MANKATO, Minn. — Meta Millhone walked up to the Happy Chef statute Tuesday looking for the button on the base she used to press as a kid to make him talk. "Well, hello there neighbor," the chef's ...

MANKATO, Minn. — Meta Millhone walked up to the Happy Chef statute Tuesday looking for the button on the base she used to press as a kid to make him talk. “Well, hello there neighbor,” the chef’s ...

The Happy Chef statue on the northern edge of Mankato is beloved by generations of Minnesotans, many of whom can remember pressing a button at its base and hearing it spout a corny joke: "When it's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 16—When a Facebook post went up Oct. 9, the chatter ran faster than that of a busload of kids lined up to listen to a message ...