MANKATO — State Highway 68 opened to traffic about noon Tuesday after part of the repair work was recently completed.

Two Highway 68 sites needed to be repaired from late June mudslides. The smaller downslope slide, just east of the former Cat & Fiddle, was partially repaired by building a concrete wall/anchor system and adding guardrail. Additional ravine and drainage repairs at the site will be completed later this summer.

The second site, a larger hillside slide near the road to Courtland, will need more repairs. The work, along with additional ravine and drainage work at the Cat & Fiddle site, will result in a second Highway 68 closure in the near future.

For updated road conditions, call 511 or visit www.511mn.org.