St. Peter plans for full summer of events
St. Peter plans for full summer of events By Lauren Andrego | May 14, 2021 at 5:26 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 5:27 PM
ST. PETER, Minn. (KEYC) â Itâs easy to find signs that summer is coming.
And from the governorâs office, signs that a normal summer could be coming, too.
âWhen the governor said on that Tuesday âa very normal-looking summer,â I jumped out of my skin. I got so excited,â recalled Ed Lee, executive director at St. Peter Chamber of Commerce.
Last week, Gov. Tim Walz announced that all capacity and distancing restrictions will end in May, making way for cities like St. Peter to beginning planning their summer events schedules.
Longtime Gustavus gymnastics coach passes away at 85
Longtime Gustavus gymnastics coach passes away at 85 By Rob Clark | March 31, 2021 at 7:04 PM CDT - Updated March 31 at 7:08 PM
ST. PETER, Minn. (KEYC) A legendary Gustavus Adolphus College gymnastics coach passed away Saturday at the age of 85.
St. Peter native Nancy Baker graduated from Gustavus in 1956 and returned to the college shortly after to establish the school’s gymnastics program in 1962.
Baker helped guide the program to its first-ever national championship in 1982. The team added six more national titles to the trophy case before Baker retired in 1992.
Baker coached 34 All-Americans, in addition to the 14 individual event national champions. She also was a four-time Division III national coach of the year and was inducted into the Gustavus Hall of Fame in 1997 and the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association’s Hall of Fame in 2011.
St. Peter man killed in crash involving semi, farm tractor
St. Peter man killed in crash involving semi, farm tractor By Jake Rinehart | March 31, 2021 at 4:04 PM CDT - Updated March 31 at 6:04 PM
LAKE PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KEYC) A St. Peter man was killed early Wednesday in a crash involving a farm tractor and semi.
The Minnesota State Patrol reports 62-year-old Randall Allen Shively, of Woodbury, was driving a 2020 Mack tractor truck southbound on Highway 169 near mile marker 71 when it collided with a southbound International Farmall tractor that was being driven by 58-year-old Mark Michael Osborne, of St. Peter.
Osborne was pronounced dead at the scene. Shivley was not injured in the crash.