Good morning, Mankato.

Multiple fire departments responded to a grass fire near Lake Washington on Friday at 4:00 p.m. (near the Mankato Municipal Airport) and are working to contain the flames.

Altelièr Creative, a small-batch sustainable clothing boutique run by a mother-daughter team in St. Peter, is showcasing its designs at today’s SPRING to Saint Peter festivities and Mankato’s Old Town Vintage Market event.

Customers can enjoy live tailoring + a complimentary alteration with every purchase.

North Mankato alpaca farmer Chad Cabanilla played five Wheel of Fortune episodes during a special Spring Forward series and won four of them, earning over $180,000 in prizes including trips to Seattle, Amsterdam, and Vietnam.

His historic run makes him the sixth-highest winning contestant in the show's history.

Hanska dairy farmer David Tauer said his spring planting is on schedule thanks to warm weather and good soil conditions, with corn + alfalfa already in the fields ahead of last year’s May start.

He noted that a bit of rain will soon be needed as work continues through early May.

In election fundraising news, Amy Klobuchar led with $4.7 million in Q1 while Jake Johnson outreached Congressman Brad Finstad in the CD-1 race.

Meanwhile, GOP candidate Tyler Kistner withdrew from the CD-2 race due to a Marine Reserves deployment — and Sen. Matt Klein was penalized for a prediction market wager.