Mark Fischenich

After more than 26 years as roommates, Mankato's municipal administration and its school district will be reconsidering how — and whether — to

Q: Dogs and fire department staff may now have more difficulty finding fire hydrants in the snow this winter with them recently being painted a tactical desert sand color.

MANKATO — When an updated Minnesota statewide rail plan is written beginning this month, it won't include any full-throated call by Mankato city leaders to bring passenger trains to the city.

The complete reconstruction of Highway 169 in Mankato-North Mankato at a cost of $70 million offers opportunities to enhance the primary entrance to the two cities, which local officials politely

Q: Do you know if Mankato has an ordinance on non-recyclable/non-compostable to-go containers? I see Minneapolis has a “Green To Go” ordinance with goals to reduce what is going to landfills and ends up in waterways.

Visitors arriving in Mankato-North Mankato from the north are treated to a route that offers both a modern four-lane highway and a scenic drive

MANKATO — The massive and massively expensive modernization of Mankato's regional sewage treatment plant, already more than double the original cost estimate, got a little pricier Monday night.

Traffic will be constricted on a trio of downtown Mankato streets on and off for the next two years as a major hotel construction project gets underway. Although the immediate

MANKATO — In Mankato, a significant percentage of the 45,700 residents are desperate for help with housing costs — enough so that a waiting list

Q: Riverfront Drive observation ... . Prior to the Endless Construction Summer if I was going west on Madison Avenue there were two left-turn lanes to proceed south on Riverfront Drive.