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Rochester Public Schools’ teenagers will still need to be in class at 7:40 a.m. sharp next school year, after the RPS School Board unanimously moved to postpone discussion on the matter — with the intent of re-examining the situation next year.
The exhibition features 35 original costumes used in the filming of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama, set in England during the 1920s.
Sherels said the desire to start a gym was there from the beginning, when he and Thielen were both special teamers for the Vikings in the mid-2010s.
A memo from city planning staff outlines plans to regulate the construction of new cul-de-sacs in city limits. The memo says cul-de-sacs are costly to the city and a hindrance to community development.
Over 350 acceptance emails to Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine were mistakenly sent out Thursday morning, sending nervous applicants into a frenzy.
In a news release Thursday, the city said it still needs more than 200 judges to serve voters during the March 3 presidential primary.
With Heart of the City construction on the horizon, DMC officials are now asking for an additional 8 percent “cost premium” to support what they call a “Business Forward” initiative. Through additional investments in accessibility and safety, increased communication, and new programming in the Peace Plaza area, they hope to help the existing businesses weather the storm to come and reap the benefits of a revitalized downtown.
Rochester’s high schoolers may be able to sleep in just a little bit longer next year, as Rochester Public Schools weighs the the pros and cons of moving the opening bell past the 8 o’clock hour.
After eight years in business and one successful expansion under its belt, Rooster’s Barn and Grill has hatched plans for a third restaurant in Rochester.
Board members and presenters alike acknowledged the proposal was a deviation from current city policy on using TIF funds, which has tightened in recent months, but emphasized the benefits Rochester would stand to receive from the building’s completion.
Steve Borchardt, director of the Coalition for Rochester Area Housing, has announced his impending retirement from the position, effective June 30. Borchardt, 66, previously served as Olmsted County Sheriff.
Since opening in 2010, Big Brad’s had operated as one of the few true dive bars downtown. The establishment was known for its cheap drinks, good service — and more recently, Tuesday night salsa dancing.
The market’s vendors voted this week to pursue a plan from Olmsted County to move the Saturday outdoor market to Graham Park. In past years, the market had been held in a parking lot downtown.
On Tuesday, during a city council oversight meeting, new details were made public showing just how dire the financial situation at the theater had become under the tenure of former executive director Kevin Miller.
Before transit hubs pop up west and south of downtown, the city and Destination Medical Center need input from the public — and that process started Tuesday with the first in a series of planned transit open houses.
As part of the resolution, the council also authorized staff to begin seeking bids for the $19.2 million project, with the goal of beginning work sometime this year.
Even with all of the buzz around the city’s emerging culinary scene, there are still too any places that don’t get their fair share of attention. Be it an obscure location, a small advertising budget or the appearance of a too-hard-to-overcome cultural barrier, these places oftentimes find themselves on the outside looking in when it comes to the annual accolades. For this article, we set out to change that.
The Rochester Civic Theatre’s use of taxpayer funds will be put under the microscope next Tuesday morning as the city’s Outside Agency Oversight Committee conducts its annual review of the organization’s finances.
Plus: More than a month after posting a note stating it has “temporarily closed for internal restructuring,” Fuji restaurant remains shuttered.
Kristina Wright-Peterson founded Red Drop Resources in 2014 in honor of her late father, who died in 1995 after a battle with leukemia. She says the nonprofit fills a need that her family had nearly 20 years ago, and working with her mother, Virginia, has been a benefit for both of them.
