a childcare center. Based in the Twin Cities, Fraser describes itself as Minnesota’s ...

In the case of the Rapidan Dam, the new river course led to the destruction of the Rapidan Dam Store, which was forced to relocate to downtown Mankato. Research on the Minnesota River in the wake of ...

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Mankato police say they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with a deadly stabbing at a Kwik Trip gas station Tuesday morning. According to a news release from the Mankato Department of Public ...