Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:47 AM EDT2013-05-22 13:47:56 GMT
Lawmakers in St. Paul finished on time, getting their $38 billion budget passed just before midnight last night. It included increased taxes on the rich, smokers and the end of millions of dollars
DFL accomplished most of their goals at the Capitol
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:47 AM EDT2013-05-22 13:47:14 GMT
Members of the Minnesota Republican caucus arrived at the Mankato Regional Airport to discuss their take on the recent legislative session. After the 2013 session came to a close at midnight, the Minnesota
Minority leaders object to tax increases, Vikings Stadium bailout and pretty much everything else
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:49 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:49:49 GMT
Victoria Charnaud shared her bed with all three of her children when they were newborns, including Lucy who is three months old. She believes co–sleeping creates an emotional bond between parents and
The finding comes from the largest study yet on crib death.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:55 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:55:48 GMT
Today marks the beginning of the Roundabout Ready Campaign designed to help educate drivers on navigating through multi-lane roundabouts. Spending a few minutes waiting at the stoplight at the intersection
The Highway 22 project is a collaboration between MnDOT, Blue Earth County and the City of Mankato, which will include multilane roundabouts.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 8:58 PM EDT2013-05-22 00:58:47 GMT
Like most institutes of higher education, South Central College usually teaches students.
But it also offers community outreach learning opportunities.
Like most institutes of higher education, South Central College usually teaches students.
But it also offers community outreach learning opportunities.
MANKATO, Minn. -
MNDOT says its ready to go for the winter season, but with alack of snow, work is being directed to other areas.
Trucks have been inspected, snowplows have been installed,and the salt has been stock piled.
But without much for snow, MnDOT has been able to use theextra time and money to patch roads, trim trees, and even clean out ditches.
MnDOT Maintenance Supervisor Jerry Krebs maintenancesuperintendent, "It's allowed us to catch up a little bit, the previoustwo winter before the lat where extremely hard on our resources so we fellbehind on a lot of our winter type maintenance."
MnDOT says this year's construction season, which started inMarch, is one of the longest they have seen.
This past year their maintenance surface repairprogram got to twice as many roads as usual, which means the lack of snowwill help drivers have a smoother ride.
