However, in Mankato, results are mixed: 88% of freshmen say they feel safe at school, an increase from 2022 (84%), but it still doesn’t reach pre-COVID levels, dropping from 92% in 2019. That trend is ...

The No. 1 Mankato East Cougars (29-1) defeated the No. 4 Orono Spartans (23-8) 64-62 in the 2025 Minnesota (MSHSL) high school boys basketball state tournament on Thursday at Williams Arena. The ...

Minnesota governor Tim Walz waltzed onto the bleachers at Mankato West High School on Friday night to watch a team he once coached as an assistant play a big rivalry game. Walz's appearance also ...

MANKATO, Minn. — It was a huge homecoming for Gov. Tim Walz Friday night in Mankato. Minnesota State University stadium was packed Friday night for the annual Jug Game between Mankato West Scarlets ...

Over the course of autumn, the project fell to about six weeks behind. However, a period of clear skies kept the project ...

Before he was Minnesota governor or a vice-presidential candidate, Tim Walz was winning over teachers and students at a Mankato, Minnesota, high school -- sometimes in life-changing ways. Tim Walz was ...

The Youth Eco Solutions Team (YES) at Mankato West High School is inviting the community to drop off old or broken holiday ...

MANKATO, Minn. — A fire that started in a second-floor bathroom prompted an early dismissal for Mankato East High School students Tuesday. According to police, crews responded to a call of smoke at ...

Oct. 15—Q: Per the article "Test Scores Continue to Lag" in the Aug. 24 edition of The Free Press: Has ISD 77 been bestowing diplomas on young people who are not performing at grade level? Do they ...

MANKATO – The football players in their pads jogged out to face their rivals Friday night as Gov. Tim Walz, back home briefly as he campaigns across the country as vice presidential nominee, cheered ...

Gov. Tim Walz will be back in Minnesota this weekend to attend the annual Mankato East-Mankato West high school football game and participate in the Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener in Sleepy Eye.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been on fire lately. Two weeks after his quip that Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are “just weird” went viral, he has been launched onto the national stage as Vice President ...