Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:57 AM EDT2013-05-21 13:57:36 GMT
Just a few hours after the four-month session wrapped up, Minnesota's top elected Democrats are scheduled to do a post-mortem on what lawmakers accomplished.
Just a few hours after the four-month session wrapped up, Minnesota's top elected Democrats are scheduled to do a post-mortem on what lawmakers accomplished.
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.
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Mixed bag of news in the latest unemployment report for Minnesota. But once again, the Mankato-North Mankato MSA among the top in the state for job gains. The state unemployment rate ticked up slightly in January to 5.6-percent but state officials say the state has added more than 12,000 new jobs compared to a year earlier. The Department of Employment and Economic Development released the latest numbers this morning. The unemployment rate was two tenths of a percent higher than in December, The national unemployment rate is 7.9 percent. The Mankato MSA had year over year job gains of 1.9-percent, second only to Minneapolis-St. Paul. The biggest gains in jobs came in the trade, transportation and utilities sector.
