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With no incumbent on the ballot, Rochester’s at-large city council race has brought in 50 percent more in fundraising than the previous cycle.
The Rochester Public Library Board was presented Wednesday with plans to include an expanded library as part of a mixed-used development on the site of the former Post-Bulletin headquarters in downtown Rochester.
Because the correlations could be observed days before the first reported cases in some areas, researchers believe the information could be valuable to helping public health agencies prepare much more rapidly.
The Rochester Public Library is pausing the next phase of its reopening plans as result of the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Olmsted County, the organization announced Tuesday.
Rochester’s day center for individuals experiencing homelessness is on the move again, after the Rochester City Council approved a plan Monday that will move the center to the former Silver Lake fire station by the first week of November.
This past week we wrapped up our 14-event town hall series featuring the candidates for Rochester City Council, Olmsted County Board, Rochester School Board and Minnesota Legislature. We thank the 32 candidates who participated for engaging in substantive, issue-oriented discussions, and we hope the forums assist local voters in making informed decisions as they head to the polls or fill out their mail-in ballots.
Minnesota’s 2020 bonding bill passed through the state legislature at last Thursday afternoon, bringing an end to months of political squabbling in the state House and officially earmarking roughly $20 million in state funds for Rochester-area infrastructure projects.
Rochester Public Schools announced Friday it will keep its current learning model through the months of October and most of November, citing concerning Covid-19 trends in the Rochester area.
Former Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited the Med City Thursday afternoon on behalf of her husband Joe and Democrats down the ballot, telling a socially-distanced crowd of a few dozen to “do everything they can” to flip the Senate and White House in November.
The 65,000 square-foot facility, located on the corner of Valleyhigh Drive and 19th Street NW, will give area single mothers and their children a home while the mother pursues a college degree.
While the bonding bill fight may be coming to an end, the debate over proper use of emergency powers has remained. GOP members of the legislature have almost unilaterally voted to revoke the governor’s powers, while Walz’s DFL party mates have supported the move since March.
We talked with Paul Widman, director of Rochester Parks and Recreation, about the details of the parks referendum: why it’s on the ballot now, what the new funds would go to, and how the pandemic affected the park system over the summer of 2020, as the details of the referendum were being crafted.
Dr. Biden will be joined by Doug Emhoff, the husband of Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for vice president. The pair, according to a campaign announcement, will also visit the Twin Cities.
After the largest spike in Covid-19 cases in our area to date, the latest weekly Covid-19 report from Olmsted County Public Health shows a slight improvement in the situation — less cases, lower rolling averages, and hospitalizations remaining level week-to-week.
Our Town Hall series turned its attention to the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night, highlighting three races in which challengers are vying to spoil re-election campaigns for three incumbent board members.
The first gears are turning for a possible move of the Rochester Public Library, after the Rochester City Council directed city staff to look into a new ‘public-private partnership’ for a new library space — potentially allowing RPL to expand into a space totaling at least 150,000 square feet.
Sandy Keith, a Rochester native who became the only Minnesotan to ever serve in all three branches of state government and tirelessly worked to push his hometown forward, died Saturday night. He was 91.
First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn has tested negative for Covid-19, his office said Friday afternoon.
Hal Henderson, who also serves as the director of HGA’s Rochester office, has drawn up plans for a four-level, 25,400 square-foot space on 1700 North Broadway, preliminarily called the North Plaza Business Center.
To find out what Mayo Clinic is doing to counteract the escalating number of false medical claims and theories on social media, we spoke with Dr. Farris Timimi, cardiologist and medical director of the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network.
