2012-02-10T23:54:03-06:00 urn:uuid:03712d4e-f50a-4d5c-8315-69db3649fc33 By Dan Linehan urn:uuid:8293d472-acad-42a9-8b6f-ec48ceccf6ac 2012-02-10T22:46:16-06:00

<p> A timber beam held in storage by the Blue Earth County Historical Society is not part of the scaffold used to hang 38 Dakota Indians in 1862, Executive Director Jessica Potter said Friday.</p>

By Dan Linehan urn:uuid:f3d8d0bc-b408-4244-babe-20baffb2cdf2 2012-02-10T22:30:38-06:00

By Pat Christman urn:uuid:9107d4a5-1c7a-4039-a814-6e07e62d305b 2012-02-10T19:00:47-06:00

By Robb Murray urn:uuid:0bb6617d-ad1c-41db-91d7-abceeb81dfa4 2012-02-10T16:52:10-06:00

By Dan Nienaber urn:uuid:cab63ed5-167e-4a82-867c-80f55b8dab22 2012-02-10T16:37:50-06:00

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<p> A 30-year-old Mankato man was taken to the hospital after his pickup truck crashed into a South Bend Township nursing home&#39;s lobby Thursday night.</p>

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<p> Claeys, Dorothy, services 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church<br /> in Belle Plaine.<br /> Eastman, Jane, services 10:30 a.m. at Evangelical Free Church in North<br /> Mankato.<br /> Fitterer, Laurel, services 10 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in North<br /> Mankato.<br /> Hogan, Judith, services 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church<br /> in Mankato.<br /> Larsen, Evelyn, service 11 a.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Odin.<br /> Monahan, Shirley Ann, services 10 a.m. at St. Anne&#39;s Catholic Church in Le<br /> Sueur.<br /> Pirsig, Mildred, services 2 p.m. at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth.<br /> Soeffler, Bernice, services 11 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Arlington.<br /> Vee, Ruth, services 11 a.m. at Bricelyn Lutheran Church.</p>

By Amanda Dyslin urn:uuid:3c3635aa-ff48-4cc4-a0ce-ee0e186f197d 2012-02-09T20:47:49-06:00

<p> If it weren&#8217;t for a tiny glimpse or two on camera Thursday night, and her mom&#8217;s confirmation on Facebook, the world wouldn&#8217;t have known that North Mankato&#8217;s Shelby Tweten advanced on &#8220;American Idol&#8221; again this week. The West High School student has made it to the most infamous challenge of the season: &#8220;group round.&#8221;</p>

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