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In July, a state law went into effect allowing for the production, distribution, and sale of edibles containing hemp-derived THC. Since then, all kinds of Rochester businesses have begun adding THC-infused products to their shelves.
While the stories of Rochester and Mayo Clinic will forever be intertwined, author Virginia Wright-Peterson wants you to know that there is more to the city’s history.
The indoor skatepark would be the first of its kind in Rochester — with the goal of providing skateboarders a fun, safe space to continue staying active, particularly during the colder weather months.
As proposed, the 2.8-mile LINK Rapid Transit route will run along Second Street SW, connecting downtown Rochester with St. Marys Hospital and a planned West Transit Village that will include parking and housing.
A local bike group is peddling a new program that will provide riders with extra incentives to make their next trip on two wheels.
A Rochester nonprofit serving people with disabilities throughout southeast Minnesota is close to breaking ground on the region’s first fully-accessible indoor recreation center.
As one of eight instructors named to the Temple/American Association of Physics Teachers group of the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team, Milbrandt is responsible for helping create training materials for introductory physics teaching at the community college and university levels.
In the Rochester mayoral race, incumbent Kim Norton and conservative challenger Britt Noser will move on to the general election in November.
D'Angelo Tines, a 2016 graduate of John Marshall High School, has signed a lease to bring Popus Gourmet Popcorn to the corner of First Avenue SW and Second Street SW, in a space formerly occupied by Essence Skin Clinic.
Michael York, the enduring actor whose film credits include Cabaret, The Three Musketeers, and Logan’s Run, is settling into his next act two-thousand miles away from Hollywood.
Rochester’s lakes all share one trait: their unnaturalness.
The latest campaign finance reports show that Trahan brought in $18,367 since last November. Incumbent Mayor Kim Norton was second in fundraising, reporting $15,239 in cash and in-kind services.
Forget burgers and fries, Rochester students are expanding their palettes this summer with new, culturally-inspired dishes in an effort to diversify the school lunch menu and better reflect district demographics.
Five questions for the candidates on the primary ballot for Rochester mayor.
Five questions for the candidates on the primary ballot for Rochester City Council.
Five questions for the candidates on the primary ballot for Rochester School Board.
Five questions for the candidates on the primary ballot for Olmsted County Board.
The Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted County Community Corrections outlined rehabilitation for formerly incarcerated individuals as a pressing community need in its 2021-22 Comprehensive Plan, detailing how lowering rates of incarceration both in Olmsted County’s adult detention centers as well as juvenile detention centers means more individuals will soon be reintegrating into civilian life — and that means an increased need for community programs and support aimed at restoration and rehabilitation.
After a decade-long run serving up beers and burgers, Rochester’s Wild Bill’s Sports Saloon, has closed for good.
On her mission to deliver medical supplies and training to soldiers and civilians in Ukraine, Ashlea McLeod, PhD, PA-C, encountered the gamut of the human spirit: pure-hearted NGO volunteers, military and medical heroes and imposters, extremists “playing war,” and refugees left in the lurch.
