Good morning, Mankato.

State Street Theater in New Ulm presents Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical with shows on Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m., Saturday, July 25 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m.—each performance will include a Book Drive with raffle prizes for donated books.

Tuesday marked the opening of school board races near Mankato.

In the local district, three seats were on the ballot—two board members filed for reelection while the chair declined to run—and Nicollet and Maple River boards have openings with no candidates yet listed.

Plasma Blue is preparing to sell its new PFAS-cleaning process for landfills by the end of the year.

The Minnesota company (which successfully tested the system in Cottonwood County) uses cold plasma to break harmful chemicals into safe elements at low operating costs.

Highway 93 between Henderson and Highway 169 reopens at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 21 after nearly three years closed for flood improvements + local officials will hold a ribbon-cutting at 1 p.m. at the new overflow bridge 1.5 miles southeast of Henderson, with an alternate location if weather disrupts the ceremony.

City officials approved an amendment on Monday, July 13 that lets single family homes keep up to 4 backyard chickens if they have a coop and chicken run (roosters remain prohibited) by following zoning and safety rules.