Renee Berg

MANKATO — No ice is safe ice, authorities say. Around the state, people already have fallen through the ice this season and needed to be

Lynette Hinke, of Mankato, has been sewing since she was 9 years old but until recently had never taught the skill.

It's really happening. Mount Kato Ski Area is making snow and opening today at 4 p.m.

An incoming Master Gardener coordinator for Blue Earth and Le Sueur counties is expected to start in February and will serve a quarter time in each county for a total of a half-time position.

Like many success stories, Stacey Tabor got her start in an effort to fill a gap in the market.

Mankato East senior Sarah Sabrie is hard at work crafting a garment as part of the Mankato, Minn., YWCA’s Sewing for Success program, which is at Shared Spaces. CNHI News Service

WINNEBAGO — Like many good ideas, organizers of the inaugural Frozen Fingers Trap Shooting Contest came up with the fundraiser's concept and name quite accidentally.

Hospitals and clinics experiencing a shortage of saline for surgeries are getting by, administrators say, but not without some adjustments after their main supplier was wiped out in the fall.

MANKATO — You know times are tough when wish lists for CADA nearly double from the previous year.

When it comes time to celebrate Hanukkah, local Jews might light candles on a menorah, spin a dreidel or bite onto a latke for the holiday, which this year starts on Dec. 25.