Blue Earth County – The Minnesota State University, Mankato community is mourning the loss of Valerie Caven, a 20-year-old student from Farmington who was killed Friday morning in a crash involving a semi truck on Highway 14 in Blue Earth County. According to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol, the collision occurred around 10 a.m. near the intersection of Highway 14 and Minnesota Highway 60 in Mankato. Caven’s Lexus sedan collided head-on with a Freightliner semi driven by a 46-year-old man from St. Peter, who was not injured. Emergency responders pronounced Caven dead at the scene. Remembering Valerie Caven…