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“Wakefield” is set to go live next Monday in Peace Plaza — though you won’t know it’s there much of the time. The installation will only be visible during the first and last breaths of a human life inside the nearby hospital walls.
There will be no escaping politics the next two weekends in downtown Rochester with Minnesota’s two largest political parties set to host their state conventions at the Mayo Civic Center.
Former Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede has put his support behind a challenger looking to unseat incumbent Mayor Kim Norton.
Rochester Public Schools has updated the threshold for masking in elementary schools amid a recent uptick of new Covid-19 cases.
In 2015, former Mayor Ardell Brede set forward an ambitious goal of making Rochester energy net-zero by 2031. The proclamation positioned the city as an early adopter in the movement to begin mitigating the effects of climate change. But turning political will into action isn’t always easy — and despite significant progress, including a pledge from Rochester Public Utilities to transition its electricity to 100 percent renewable resources — the city remains a long way from becoming carbon-free.
Beginning in July, the markets will be held every other Saturday from 4 to 10 p.m. at 307 East Center Street, in the parking lot across the river from Mayo Field and across the street from the Rochester Civic Theatre.
More than three months after its proposal won preliminary approval from the Rochester City Council, Threshold Arts says it is moving closer to breathing life back into the now-dormant Chateau Theatre.
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In doing so, the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program is hoping to make it easier for those who want to donate blood, but can’t make it downtown.
If laughter is the best medicine, then Mark Klampe has the prescription.
Ward 1 Rochester City Councilor Patrick Keane will seek a second term in office, he announced on Thursday.
The Minnesota DNR s is testing whether six Canada gees found dead at Silver Lake Park died due to the avian flu.
After four years of business, Cameo restaurant announced Wednesday that it will be closing its doors at the end of the month.
The race has been a pillar of the Rochester events calendar since its inception in 1996, and for its return-from-Covid-year, race organizers aim to make a whole weekend out of the event for runners and non-runners alike.
Starting on Monday, The Landing MN will operate out of the Salvation Army of Rochester’s Social Services Center, 115 First Avenue NE. It will continue to use the site for the duration of its build-out of a new day center.
Mayo Clinic said this week that it will invest $49 million into an expansion of its lab spaces on Superior Drive.
When someone mentions Ramadan, the first thing many of us think of is a month of fasting from all sustenance, food, and water. But Ramadan is not just a time for doing without. It is a celebration and food is a big part of that celebration.
RPT still welcomes the use of masks on board buses for anyone who wishes to wear them and encourages unvaccinated and immunocompromised individuals to consider wearing face coverings, the announcement said.
The impact of the program, officials said, could be especially impactful to immigrant and refugee populations, as well as other individuals, such some those with some disabilities, who may not be eligible for driver's license.
