Bison Range Road closes to prevent further damage
Bison Range Road closes to prevent further damage By KEYC Staff | March 1, 2021 at 8:56 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 8:56 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) Bison Range Road at Minneopa State Park has closed until further notice.
The annual closure is done to protect the park and Bison Range Road from excessive damage during snow melts and extremely wet, muddy periods.
The length of the closure is weather-dependant.
The rest of the park remains open, including the falls area and hiking trails. Some of the hiking trails have views of the bison range.
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Mankato woman pleads guilty to death of 16-month-old son
Mankato woman pleads guilty to death of 16-month-old son By KEYC Staff | March 1, 2021 at 8:40 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 8:40 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) A Mankato woman pleaded guilty Monday to the death of her 16-month-old son.
Chelsea Rae Olinger, 28, entered a guilty plea on charges of first-degree manslaughter. She was also charged with second and third-degree murder, first-degree assault and malicious punishment of a child.
Olinger was arrested in February 2020 after she brought her child to the hospital in Mankato. The boy was then transferred to Mayo Clinic in Rochester with a brain injury, compression fractures of two vertebrae, seven broken ribs, a laceration of the liver, and numerous bruises.
Waseca resident dead after crash
Waseca resident dead after crash By Holly Bernstein | February 28, 2021 at 9:39 PM CST - Updated February 28 at 11:22 PM
WASECA, Minn. (KEYC) - A Waseca resident was pronounced dead at the scene Friday after a fatal car crash.
According to the Waseca County Sheriff’s Office, a vehicle rolled over on Waseca County Road #2 near 15th Street Friday morning.
The initial findings showed that the vehicle was eastbound when the driver lost control and went into the ditch, where it overturned.
The driver was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
He was identified as 43 year-old Christopher Thompson of Waseca.
62 patients impacted by incorrectly mixed vaccine at Riverfront Hy-Vee
62 patients impacted by incorrectly mixed vaccine at Riverfront Hy-Vee By Lauren Andrego | February 26, 2021 at 6:48 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 6:48 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) Dozens of patients who received their first COVID-19 vaccine in Mankato learned Friday it may not be effective.
Hy-Vee’s pharmacy on Riverfront Drive in Mankato informed 62 people Friday of a potential issue with the vaccine they’d received.
Hy-Vee says they had an oversight when administering the first dose of its Pfizer vaccine. They say two pharmacy staff members used vaccines mixed with a sterile water injection diluted, rather than the saline diluent provided by Pfizer.
Minnesota lawmakers begin debating how to use budget surplus
Minnesota lawmakers begin debating how to use budget surplus By Holly Bernstein | February 26, 2021 at 8:44 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 8:44 PM
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) â Minnesota economists say the stateâs budget outlook has swung from a $1.3 billion deficit to a $1.6 billion surplus.
According to the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget, the numbers are due to an improved US economic outlook, which has been bolstered by stimulus measures the federal government has taken since the state department issued its last forecast in November.
The agency cites a higher revenue forecast, lower projected state spending and an increased surplus for the current fiscal year, but they say the rising tide hasnât lifted all boats as unemployment continues to disproportionately impact lower-wage workers.