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A convoy of lineworker crews from Rochester Public Utilities and fifteen other Minnesota municipal utilities has arrived in Florida.
The Rochester City Council will consider a policy proposal this week to restrict the purchase and use of expanded polystyrene food containers.
Shari Mukherjee, who is sworn to secrecy regarding the details of the already-filmed show, celebrated the episode with friends and family during a viewing party at the soon-to-open Figue store and kitchen.
The collection of artifacts, among the most comprehensive in the world, includes everything from personal letters to instruments — all working together to tell the story of the most prolific pop group in history.
From the turn of the 21st Century, the outside has been trying to understand what goes on here. What’s the ‘secret sauce,’ they wonder, that makes this otherwise ordinary Midwest town anything but?
The city recently joined an initiative encouraging residents to look after drains in their neighborhoods. Officials say adopting a storm drain is a tangible way to keep the local water supply clean and safe.
Holly Masek, the new executive director of the Rochester Downtown Alliance, said the map was drawn after consulting the city and community stakeholders.
Amy Noble Seitz, founder and CEO of EDG, said the goal is to have the first exhibition up by October. EDG also has plans to add a café, bar, and retail shop inside the building.
Christian Holter, director of operations for Rochester City Lines, said the new transit area will provide consistency and reliability for its customers, especially as the city continues to reconfigure the roads that the bus line has typically relied on for curbside parking.
The Rochester City Council sent a message to the development community on Monday: hotel projects are no longer a priority when it comes to the use of city tax assistance.
Here at the Rochester clinic, Title X funding supports care for almost 3,000 people annually, according to Mayor Norton. Reproductive healthcare services funded by the 50-year-old Title X program include birth control, cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment.
The Rochester-based healthcare provider announced this week that it plans to open a new primary care site in the strip mall in early 2020. OMC’s space will be located near Gibbons Optical and HOM Furniture.
Rochester Mayor Kim Norton acknowledged the process to get to this point has been long. Ultimately, though, she described the collaborative effort as “a solution everyone can feel good about.”
Mayor Norton is launching a new community engagement series. The monthly series, “Morning with the Mayor,” will be held around town at different coffee shops, the city said Monday in a news release.
The Rochester Police Department responded this week to a Star Tribune report that raised questions about the use of a confidential informant in a drug case.
The series at Benedict’s, a breakfast restaurant located on the second floor of the Hilton in downtown Rochester, will be Berglund’s first cooking for the public since departing from Fiddlehead Coffee Company.
On Tuesday, the Rochester Park Board approved the use of the Silver Lake fire station as a winter warming shelter. The vote followed a recent Rochester City Council decision to spend approximately $457,000 on updating the building with new bathrooms and an HVAC system.
The Rochester Park Board voted Tuesday to delay accepting a bid for the Soldiers Field track resurfacing — potentially paving the way for the parks department to form a partnership with a group of grassroots activists.
Rochester Public Schools is expanding its full-service community school model to John Marshall High School, the district announced Monday.
While police can’t directly access the videos with consent, concerns have been raised about false alarms, racial profiling, and a company of Amazon’s size controlling such a large amount of sensitive data.
