Mankato School Board approves project near Prairie Winds Middle School, shifts start date for fall
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MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) A project approved by the Mankato Area Public School Board hopes to reduce congestion near Prairie Winds Middle School.
It’s one of three projects totaling around $411,000 approved at Monday’s meeting.
Other approved projects include repairs to the storm sewer at Mankato West High School and playground improvements at Bridges Community School.
At Prairie Winds, crews will be constructing a new entrance drive to provide additional storage for vehicles during student drop-off and pick-up times.
Upcoming 5K aims to help combat veteran homelessness
Upcoming 5K aims to help combat veteran homelessness By Bernadette Heier | April 16, 2021 at 6:57 PM CDT - Updated April 16 at 7:22 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) Registration is open for the upcoming Running for Heroes 5K.
The pet-friendly run and walk benefits the Military Assistance Council for Veterans or MACV, a nonprofit that helps combat veteran homelessness.
“It’s a way for us to give back to our veterans, say thank you to them for their sacrifice and their families too. MACV is a local foundation here with an office in Mankato, everything we do and raise for them will stay local and help our local veterans out,” 5K Founder and Director Erik Jensen said.
Area counties had a total of 14 deaths from COVID-19 and its complications from Dec. 23-29.
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With the new cases per day in the single digits over the past week and rate of cases in the area decreasing since the end of November, Wadena County has seen 30 additional positive cases of COVID-19 between Dec. 22-29.
Area counties have seen the following increases in positive COVID-19 cases from Dec. 11-29: Becker County had an additional 220 cases, Hubbard 111, Otter Tail 399, Todd 142 and Wadena 126. The counties have seen decreases from the number of additional positive cases from Dec. 4-18: Becker County had an additional 312 cases, Hubbard 118, Otter Tail 542, Todd 236 and Wadena 168.
Dec 21, 2020
MANKATO â Police officers will remain at East and West high schools but not at Prairie Winds Middle School.
The Mankato School Board on Monday narrowly approved continuing the school resource officer program with one fewer officer, an advisory committee and other changes. The board split with four members in favor and three in opposition.
For decades the school district and city of Mankato have had a partnership placing dedicated officers in some schools. The number of officers has varied between one and four over the years.
Some community members this summer and fall pressed Mankato police to remove all officers from schools, as some other Minnesota districts have done.
The week included six deaths in Otter Tail County.
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With the rate of cases in the area decreasing since the end of November, Wadena County has seen 36 additional positive cases of COVID-19 between Dec. 18-22. This is certainly progress, but it is still a very high number of cases per population, said Jan Malcolm, Minnesota commissioner of health, in a news conference on Dec. 21.
Area counties have seen the following increases in positive COVID-19 cases from Dec. 4-18: Becker County had an additional 312 cases, Hubbard 118, Otter Tail 542, Todd 236 and Wadena 168. The counties have seen decreases from the number of additional positive cases from Nov. 27-Dec. 11: Becker County had an additional 502 cases, Hubbard 198, Otter Tail 876, Todd 338 and Wadena 240.