Dakota Meadows serving as COVID-19 vaccine pilot program site Dakota Meadows serving as COVID-19 vaccine pilot program site By Kelsey Barchenger | January 22, 2021 at 12:48 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 12:48 PM NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The first COVID-19 vaccine doses are being administered at our local community site today. Dakota Meadows Middle School is the local host site of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine pilot program for PreK-12 education, childcare staff, and those 65 and older. Appointments have already been scheduled for today and tomorrow and next Friday and Saturday. And with 51 doses currently available for Mankato School district employees, you may be wondering who gets the first shot at the vaccine.