Oakwood Cemetery should not be so noisy at night, but the thousands of crows encamped here this evening will not shut up.

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Housing is tough enough to get in normal times, but try finding a home when you’re eight months pregnant and rebuilding your life.

Patrick Alexon sometimes tells friends he wants to take a break from fostering rescue dogs.

MANKATO — A Mankato woman sustained non-life threatening injuries in a crash Saturday on Victory Drive in Mankato.

MAPLETON — A Wells woman and Iowa man sustained injuries in a crash on Highway 22 Saturday. 

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“OK boomer” is the slang phrase used by millennials to call out or dismiss out-of-touch or close-minded opinions associated with the baby boomers and older people in general.

ST. JAMES — A St. James High School graduate was among the National Guardsmen who died Thursday in a helicopter crash near St. Cloud.

By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota State Patrol

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Even as other universities in the state watch enrollments fall and severe budget problems arise, Minnesota State University is preparing to grow.

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LAKE CRYSTAL — Two Vernon Center children were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries Friday after a crash on Highway 60 in Lake Crystal.

MANKATO — A new holiday giving drive encourages donors to sponsor student scholarships for after-school programming.

MANKATO — Masyn Rykhus was passionate about protecting the environment from an early age.

NEW ULM — State investigators suspect a patient was given too much Valium at the regional detox center in Brown County.

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Before train’s whistle blew, people could see how the train lit up the night sky with holiday lights.

St. James and the Small Business Development Center in Mankato received grants from Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation to help promote business growth.

After contract negotiations with management hit an impasse, unionized nurses from Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato picketed outside the hospital Thursday.

MANKATO — Five men allegedly were involved in cloning credit cards to make fraudulent purchases in Mankato and New Ulm.

The student reportedly admitted to displaying the switchblade at least three times and to once threatening to use it to harm another student.

NORTH MANKATO — When it comes to prescription drug costs, the United States is exceptional in the worst sense.

Shirley Ann Weimern, 59, was charged with felony assault with a dangerous weapon as well as gross misdemeanor counts of assault.

ST. CLAIR — A Pemberton man is charged with three felonies after he was seen on St. Clair School property. There was a restraining order against him prohibiting him from being near the school.

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With another harvest behind them, farmers are beginning to sit down with their landlords to look at farm land rental contracts for the year ahead. In most cases, it’s the landlords who hold the cards.

MANKATO — A new 117-room Marriott hotel would be the latest in a string of recent multi-million investments in downtown Mankato under a proposal coming before the Mankato Economic Development Authority Monday.

Adam Kroecker, 33, of Butterfield, was found Sept. 12 near County Road 17 east of Comfrey.

Debra Luann Otto, 62, of St. Clair, is charged with felony aiding an offender and gross misdemeanor child neglect.

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Marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms allegedly were found at Cullan Franzen's residence last month after he crashed his vehicle.

MANKATO — Programs for boys, youths with disabilities and survivors of domestic violence will be among the beneficiaries of Mankato Marathon fundraising in 2020.

MANKATO — After bringing a “green wave” to traffic signals on Highway 169 in St. Peter last summer, state transportation workers are looking to do the same on Highways 22 and 169 in Mankato starting next week.

A day after issuing an executive order stating that “climate change is an existential threat that impacts all Minnesotans,” Gov. Tim Walz was in Mankato Tuesday to reinforce the message.

The felony robbery charge to which Nicholas Jamal Miller, 19, pleaded guilty, will be reduced to a misdemeanor if he completes probation. 

MANKATO — Blue Earth County officials say it could cost $1.5 million to $2 million to repair the Rapidan Dam after this spring’s flooding, with another $1 million needed to improve the structure.

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ST. PETER — Caribou Coffee will open its small-format Caribou Cabin in St. Peter on Monday.

SPRINGFIELD — Mayo Clinic Health System will close its Springfield hospital and clinic in March, the health care organization announced Tuesday.