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Brawl breaks out at Mankato soccer game

A soccer brawl broke out at a Mankato park yesterday evening, leading a fleet of squad cars to restore order. Players had a disagreement on the field at Land of Memories Park, cops said, so several players stormed off the field to retrieve tire irons and screwdrivers. "I saw some trunks pop open, ... More >>

Spring Ale Fest

A soccer brawl broke out at a Mankato park yesterday evening, leading a fleet of squad cars to restore order. Players had a disagreement on the field at Land of Memories Park, cops said, so several players stormed off the field to retrieve tire irons and screwdrivers. "I saw some trunks pop open, ... More >>

Atmosphere unveil video, Current session & Rhymesayers scholarship before homecoming

​Eleven years after selling out First Avenue for the very first time, Atmosphere make a triumphant return to the Mainroom tonight as part of their second annual Welcome to Minnesota tour. The circuitous trek through their home state has already found Slug and Ant hitting up Mankato and Bemidji ... More >>

Redbox: Wisconsin is the most romantic state

​Move over Honolulu, see you later San Francisco -- if you're looking for romance, the place to be is La Crosse, Wisconsin. And if that doesn't work for you, go to Green Bay.Or so say the folks at Redbox. The movie rental company recently compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Romantic Cities in the c ... More >>

Annie Stensrud, KEYC Mankato "drunk broadcast" anchor, charged with DWI

Anne Stensrud was nearly four times over the limit​Annie Stensrud has been charged with a DWI in connection with a December arrest for drunk driving. Stensrud became a national celebrity in early December after slurring her way through the opening of a news broadcast for KEYC Mankato, a CBS-F ... More >>

College study: U of M more selective than you might think

The U of M rejects more than half its applicants. ​The Business Journals' study of which Minnesota colleges are most selective contains some findings that won't surprise you, and some that might.On the "not surprising" side of the ledger is the fact that Northfield's Carleton College is the most s ... More >>

Mankato Brewery launches this week

Mankato Brewery brings locally brewed beer to Mankato​The new breweries just keep on coming in this exploding Minnesota beer scene. Last week saw the launch of the Minneapolis-based and Belgian-inspired Boom Island Brewing Company at Pig and Fiddle, the Edina beer pub recently opened by the ow ... More >>

KEYC Mankato anchor Annie Stensrud was three times over legal alcohol limit after arrest

​Although neither internet celebrity anchor Annie Stensrud nor her home station KEYC ever confirmed or denied that she was drunk in a broadcast that went viral on YouTube, the latest developments in her story do not look good. About a week ago, Stensrud was pulled over and arrested for a "probabl ... More >>

Atmosphere plan second annual 'Welcome to Minnesota' tour

Photo by Denis Jeong Plaster​Slug was in St. Paul bright and early this morning for an appearance on the Current's morning show, where he revealed a new run of local ates that will find him reprising last year's successful "Welcome to Minnesota" tour. Atmosphere will bring Kill the Vultures, ... More >>

Sioux Falls label Init Records planning festival

​Steven Williams is a longtime supporter of local music. In 2001, he started the Mankato-based Init Records to release The Vidablue (later Ten Grand). In the ten years since, the label has relocated to Sioux Falls and has issued a total of 74 releases. While he doesn't play in any bands him ... More >>

Atmosphere debut new track, 'Just for Show'

​On the same day as Atmosphere launches it's short tour of this here frozen tundra state, the "Welcome to Minnesota Tour" in Mankato, we get hit in the face with a new track, "Just for Show," from their upcoming lucky number 7th full-length release, The Family Sign, slated to drop April 12 worldwi ... More >>

Gourmet popcorn: A snack trend takes off

No passport necessary for these global goodies.I'm Me: Xiao WenNothing fills your cubemates with covetous lust quite like the smell of your bag of freshly popped popcorn wafting through the office. It's the perfect midday snack or after-dinner treat. Whether you crave insanely fattening movie p ... More >>

Eight State Troopers hit in past three days

Watch out for those squad cars!​ Eight Minnesota State Troopers have been struck in winter-related accidents in the past three days because Minnesota drivers just aren't paying attention. The recent crashes bring the total number of troopers hit to 31 this winter. Last year at this time, 13 troo ... More >>

Minneapolis clobbered by snow [UPDATE]

Time to brush up on your snow emergency know-how.​If there's a perfect time to have a whopper snow storm, it has to be a Friday night. Most commuters are off the road. The kids are out of school. So while the storm that walloped Minnesota over the weekend caused hundreds of car accidents and ... More >>

Chanhassen Dinner Theatre hosts mass wedding

SarahHeiman"Wait, we're getting married WHERE?"​Something terrifyingly saccharine this way comes. On Saturday morning, 50 couples from "Brainerd to Mankato and everywhere in between" will descend on the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre for a mass wedding called "The Big Whopping Wedding." We get a ... More >>

