Mankato

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy apparently drowned at a North Mankato pool.

KEYC-TV reported that lifeguards at the Spring Lake Park Swim Facility found Abdirahman Abdullahi unresponsive in about four-and-a-half feet of water on Saturday evening.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State and local inspections of dozens of bars and restaurants for compliance to coronavirus requirements found about half were following the rules in Minnesota...

The Happy Chef statue on the northern edge of Mankato is beloved by generations of Minnesotans, many of whom can remember pressing a button at its base and hearing it spout a corny joke: When its raining cats and dogs, be careful you dont fall in a poodle.

A chance meeting with a Dakota Indian leader forever changed the course of Louis George “Bud” Lawrence’s life, leading him to march in support of Dakota Indian causes, co-found an annual powwow and talk frequently about the need for reconciliation with Dakota Indians in his home of Mankato — the site where 38 Dakota men were hanged in 1862 in the nation’s largest mass execution.