Mankato MRCI Thrift Shop closes its doors Almost 50 years of service to the greater Mankato community is coming to an end with the closure of the MRCI Mankato Thrift…
Category: Regional News in Review
Regional News -- March 2021
Riding Metro Mobility? Remember your mask Metro Mobility requires everyone who is boarding, riding or exiting a paratransit vehicles to wear a mask that covers both their nose and mouth…
Regional News - February 2021
Tentative pact provides 15 percent raise Minnesota home care workers in the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have voted on a tentative contract agreement that increases base pay by $2…
Start seeing sunflowers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower has been implemented at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Travelers passing through the airport now have the option of wearing a lanyard with sunflower logos to indicate…
Lights go out on recycling
A longtime holiday lights and cords recycling program isn’t taking place this year. ProAct, which provides jobs and related services for people with disabilities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, isn’t conducting…
Villavicencio wins city council seat
Disability community activist Nikki Villavicencio has won a seat in the Maplewood City Council. She topped the city council race by garnering 28.6 percent of the vote, followed by Rebecca…