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In September, Ilia Shadrin watched his daughter Addison, a first-grader at Riverside Central Elementary, work through another year of distance learning. He saw some of her classmates on the group call, trying to learn in houses that can’t be properly set up for school: without a set space to learn, kids were working wherever they had space. That image sparked an idea: what if his hobby could solve that problem for some students?
The decision to add the position to the 2021 budget was made by the City Council last fall following months of discussion on the need to further address equity and inclusion in city government.
Boxcar Hippie, the newest venture from Rochester-based Championship Dining, will start serving “east-LA style” griddled burritos out of the basement of the Porch Fried Chicken building on Tuesday, February 2.
Rochester School Board Chair Jean Marvin issued a brief statement late Tuesday afternoon acknowledging further evidence of plagiarism on the part of Superintendent Michael Muñoz, and promising a prompt review.
In his new role, Dr. Henry Ting will be responsible for leading Delta’s health initiatives amid a turbulent period for the airline industry.
The newly-uncovered instances of Muñoz copying material without attribution are, perhaps, the most egregious yet. They include graduation speeches, letters to RPS families and students, even a tweet — all of which look to be plagiarized from other educators across the country.
Once again, the County will be working with Rochester Area Economic Development, Inc. to facilitate grants to businesses and the Rochester Area Foundation to distribute money to nonprofits.
Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center will begin to offer Covid-19 vaccine to dentists, hospice workers, and other community health care workers starting next week, a Clinic vaccination official said Thursday.
Administrators and teachers from Rochester’s public secondary schools developed and presented the plan, calling their work “unlike any other plan in the country.”
Olmsted County Public Health laid out additional details Tuesday regarding the state’s new Covid-19 vaccine pilot program, indicating that some senior citizens and educators in southeast Minnesota will receive their first vaccine dose by the end of the week.
In August 1968, a young engineer named George Thompson left his hometown of St. Louis to come to Rochester, making him one of first Black professionals to take up residence here. As he tells it, though, he originally balked at the idea of moving to the North — until advice from his father, Alexander, convinced him to take the chance.
The pilot program, introduced Monday by Gov. Tim Walz, will allow for Minnesotans ages 65 and up to begin making appointments to receive the vaccine. The state is also working with local school districts to get the vaccine to preK-12 educators, school staff, and child care workers.
Vaccination reports show that a larger proportion of Olmsted County residents have been vaccinated against the virus than the proportion of residents who have tested positive for Covid-19
Rochester Mayor Kim Norton is set to deliver the annual State of the City address virtually on January 22, the city announced Thursday. The event will be broadcast on Zoom from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Over the past 12 years, Rev. Andre Crockett has spent much of his time coaching children of color in Rochester to become better athletes and students, through his nonprofit Sports Mentorship Academy. While he has no plans of stopping, 2021 will still mark a new chapter for SMA, as a grant from Mayo Clinic will allow Crockett and company to unveil a ‘community liaison’ position designed to work with Rochester’s police force.
The amendment to the original plan means the revised bell times will take effect for the 2021-22 school year, rather than 2022-23, as originally adopted by the board in November.
Mayo Clinic announced Tuesday it will be awarding a total of $70,000 in grants to six Olmsted County nonprofits — all of which are committed to addressing equity, diversity, and inclusion.
The reinstatement of transit fares, announced Monday, will go into effect on January 24. On the same date, RPT will also roll out changes to the numbering of 16 of its routes — though no schedule or geographic modifications will accompany the change in route numbers.
Monday marks the first day Rochester’s restaurants and bars have been allowed to reopen for in-person service in roughly two months. This weekend, downtown shopkeepers nestled around Third Street returned to their storefront to find an unsightly surprise: a coating of crow poop, up and down the sidewalks of the historic district.
Olmsted County Public Health reports that roughly 9,500 county residents have been vaccinated so far — that’s about six percent of the total population in a three-week timespan. The first healthcare workers to receive the vaccine will also start to receive their second doses in the coming days.
