The splash pad project in Mankato is making progress. There has been $38,720 raised for the project. A grant application was submitted to Dane G. Hansen Foundation and the project was awarded $25,000.

Midway Co-op donated $2,500 and CoBank matched that donation for a total of $5,000. Guaranty State Bank also donated $1,500. The remaining funds have been raised by local donations and fundraisers.

Contracts have already been placed with Mankato Plumbing to handle the plumbing at the site, which is just north of the pavilion at the Mankato City Park. J. Williams Masonry will do the cement work fo...