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Expectations for the positions will now be higher. Tolerance for incompetence will be lower. And, perhaps most consequentially, the pool of potential candidates who can pursue public office will be wider.
After suffering a traumatic spinal cord injury in a surfing accident, Chris Barr thought he would never walk again.
In September, the Rochester City Council approved a proposal from CommonBond Communities, a St. Paul-based nonprofit, to build 127 units of affordable housing above the ramp. But it turns out that the new $31.4 million parking ramp may not be structurally sound enough to handle the construction.
It was announced Sunday that the Rochester-based medical provider will be partnering with a state-owned health company in the United Arab Emirates on a new mega-hospital known as Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City.
Included in the 2020 budget is a plan to spend $4 million converting all remaining streetlights from high-pressure sodium to LED. The funding will come from an interfund loan, which will be paid back over an 11-year period using savings on utility costs and annual lighting maintenance.
Support for the two projects, which together include 106 units of affordable and workforce housing, was announced Thursday as part of a $254 million package benefiting 74 housing projects across the state.
Paul Berglund, the James Beard winning chef who arrived in town earlier this year, and Annie Balow, the culinary maestro behind the piquant ThaiPop concept, are taking their talents to Marrow, a speakeasy-esque space located directly below Grand Rounds Brewing in Rochester.
On Monday, the Rochester City Council directed staff to come back on December 2 with an analysis comparing the salaries of the mayor and council with those of elected officials in other Minnesota cities.
Mayo Clinic remains confident its partnership with Google will only bolster data security — even as the Silicon Valley company faces scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators and privacy advocates overs its handling of sensitive medical records from another large nonprofit hospital system.
If you have ever put trash in a garbage can in Olmsted County, then you have contributed to the approximately 1 million pounds of waste produced here every day.
The facility, set to open on December 15, will provide beds for up to 30-40 individuals on any given night. Those guests will be offered food, a shower, and the opportunity to do their laundry. Trained staff will also work with guests to try and find them a more permanent housing solution.
It is not too early to get into the holiday spirit if you are an employee at Mayo Clinic. That is because this week the organization announced that most employees will be receiving a special end-of-the-year bonus.
Exhibits Development Group, the new operator of the Chateau, announced Tuesday that it plans to open the theater to the public on November 23.
In the past six months, the city has dissolved both the Experience Rochester and the Mayo Civic Center boards; key personnel from the Civic Center have left; and the framework of new nonprofit corporation has been formed, complete with a new board and director.
The cancer-fighting startup Vyriad will be ramping up research and product development at its Rochester lab after inking a deal with the pharmaceutical giant Regeneron.
The success of the referendum — worth $180.9 million — gives the district the go-ahead to build both a new elementary school and middle school.
Hope, self-worth, and trust. Those things can seem impossibly out-of-reach, or even alien, to people living with things like homelessness, addiction, incarceration, or abuse. In those situations, one setback can send a delicately balanced life into chaos or desperation. That’s why Project Legacy works hour-by-hour and year-after-year with some of Rochester’s most in-need youth and young adults.
The $180.9 million referendum request, approved by the Rochester School Board in March, comes as the city’s public elementary and middle schools are, by all accounts, bursting at the seams.
Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) announced Friday it will be ceasing production at its Rochester plant. Seventy-five workers will be affected.
After years of planning, construction of Rochester’s Law Enforcement Memorial is scheduled to begin next spring.
