Small Business Appreciation Week: Local boutique on wheels expands to storefront
Small Business Appreciation Week: Local boutique on wheels expands to storefront By Bernadette Heier | May 4, 2021 at 5:40 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 8:19 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) People may have noticed a pink ’63 Shasta Airflyte cruising the area, but it’s what’s inside that’s makes it truly stand out.
“I saw this cute, little camper online, and I had to have it. So I bought ‘Birdie’ in Wisconsin brought her back and restored the entire thing, repainted it, ripped a lot of stuff out of it,” said Ali Woods, owner of The Blackbird.
The Docket: lottery winners could soon remain private under new bill
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The Docket: lottery winners could soon remain private under new bill By Holly Bernstein | May 3, 2021 at 4:10 AM CDT - Updated May 3 at 6:36 AM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A bill headed to Gov. Walzâs desk this week would allow lottery winners to keep their names private.
Thereâs bipartisan support for the bill in the House and Senate; it passed unanimously in both chambers.
Now, the bill heads to the governor.
WPSL season right around the corner for Mankato United
WPSL season right around the corner for Mankato United By Rob Clark | April 30, 2021 at 8:52 PM CDT - Updated April 30 at 8:58 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) â The Mankato United soccer team is ready for the upcoming season this summer after missing all of last year due to COVID-19.
The roster is made up of many student-athletes from the MSU Mavericks, and United is looking to build off its performance in 2019 that ended with a share of the conference title in the soccer clubâs inaugural season.
âI think we can pick up right where we left off to be honest. We have that caliber of a team. Weâve got some young keepers. We had some players go to the pro game. Maggie Smithers and Annie Williams are going pro to Iceland. Weâll have some spots to fill, we have three keepers on the team with a ton of potential. The rest of the squad as far as offensive and defensive strategies, lot of the returning players a
Mankato Area Public Schools to expand agriculture education after local donation
Mankato Area Public Schools to expand agriculture education after local donation By Holly Bernstein | April 30, 2021 at 9:25 PM CDT - Updated April 30 at 10:30 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Mankato Area Public Schools will soon be expanding their agriculture education thanks to a local donation that provides multi-year funds for new positions.
Superintendent Paul Peterson said the money will accelerate the districtâs work in developing the program.
âThis is a really big deal, because itâs such a great alignment to the region which we live, you know the green seam here in Minnesota and across the upper Midwest,â Peterson said. âAs an educational institution, we really believe that itâs really, really important that students have learning opportunities that link up to the environments in which theyâre living in.â