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North Mankato sixth grader wins Mayor for a Day contest North Mankato sixth grader wins Mayor for a Day contest By Holly Bernstein | April 5, 2021 at 9:25 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 11:29 PM NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — The League of Minnesota Cities chose Dakota Meadows Middle School sixth grader Kate Camp as a winner in their Mayor for a Day essay contest. Her essay was chosen from over 150 submissions from fourth, fifth and sixth graders statewide. Camp said she was excited to win a...

Dec 14, 2020 ‘Jughead,’ a dog whose head got stuck inside a plastic container and eluded capture in North Mankato for weeks in 2015 was renamed Gulliver after his rescue. ‘Gulliver’ was suggested as the name for one of North Mankato bike trails during a naming contest. Submitted file photo NORTH MANKATO — “Jughead” the hapless dog later renamed Gulliver, who got his head stuck in a plastic jar and was seen running around with it...

Dec 13, 2020 Dec 13, 2020 A seemingly minor dispute between neighbors in North Mankato about the look of a yard offers larger issues to consider, including competing environmental interests and equal application of the law. A just resolution of the case could reflect well on North Mankato civic life, while an unjust resolution could feed a festering frustration among city residents who would like to promote natural yards and pollinator gardens. The City Council summoned Edward Borch...