MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A warm congratulations to Miss Minnesota for placing in the top 11 at Miss America! Mankato’s own Emily Schumacher competed alongside 51 other contestants in Orlando ...

Nitaya Panemalaythong was skeptical when a friend suggested she look into the Miss Minnesota USA competition last year. She’d done some modeling before, but thought, “No, that’s not my thing.

That’s run-of-the-mill professional athlete stuff. But the NWHL Minnesota Whitecaps goalie isn’t one of those obsessive netminders you hear about. She doesn’t have to dress left to right.