By Tanner Kent – Mankato Free Press

Minnesota State University’s newest classroom and research facility is blanketed in hip-high grass and overcome by all manner of native flora and fauna. The 58-acre tract of prairie and wetland is also the first land donation in the university’s history and believed to be the first such donation in the history of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. The gift was announced Tuesday during a news conference on the edge of the property, a largely undeveloped area northeast of the intersection of Highway 14 and Third Avenue. The donation was made by Lime Valley Development Company and the family of Darlene and William Radichel. For full story, click here.