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🌱 What did North Mankato’s mayoral hopefuls promise on housing and growth?

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  • What did North Mankato's mayoral hopefuls promise on housing and growth?

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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Periods of sun; not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Friday: Variable cloudiness, temps: high: 63, low: 46.
  • Saturday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 68 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• North Mankato mayoral candidates address affordable housing, city issues at forum (keyc.com) — North Mankato residents heard incumbent Mayor Scott Carlson and challenger Joe Tougas lay out their priorities on affordable housing, business growth, and immigration enforcement at a League of Women Voters forum. Both backed ideas like community land trusts, more high‑density housing, and incentives for small businesses, while agreeing the city should avoid involvement in civil immigration enforcement.
   

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  • Spirits at Rest lays out plans for new residential recovery facility in Mankato (keyc.com)
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  • Midland jobs grew 3.3%, ranking second in the nation (yourbasin.com)

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  • Nicollet Public Schools launches new STEM initiative (nujournal.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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