Edina's a better place than the Twin Cities for young people

Photo by Bobak Ha'Eri, Wikipedia.50th and France in Edina.​A new survey from America's Promise Alliance counts five Minnesota cities in its top-100 "Best Communities for Young People" in the country. Unfortunately, Twin Citians, Minneapolis nor St. Paul made the cut. Here's who beat us: Edin ... More >>

Vikings SCVNGR hunt starts in Mankato

Jared Allen's already got an iPhone app. Now he's featured on SCVNGR​The news out of opening weekend at Vikings training camp in Mankato isn't Brett Favre's absence -- his presence would have stopped the presses, of course. But no, what's really cool is a social game for iPhones and Droids cal ... More >>

Chick-fil-A offers free lunch today--if you dress like a cow

Fast food chicken franchise Chick-fil-A has declared July 9th Cow Appreciation Day, which means that anyone who shows up at one of their restaurants can get a free lunch. Here's the catch: you have to be dressed as a cow. According to the official rules, full-body cow--head-to-toe spots, snouts, ... More >>

Thomas and Patti Kotthoff's house is under attack

Photo: Tomy WebsterWho keeps targeting a Mankato family's home?​Thomas and Patti Kotthoff could be forgiven for thinking that their house on Celestine Circle in Mankato is providing someone with a practice target -- or worse. Their three-car garage was broken into and set on fire this morning ... More >>

Christopher Prodoehl charged for putting 'baked' in baked goods

Photo: aturkus/Flickr​More 420 dope news: Christopher Sean Prodoehl was arrested on Tuesday, and could face felony charges, after Mankato police figured out that the brownies, bread and butter in his possession at Land of Memories Park were laced with pot. That stuff about dope fiends sufferi ... More >>

Readers respond to "Mystery Record"

Photo: aturkus/Flickr​More 420 dope news: Christopher Sean Prodoehl was arrested on Tuesday, and could face felony charges, after Mankato police figured out that the brownies, bread and butter in his possession at Land of Memories Park were laced with pot. That stuff about dope fiends sufferi ... More >>

Haze reunites over funky mystery record

Discarded album revives forgotten chapter of Minneapolis music history

Maybe Timothy the tabby cat wasn't glued to the highway after all

Glued to the highway? News to me, says the woman who scooped the cat off the pavement.

Do It Green: Green Gifts Fair

Glued to the highway? News to me, says the woman who scooped the cat off the pavement.

Kickball fall turns cash cow for kid with broken ankle

When 11-year-old Amanda Smith slid and fell last summer during a kickball game on a Mankato school playground, breaking her ankle, she also hit a little paydirt.

Burglars nailed at Mankato Happy Chef

Four Mankato youth get busted after taking a break from burglarizing to head for a bite to eat at the place the coppers are dining themselves.

Rottweilers attack woman, man saves her with martial arts

When Jesse Piotrowski was awoken by the sound of a woman crying for help in Mankato Tuesday morning, he found a woman on the ground being attacked by two rottweilers.

Creepy UMD student to plead guilty to harassing cousin for nude photos

A University of Minnesota Duluth student allegedly wanted naked photos of his cousin so badly that he chose the blackmailing route to get them.

Coming soon: Indian Island Winery

More wineries are coming to Minnesota. Schweet!

Nature Valley Grand Prix: Mankato Road Race

More wineries are coming to Minnesota. Schweet!

Minnesota roofer part of alleged human trafficking scheme

A Minnesota roofing company is implicated in an alleged 14-state human trafficking scheme to lure illegal immigrants to the United States to become "modern-day slaves.

Teabaggers: A day in the life

If you weren't teabagging someone yesterday, you're probably missing out on something that is sweeping the nation.

Hey Sen. Klobuchar, get clued in on MN foods

RIP Mix New American Diner

What's Wrong with Wisconsin?

Did the Wisconsin's crazy residents leave for the holiday weekend?

Obama beat Hillary, but can't top Shania Twain

Tip for the candidate: be a hot country singer

MN Rock and Country Hall of Fame tonight and tomorrow

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Just Don't Inhale

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The kids are all right

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Dept. of thanks, but no thanks

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Wal-Mart: always more stores

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In tomorrow's Star Tribune: Trappists with compulsive sexual disorders find fellowship in clogging

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Boom Buggies

Welcome to the world of decibel drag racing, where trophies go not to the fast, but to the loud

Get the Hammock Ready

Classic summer reading comes to life in your own back yard

Mug Shots

The Minneapolis Police Department brings honor back to the trading-card business

Rule of the Bone

After a century of hoarding American Indian remains, scientists are being forced to return their specimens. But the bodies may not go back into the ground without a fight.

Birds On A Wire- THE JAYHAWKS

Minnesota's most beloved rock band sets out to reinvent itself--and discovers itself in the process

Tales of Wonder

Minnesota's most beloved rock band sets out to reinvent itself--and discovers itself in the process