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This photo taken April 1, 2020, shows Gabby Hess, a senior in Minnesota State University's nursing program, outside the university's Clinical Sciences Building, which is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hess is set to graduate in early May — just before a predicted surge in COVID-19 patients is expected to exceed the capacity of Minnesota's hospitals. Hess said she and her classmates are eager to get their diplomas, pass their licensing exams and put their skills to use helping the sick when they need it the most. (Pat Christman/The Free Press via AP)

Nursing students eager to finish degree, fight coronavirus

By MARK FISCHENICH - Associated Press

Minnesota State’s hunger-prevention program nears 90K meals

By MARK FISCHENICH - Associated Press

Minnesota State, Hoffner agree on 5-year contract extension

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Former Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson leaves the Blue Earth Co jail with a towel on his head after posting $20,000 bail in his assault case stemming from a fight outside a bar that left another former football player in critical condition with head injuries, in Mankato, Minn, Monday, May 12, 2014. Authorities say Nelson kicked Isaac Dallas Kolstad, 24, in the head after another man punched and knocked him to the ground early Sunday as bars were closing in Mankato. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

Rutgers QB Philip Nelson booted from team as assault victim clings to life

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Isaac Kolstad, 24, is in critical condition after sustaining severe head injuries, his father said Sunday. He has a 3-year-old daughter and his wife is reportedly pregnant. (Isaac Kolstad via Twitter)

Football player ‘fighting for his life’ after alleged assault by Rutgers quarterback

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Minnesota State University, Mankato head football coach Todd Hoffner lights a candle held by former team member Sam Thompson, who said a few words at a candle light vigil held for former Minnesota State, Mankato, linebacker Isaac Dallas Kolstad, Sunday, May 11, 2014, in Mankato, Minn. Former Minnesota Gophers quarterback Philip Robert Nelson was jailed following an altercation in Mankato early Sunday that sent Kolstad to the hospital in critical condition. (AP Photo/The Mankato Free Press, John Cross)

Linebacker hurt in assault in critical condition

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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2012, file photo, Todd Hoffner talks with reporters with his wife, Melodee, in Mankato, Minn., after a judge dismissed child pornography charges against him. An arbitrator has found that Minnesota State University, Mankato, had no grounds to fire head football coach Hoffner last May and has ordered that the university immediately reinstate him, an attorney for the coach confirmed Thursday, April 10, 2014. Hoffner, who was recently named head coach at Minot State, is considering whether or not he will return to Mankato, said attorney Jim Fleming. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Marlin Levison) ST. PAUL OUT, MINNEAPOLIS AREA TV OUT, MAGS OUT

Uncertainty for football teams after coach ruling

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press

Arbitrator: Mankato university wrong to fire coach

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press