Minnesota is no slouch when it comes to great colleges and universities, and we now know just which college town is the best ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924.

Several large book publishers, a tiny public library and others are suing Idaho officials over a law that forces libraries to ...

Local bars and college stuff is displayed in our store ... “We’ve made our own Old Town Mankato T-shirt and plan on making more Mankato merchandise. We make shirts with Christina Donley ...

Vivian Marie Lightfoot, 96, of Hector, died Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, at the Olivia Healthcare Center. A memorial service is 11 ...

MANKATO – The claw of the excavator tore ... The project is one of the largest-ever investments in this college town 80 miles south of Minneapolis. The plan calls for demolishing the Landmark ...

This Friday, area football teams return to the field and playing under the lights, beginning another season with hopes of postseason success. It will also be the final night of sports that I cover ...

With a month to play in college hockey’s regular season, the race for the Big Ten title is all but over. After they took five of a possible six points from Minnesota last weekend, Michigan State’s ...

The hope of Mankato's first restaurant weeek is bringing foot traffic back to Mankato-area restaurants after a tough few ...

Contractors blew up the remnants of a damaged southern Minnesota bridge that nearly collapsed during heavy rains last summer ...

Nuns from Mankato who are part of the School Sisters of Notre Dame religious institute will be moving to Benedictine Living Community in Shakopee, the institute announced. The nuns have been ...