St. Peter News

Allen Quist , retired politician, semi-retired farmer, soon-to-be retired teacher, was sitting in his home outside St.

By Brian Ojanpa ST PETER - Pedestrian street crossings on St. Peter's wide downtown thoroughfare used to resemble death-defying sprints.

One of two men arrested in a St. Peter crack cocaine sting recently had received a stayed sentence in June for a drug conviction from a similar sting and an assault in Mankato earlier this year.

It has been a while since Allen Quist has been active in politics. Quist served three terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives, from 1982 to 1988, and challenged Gov.

ST. PETER, Minn. -- Republican Allen Quist has declared himself a candidate in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, hoping to knock of Democratic Rep.

'Tis the season to pony up and pay it forward. Two Mankato charitable organizations kicked off their annual holiday season fund drives Wednesday.

Drug investigators are using DNA evidence in an attempt to link a 25-year-old St.

It's not unanimous, but a consensus is forming around a 3 percent property tax hike in North Mankato - down from a 7.3 percent increase the City Council preliminarily approved in September.

Stoplight Ashley Keul plays red-light, green-light with Kai Anderson, 8, of St. Peter during SaturdayA's celebration along Highway 169 in St.

Minnesota stands to get a nice boost in federal cash for water infrastructure projects under a newly signed appropriations bill.

Allen Quist, who conducted a forum on federal health care reform in Mankato Tuesday, is on the verge of running for Congress against Democratic Rep.

Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter reports that 11 candidates for governor in 2010 have confirmed that they will participate in tonight's public forum.

Sister M. Roberta Rother, SSND, 93, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at Good Counsel Provincial House.

Bill Lambert unloads corn at the end of one of his fields west of St. Peter. While yields have been good, the high-moisture content this fall means farmers are having to dry their grain, adding cost and slowing the harvest.

Attorney Bob D. Hinnenthal was sworn in as the new Brown County Attorney at the courthouse Monday morning.

Maybe if I'd have had a conceal-carry permit instead of a shovel it would have been easier to explain to my lower North Mankato neighbors.

Ann Fee is a vocalist for several Mankato-area bands, including acoustic pop band Fish Frye, which plays and various venues in Mankato.

In the second day of a court hearing to have a former Fairmont man committed for being a sexually dangerous person, a Fairmont family was called to testify.

The House Capital Investment Committee meets in St. Peter this afternoon...Looking at bonding and infrastructure projects seeking state funding assistance...Community development leaders are requesting 400 thousand dollars from the state to help plan the extension of the bike trail along the Minnesota River Trail.Students from MSU, the University ...

David Earl Caufman, 68, of Le Sueur died Thursday, October 22, 2009, at his residence.