High school seniors react to returning to classrooms
High school seniors react to returning to classrooms By Bernadette Heier | February 19, 2021 at 7:03 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 7:03 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) Last year, when schools first closed due to the pandemic, many thought it’d be for a short period of time.
“It was really weird, it didn’t feel real. It kind of just felt like a break, like oh this is a two-week thing we will be back,” Mankato West High School senior Mattea Burmeister said.
While the switch to online and hybrid learning posed its challenges, students say it was the social aspect that was particularly tough, as well as the canceled traditions.
Mankato Symphony teams up with local restaurant to offer date night experience
Mankato Symphony teams up with local restaurant to offer date night experience By Bernadette Heier | February 16, 2021 at 8:11 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 10:43 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) â The Mankato Symphony Orchestra and Pappageorgeâs Restaurant and Bar have teamed up to offer a unique date night experience.
The âSounds to Savorâ package offers a steak and wine dinner for two from the comfort of your home while watching the symphonyâs virtual concert. (Source: Facebook/Mankato Symphony Orchestra)
âVirtual events are fun, but if we could enhance it a little bit more to make it even more memorable, thatâs really what the symphony was doing when we connected with Papageorgeâs,â explained Jenn Faust, a Mankato Symphony Orchestra board member. âWe know they have an affinity to serving our community, they have an appreciation for the arts>
Home improvement services for seniors, veterans coming to greater Minnesota
Home improvement services for seniors, veterans coming to greater Minnesota By Bernadette Heier | February 16, 2021 at 8:34 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 8:34 PM
WINDOM, Minn. (KEYC) Rebuilding Together Twin Cities a nonprofit focused on repairing homes for older adults, veterans, and low-income residents is establishing its first-ever greater Minnesota office, thanks to several grants totaling $275,000.
”To do home repair work that folks need to either stay safe in their home or get around more easily in their home. So, we do accessibility items like grab bars and accessibility ramps. We also do home maintenance work like new windows and new roofs,” explained Kathy Greiner, executive director at Rebuilding Together Twin Cities.
BECHS hosts virtual tour of historic Mankato locations
BECHS hosts virtual tour of historic Mankato locations By Bernadette Heier | February 10, 2021 at 7:06 PM CST - Updated February 10 at 7:28 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) The Blue Earth County Historical Society invites the public on a tour of local historical sites from the comfort of your couch.
Watch through Zoom to explore past and present photos and stories of the 12 nationally registered historic places in Mankato.
“We’re going to cover all the properties, a little bit about who lived there, requirements that it met to get on the national registers and just what it is now. Some are being used as private residences, some have turned into businesses,” BECHS Communications Manager Heather Harren explained.