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Jazz Series Moves To Minnesota Square Park Pavilion With Free Admission, Kids’ Activities, Socially Distant Seating

History of the Welsh in Blue Earth County

BECHS Seeking Support to Finish Asbestos Abatement Project

History @ Home with BECHS – Equity at the Ballot Box

Community Response Fund Shifts Focus to Recovery

United Way Helps Older Adults Connect through Technology

Blue Earth County History Center Re-Opening Annoucement

Arts Center of Saint Peter Accepting Artwork June 17-18, Member Exhibition On Display July 3-25

Mankato Family YMCA To Deliver Donations To YMCAs In Twin Cities Neighborhoods

Remember Me Too Movement hosts A Celebration of Unity to Support International Students

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Weekend High Notes – Fourth of July Weekend!

In Molly Butler's new column Weekend High Notes, Molly introduces you to some of the great events that aren't cancelled!

Photo courtesy Muriel Kuebler Berndt - Muriel and Barbara Kuebler in “50 Miles from Broadway,” one of the “short” pictures produced by Pathe Films to run in theaters between newsreels and the main feature. Barbara is third from the left and Muriel is to the immediate right of the tuba player.

Mankato’s Vaudeville Stars – The Kaye Sisters

Mankato natives Muriel and Barbara Kuebler were once known as the Kaye Sisters, a sister dance act that performed with the famous traveling Pantages circuit during the days of vaudeville.

Photo by Don Lipps - Detail from Intersections by Luke Achterberg

CityArt’s 2020 Walking Sculpture Tour

It was a lovely Saturday morning, and as I've done every year since beginning work on MankatoLIFE, it was time to walk the streets of Mankato and North Mankato to visit the sculptures in...

Treading the Treetops – Kerfoot Canopy Tour

Kerfoot Canopy Tour near Henderson, MN offers an aerial tour over a mile in length and 14 zip lines.

Photo from the Standard Historical and Pictorial Atlas and Gazetteer of Blue Earth County, MN, 1895 - The Bierbauer Brewery stood at the end of Rock Street in Mankato for many years. The brewery buildings are now gone. Albert and Lillie Bierbauer’s house, which is pictured on the left, still remains on the corner of 6th and Rock Streets. This photo was taken in 1895 and at the time the brewery was producing 18,000 barrels annually.

Looking Back – William Bierbauer Brewing Company

The William Bierbauer Brewing Company (later the Mankato Brewing Company) operated in Mankato from 1863-1971.