Disc Golf New at City Park

For about the past year, Mason and Tycen Higer have wanted to have a disc golf course in Mankato. Working with their father, Dan Higer, they went to the city council and asked for permission to apply for a grant and put in a disc golf course at the Mankato City Park. The city not only granted them permission, but the city administrator took care of all the grant paperwork. He applied and received a grant through the Jewell County Foundation.

The Higers drew a map for the best placement of the baskets. For the last several months, Mason Higer has been playing the planned course several times a...