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Paintball center hosts tournament in Minnesota

By BRIAN AROLA - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 6, 2017 photo, Patrick Walrath, an industry inspector with the Department of Agriculture, lowers an insect trap in Sibley Park in Mankato, Minn. The traps use different pheromones to attract different kinds of insect. (Jackson Forderer/The Free Press via AP)

Mankato parks on the front lines of hunting invasive insects

By MARK FISCHENICH - Associated Press

Horse thief detective group gathers to remember history

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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY JUNE 26 AND THEREAFTER - Volunteer Angie Marble helps Lindsey Lueck and her son Dominic load food into their truck after shopping at Fare for All at New Creation World Outreach Church in Mankato, Minn. The reduced price grocery service swings through the church each month, giving cost-conscious consumers another option for stocking up on fresh veggies and select meats. (Pat Christman/The Free Press via AP)

Fare for All offers food for all in southern Minnesota

By BRIAN AROLA - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017- In this Saturday, April 1, 2017 photo, Minneopa State Park volunteer Tim Pulis, left, talks with Lennox Tofte, 3, after showing him bison on the prairie at the park through a spotting scope, while Lennox's dad Matt holds him Saturday, April 1, 2017, near Mankato, Minn. Pulis is among the volunteer &quot;bison ambassadors&quot; at the park who answer questions for the public. (Jackson Forderer/The Free Press via AP)

Minneopa State Park trains bison ambassadors

By BRIAN AROLA - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY MARCH 25 AND THEREAFTER - In a March 15, 2017 photo, Mary Buak, right, and Nyawargak Jack, center, listen to teacher Tom Tacheny during a citizenship class at Lincoln Community Center in Mankato, Minn. Citizenship classes at the center and elsewhere in Mankato have had slightly higher enrollments this year, an occurrence that roughly coincides with the initial travel ban implemented by President Donald Trump in January. (Jackson Forderer/The Free Press via AP)

Classes lead Mankato refugees, immigrants to citizenship

By BRIAN AROLA - Associated Press

Poultry producers in Minnesota better prepared for bird flu

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Brewing history looms large in Montgomery

By EDIE SCHMIERBACH - Associated Press

Truman boy recovers after being shot with arrow

By KRISTINE GOODRICH - Associated Press

Madelia rebuilds after fire that devastated 9 businesses

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Minnesota officials wait to reopen flooded roads

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Psych hospital suspect accused of prior attack

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Mavericks football coach booked in child porn case

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