11+ hour, 25+ min ago   (440+ words) One of the spaces available for a childcare business in Eagle Lake Elementary sits empty, with the district putting the final touches on the spaces before they're ready for operation. EAGLE LAKE — Mankato Area Public Schools is now in the…...

5+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (663+ words) New Horizon Academy CEO Chad Dunkley told those at the Mankato facility's ribbon-cutting Thursday that the transition from the former Cultivate Mankato day care preserved a critical child care resource in a region facing limited access to early childhood care....

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (396+ words) The Rev. Robert Schneider shows off the newly constructed atrium at All Saints Academy in Madison Lake. Gabby Coyle ushers her son, Mason, into the preschool portion of All Saints Academy. Before a recent construction project, parents, staff and students…...

1+ year, 5+ hour ago   (868+ words) Kyra Miles | MPR News Children in a preschool classroom at the Pillsbury Early Education Center in Minneapolis learn how to say colors in Spanish on July 21. Minnesota is adding thousands of free public preschool slots in elementary schools. Some private…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1864+ words) Miranda Bapp, 33, of North Mankato and her son Westley Jyrkas, 4, play at Spring Lake Park. She worked in three day care centers throughout her early childhood education career. Westley Jyrkas, 4, plays hide-and-seek with his mom, Miranda Bapp at Spring Lake…...