MANKATO — A Minneapolis-based nonprofit that helps the state’s homeless and food-insecure population has provided funds for an area shelter’s new heating and cooling system. Partners for Housing is the [...]
MANKATO — Mankato’s Bremer Bank and Greater Mankato Area United Way loaded boxes full of household staples on Wednesday to get to people transitioning out of homelessness. After loading, the [...]
MANKATO - Local nonprofit organization Partners for Affordable Housing rolls out a new brand with a fresh new look. The organization is now going by the name of Partners for [...]
The 35th birthday of the Welcome Inn, Mankato’s shelter for people experiencing homelessness, passed quietly this summer. I started volunteering at the Welcome Inn during the winter of 1986. Within [...]
MANKATO — Blue Earth County is poised to set a preliminary levy increase of 5% for next year, but it’s a number that several commissioners say they hope to reduce [...]
Public service remains a hallmark of Free Press journalism, and we see it as an even more important mission now as communities grapple with social and economic upheaval in the [...]
The commentary “All policy levers must be used to meet needs” (June 25) did a great job of highlighting the need for more affordable housing. It’s vitally important to pass [...]
MANKATO — This week’s round of Community Response Fund grants awarded $9,000 to two community organizations. • Partners for Affordable Housing was awarded $6,000 for personal hygiene and sanitation items, [...]
W here people live affects all parts of their lives. It affects access to food, transportation, health care, safety, employment, education and more – and can determine whether families thrive. [...]
MANKATO — A food shelf, youth club and transitional housing organization are among 20 nonprofits receiving grant funding from Consolidated Communications. Consolidated’s Community Fund through the Mankato Area Foundation awarded [...]
