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Regional school, university to focus on work-skills education
The university will be corporate-sponsored, although none has officially signed on yet. The charter high school — which will be modeled in part after the New Country School in Henderson but with a “business twist” — will focus on hands-on lessons for alternative learners.
- Settlement reached in 2009 railroad, county worker crash
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Nicollet County to start from scratch to fill top post
The County Board on Wednesday opted to re-open the application process when its five commissioners split their views on the two finalist candidates.
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Former resort owner arrested again on meth charges
Mary Louise Pepper, 65, of Sleepy Eye was stopped on Highway 60 east of Madison Lake Thursday for driving 60 mph in a 55-mph zone. The Blue Earth County sheriff’s deputy who stopped Pepper reported seeing what he believed to be a meth pipe in her purse.
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Blue Earth County Board approves eviction proceedings
Eviction proceedings for unpaid taxes are rare — county officials can’t remember any happening in the past few decades.
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Attorney wants charges dropped in drive-by shooting
Alexander Marxen, 18, was one of four people arrested when a van was stopped March 6 after police responded to a report of a drive-by shooting at 107 Allen Court in west Mankato.
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DNR expands fishing opps with more docks
Department of Natural Resources is trying to expand fishing opportunities for those without boats by building new public fishing piers and renovating older ones.
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Fish kill in Waseca rears its stinky head again
Fish killed by a common bacteria have again made their odoriferous appearance along the shores of Clear Lake in Waseca.
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Sen. DeKruif won't run in primary
DeKruif announced in March he wouldn't seek re-election, then admitted to having second thoughts about that decision. He would have had to run against. Sen. Julie Rosen of Fairmont.
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Missing Mankato man found
A search was called off after the missing man was found safe in another city.
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