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From a skyline view, downtown looks like a booming place. Large cranes tower over the construction of new research facilities and parking ramps. But shift your lens to the street level and you will get a much different perspective. On buildings both old and new, “for lease” signs have become an all-too-common sight.
The Landing MN’s four-year journey into its new day center at 426 3rd Ave SE is marked by a series of lives changed for the better as a result of their relationship-centric approach to assistance.
Minnesota’s First Congressional District gave Republicans in the U.S. House a boost in the party’s path to a majority.
The new Spyhouse is being built inside the new TownePlace Suites, located blocks from both St. Marys Hospital and downtown Rochester. The plan is to have the café open seven days a week.
After celebrating their first anniversary at 4 Third Street, the owners of ThaiPop have expanded underground with the opening of a new cocktail lounge.
Today, entrepreneurial collectors provide the city with curated nostalgic immersion. From vintage toys and comics to retro tech and long-thought-dead fashions and media formats, even a handshake from the voice actor behind a favorite childhood cartoon character — the era you long for is not far from reach.
The latest census has resulted in a reshuffling of legislative seats in the Rochester area and across Minnesota.
No topic underscores the division between the two candidates more so than Destination Medical Center, the $5.6 billion initiative to solidify downtown Rochester as a global hub for healthcare.
Channel One Regional Food Bank and Rochester Public Schools are introducing a new approach toward combating childhood hunger.
The grants — which range from $1,220 to $200,000 — are part of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s Main Street Economic Revitalization Program.
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.
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.
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.
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 School 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.
