Just miles west of downtown Mankato, Minneopa State Park commands regular visits for its iconic Minneopa Falls. The park is home base, too, to a flourishing bison herd that can attract hundreds of ...

Pulis mentions snowshoeing Minneopa Creek from the falls to the Minnesota River; waking up at 3 a.m. and getting four others to venture to the park to listen to the dawn chorus of singing birds ...

— A wrongful death suit alleges the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources failed to warn visitors about landslide risks at Minneopa State Park before a 19-year-old’s death in 2023.