Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:15 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:15:20 GMT
A Mankato businesswoman is accused of theft by swindle against her brother. Authorities say Ruth Dutler, owner of Dutler's Bowl contacted her brother, Cole VanHorn, to see if he could help her redeem
Authorities say Ruth Dutler, owner of Dutler's Bowl contacted her brother, Cole VanHorn, to see if he could help her redeem some property that was being foreclosed.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:01 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:01:14 GMT
The city of North Mankato takes another step in adding soccer fields to Caswell Park. City leaders voted Monday night to approve plans and seek advertise for bids on the next phase of the Caswell North
City leaders voted Monday night to approve plans and seek advertise for bids on the next phase.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:58 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:58:41 GMT
Health officials are scrambling to vaccinate one million children against the measles. They are holding emergency vaccination clinics after more than 12–hundred people became infected with the disease
1,200 people have come down with the highly infectious disease so far this year.
Monday, May 20 2013 8:21 PM EDT2013-05-21 00:21:23 GMT
Frantic debate continues at the state Capitol as lawmakers try to lock down budget details for the year. The biggest movement so far came in the House, with the $38 billion DFL budget bill passing
Session ends at midnight
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The city of Mankato has renewed its contract with Blue Earth County for transporting intoxicated citizens to detox facilities. Under the contract most people are transported to a detox facility in New Ulm. It costs roughly 65 dollars an hour for transportation. The city is looking into other possible options for the future including working with universities. One idea they are looking into is finding a way to get dorm staff to care for its intoxicated students. In Mankato an estimated 500 people each year are transported to detox facilities. The city is also looking into finding a responsible adult to take care of the intoxicated individual, rather than taking police officers away from their job. Mankato Public Safety Director Todd Miller, "We think that there are better ways to deal with it but until we come up with an answer, we have to do the transport and that's why we need the contract to be able to get reimbursed at least for those costs."
Until then, law enforcement is responsible for transporting these individuals to and from detox facilities.
