Renee Berg

MANKATO — When Melody Malinski was born, she couldn't go home to Mankato with her parents. She was transferred to a cardiac ICU at Minnesota Children's Hospital in St.

He isn't a celebrity but when Shane Bugeja gave notice, there was a pause. Bugeja is an Extension educator for Blue Earth and Le Sueur counties and has been for seven years.

NORTH MANKATO — For Alysha Kruger of Mankato, the Walk to End Alzheimer's Greater Mankato hit a soft spot for her as her grandfather died from dementia and her grandmother is living with it.

NORTH MANKATO — Nick Jackson knew his son Atticus was kind, but this gesture took the cake.

MANKATO — Winter will be on the mild side, experts predict, but don't worry: You'll get some winter weather.

MANKATO — WANTED: 150 people interested in what's being described as an “invigorating group workout session” at the Mankato Family YMCA at 8:15 a.m. Sept. 21.

As a boy growing up in Hutchinson, Kurt Kegler happened upon a Les Kouba painting in his hometown library. Kegler remembers thinking it was “pretty neat.”

MADELIA — It’s time to party in Madelia.

of 2 MANKATO — When Kevin Minnick decided he needed a change, he chose Mankato.

When Dakota Poggi was a struggling reader, she pretended to read books. But her school test scores revealed the truth: She was behind grade level in reading.