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The Rochester City Council voted Monday to approve a purchase agreement with Powers Ventures for the former Dooley’s site — despite dissent from some members who raised concerns over the process of the deal.
Activists showed up en masse to the Rochester School Board meeting Tuesday night to challenge a number of hot-button conservative issues, from mask mandates to critical race theory.
Hagedorn, who is serving his second term representing southern Minnesota, was first diagnosed with stage IV kidney cancer in February 2019. He has since received continued care and therapy at Mayo Clinic.
For the rest of the year, the City of Rochester is doubling the amount of time people can park for free inside the city’s six parking ramps.
The Minnesota board charged with overseeing licensing for public school administrators has voted to censure Rochester Public Schools Superintendent Michael Muñoz.
The City of Rochester has a framework for how it plans to spend much of the $17.4 million it received as a result of the American Rescue Plan.
The iconic golden kernels typically illuminating the Rochester skyline are currently shrouded. The Ear of Corn Water Tower is getting a makeover.
The Rochester City Council voted 6-1 Monday to put $200,000 toward the purchase of 17 additional security cameras downtown.
Under his leadership, Civic Music brought programming like Downtown by the Riverside, which has served more than 1 million concert-goers with acts like Kansas, the Wailers, Eric Church, and George Thorogood.
Officials from the City of Rochester and Destination Medical Center are heading back to the drawing board to determine the next steps for the historic Chateau Theatre.
Chao Mwatela, Rochester’s new director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), made her first appearance in front of the City Council on Monday.
After announcing that Soldiers Field Pool would be closing and Silver Lake Pool would be delaying opening to the public, the City of Rochester Parks and Recreation department says both pools will open on June 14.
Citing safety issues, the City of Rochester announced Wednesday it would be closing Soldiers Field Pool and delaying the opening of Silver Lake Pool.
Rochester’s bars and restaurants will not have to pay their liquor license fees in 2021, the Rochester City Council confirmed Monday, extending a key portion of the city’s relief efforts for an industry that took a major economic hit due to Covid-19.
Rochester Public Transit reintroduced four routes that had been suspended due to Covid-19 — bringing the bus provider closer to full service.
As proposed, the first phase of Rochester Rapid Transit would be a 2.6 mile transit line connecting downtown Rochester, the Mayo Civic Center, Mayo Clinic campuses, and the Rochester-Olmsted Government Center.
The Rochester City Council narrowly gave approval for a zoning change in the Folwell neighborhood Monday evening, clearing the way for a multi-unit housing project that garnered attention from neighbors.
Get the bathing suit and water wings ready: in a matter of weeks, Rochester’s two public pools will be opening for the first time since 2019 — and this summer, admission will be free to everyone, the Rochester City Council confirmed Monday.
Kent Pekel will succeed Michael Muñoz and become the next superintendent of Rochester Public Schools on July 1, the Rochester School Board announced Thursday evening.
The finalists were selected from a pool of 11 applicants based on hiring criteria established by the School Board.
