Candidate filings open for school board

MANKATO — Candidates have begun to submit their names for the four open seats on the Mankato Area Public Schools Board as filing gets underway for school districts and some municipal offices Tuesday. Vice Chair Kristi Schuck, Christopher Kind, Erin Roberts and Liz Ratcliff currently hold the four-year term seats up for grabs. None of the incumbents filed on opening day, but Tim Flynn of Eagle Lake, Elizabeth Hanke of Mankato and Tracy Frederick Corcoran of North Mankato joined the race, the school district said. Flynn is a 1998 graduate...