Voters approve Fairmont Area Schools referendum
Voters approve Fairmont Area Schools referendum By Jared Dean | February 10, 2021 at 5:22 PM CST - Updated February 10 at 6:55 PM
FAIRMONT, Minn. (KEYC) Voters in the Fairmont Area School District have approved funding for improvements.
New additions are being made to help promote jobs for skilled workers. Those additions include an expanded woodworking and automation shop, a programming lab and a manufacturing lab.
The multi-million dollar project was intended to give students in grades 7-12 real-world experience in a new way that they might not normally get through school.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity, not only for our school district, but more importantly for south central Minnesota because this was an effort to really link the private sector and the public sector together for a common cause, which is to increase the number of skilled workers we have in Minnesota,” Fairmont Superintendent Joe Brown said.
Keeping animals warm in the cold
Dropping temperatures mean that your animals and others are in need of warmth
Keeping animals warm in the cold By Jared Dean | February 10, 2021 at 5:12 PM CST - Updated February 10 at 7:07 PM
NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) With cold weather in the forecast for the foreseeable future, we might not be thinking about the animals in the community.
The Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society in North Mankato says that there are many steps you can take to keep their pets warm, as well as keeping the homeless animals in the area warm this winter.
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Flags to fly at half-staff across Minn. to honor victims of clinic shooting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday that, effective immediately, flags at all state and federal buildings will be flown at half-staff until sunset Sunday. (Source: Markus Winkler/Pexels) By KEYC Staff | February 10, 2021 at 9:11 PM CST - Updated February 10 at 9:11 PM
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday that, effective immediately, flags at all state and federal buildings will be flown at half-staff until sunset Sunday.
A statement from Walz’s office said the gesture is to honor those who died and were injured in Tuesday’s shooting at Allina Clinic Crossroads in Buffalo.
Deep Valley Book Festival hosts first spring book fair
Deep Valley Book Festival hosts first spring book fair By Marissa Voss | February 11, 2021 at 11:55 AM CST - Updated February 11 at 6:47 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) â After many successful years hosting their fall book festival, they are expanding to a Spring event
The âcabin feverâ virtual event will be held on the first weekend of March.
They will have planned discussions, panels, writing workshops and keynote speaker and Minnesota author Margi Preus, who will read her newest book The Littlest Voyageur to the virtual crowd.
âThe energy that comes out of the discussions, it is just so fun. I love writing, I love books, I am a writer, I am a reader. To be able to talk with people about this thing that is really fun to me and really important to me,â said Rachel Hanel, Deep Valley Book Festival planning committee member.