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Mankato council suspends tobacco and liquor licenses after third-strike violations
Summary
The Mankato City Council imposed a 14-day suspension and $1,000 civil penalty on Smokes for Less for three tobacco-related violations and a $2,000 fine plus a seven-day suspension on Los Dos Primos after city staff described multiple strikes under state and city rules.
The Mankato City Council on Monday approved penalties against two downtown retailers after staff described multiple state and local violations.
City Clerk Renee reported that Smokes for Less, at 1130 S. Riverfront Drive, had three offenses within a 36-month period: two compliance checks in which a controlled under-21 buyer was sold tobacco (dated in the memo as 08/08/2024 and 11/12/2025) and a separate finding by the Minnesota Department of Revenue that unstamped filtered cigarettes were sold from the store. "All three of these violations together constitute three offenses within the 36 month period," she told the council,…
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