Mankato (Minnesota)

Former Minn. officer pleads guilty to prank

MANKATO, Minn. - A former police officer must pay a $200 fine and be on probation for a year after pleading guilty to faking the arrest of an 18-year-old woman. Steven Patrick Boyle, who had worked part time for the police...

Alltel to add 130 customer service jobs in Mankato

MANKATO, Minn. - Wireless telephone provider Alltel Corp. says it will add 130 jobs to the company's office in Mankato. The jobs will be in the customer service department's call center, where employees field questions about...

Mankato Leaders To Visit Burlington, Vermont

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) ― City and business leaders searching for a town comparable to Mankato have come upon Burlington, Vt. It will be the destination for a trip in April that will allow 100 area business, nonprofit, government...

Vietnam Vets Memorial To Expand

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) ― A Vietnam veterans' memorial in Mankato is expanding. Â Â Organizers plans to merge the former BMX track property into the nearby Vietnam Veterans Memorial along Stoltzman Road. Â Â John Domeier is a St....

Engineering students learn lessons of 35W Bridge

The civil engineering majors gathered around the table at Minnesota State University - Mankato couldn't watch the 35W Bridge hearing Friday; they were busy studying for a test. But the bridge hearing is impacting them...

Minnesota State, Mankato Beats Colorado College

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) ― Freshman Tyler Thompson's power-play goal in the third period lifted Number 11 Minnesota State, Mankato to a 2-1 win over Number 3 Colorado College. It was the first career goal for Thompson. It also...

Amanda Jax's friends in the clear legally in drinking death

Only one defendant -- the bar where Amanda Jax got drunk -- remains in the lawsuit brought by the young woman's family. Only one defendant remains standing in the lawsuit brought by the family of Amanda Jax, the Twin Cities...

Mankato Free Press online forum shuttered after comments get vicious

Mankato Free Press The Minnesota paper's virtual coffee shop, called Hey Martha, went down a victim of a contentious election season. "It got so bad that, in some cases, I found people fearful to engage in dialogue because of...

HickoryTech SuiteSolution(R) Enhanced with ClickSoftware Workforce Scheduling

MANKATO, Minn. --(Business Wire)-- HickoryTech Corporation (Nasdaq: HTCO) today announced it has enhanced its SuiteSolution(R) premier billing software to integrate with ClickIMRS, a workforce scheduling solution. HickoryTech...

Smoking’s latest battleground: the college campus

SMOKE-FREE CAMPUSES Minnesota State University, Moorhead University of Minnesota, Duluth Itasca Community College University of Iowa University of North Dakota SMOKING BANS ON THE WAY Winona State University University of...

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