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MANKATO — The final day of candidate filing generated several late entrants to local contests, delivering a challenger for Mankato’s longest-serving City Council member, creating a rematch for a Blue

MANKATO — Tuesday was the first day of the two-week filing period for the 2024 election — a day that often draws candidates who don’t like to procrastinate and others

MANKATO — For a federal agency created during the Eisenhower administration to provide a helping hand to humble entrepreneurs, the setting of Thursdays birthday party seemed a bit incongruous.

Hunters, landowners and wildlife managers are gathering in Montana to discuss the need for novel approaches to elk management. The 2022 Elk Management Symposium takes place this Saturday. Kathy Hadley is a board member with Montana Wildlife Federation and participating in one of the events panels. ...

An insect species which can evoke childhood memories is in trouble, and has just been added to the Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The orange and black migratory monarch butterfly population has dropped 95% from the 1980s to 2020. Rebecca Quiñonez-Piñón, chief monarch recovery strategist for the National Wildlife Federation, explained effects from climate change meant milkweed was not blooming d...

The Missouri Department of Conservation wants public input on changes to its plan to manage Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), among white-tailed deer. CWD is a fatal and contagious disease affecting members of the deer family, with no known treatment or cure. It was first detected in north central Missouri in 2010. ...

An insect commonly seen flying through gardens is now closer to extinction. The migratory monarch butterfly has landed on an endangered species list, and a Minnesota city hopes other communities join the movement to save it. This weeks announcement from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature said the popular orange-and-black monarch has seen population declines between 22% and 72% in the past decade. ...

Plymounth, MN (PRWEB) March 29, 2022 -- Fulcrum Health, Inc., a nonprofit physical medicine benefit management organization, announced today that it has added

$17 million project included in governors state bonding request.

Peppers stepping back on the mound Peppers stepping back on the mound By Marissa Voss | April 15, 2021 at 9:30 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 10:25 PM NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — A sense of normalcy for the North Mankato community today as the Peppers returned to the field for the first day of practice. A lot of excitement coming from Caswell Park as softball players return to the diamond. “Just excited to get the girls out playing, practicing and having fun,” coach of the Peppers, M...