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As chairman of the Charter Commission, Barry was responsible for leading a 15-member group that oversees the Rochester Home Rule Charter — essentially the city’s constitution.
The Rochester City Council took a big step forward Monday afternoon in deciding the next steps for merging the operations of the Mayo Civic Center with the city’s tourism agency.
The costs, according to city administration, include staff time, contract resources and equipment. In total, the city estimates that staff spent more than 1,400 hours handling the visit.
Rochester is honoring Martin Luther King Jr. by renaming one of its parks after the late civil rights icon.
Dan Rodriguez hopes to deliver a heartfelt and humorous performance when he returns to Rochester this weekend for a holiday-themed special.
The policy revisions, which were first introduced by Ward 3 Council Member Nick Campion, also set new standards for transparency and sustainability.
The proposed improvements include a rehabilitation of the airport’s primary runway, along with the completion of a new lighting and navigation system.
A pair of well-known faces in the Rochester restaurant scene will be behind the bar when Bitter and Pour opens to the public this December.
We recently paid a visit to the Gift of Life Transplant House in Rochester where we met Kari Wedeking, the organization's volunteer coordinator. Kari is part of a team — she describes it as a family — that manages the 84-room home-away-from-home for transplant patients and their caregivers.
The Heritage Preservation Commission voted Tuesday to recommend that Rochester’s famed corn water tower be considered a potential landmark property under the city’s historic preservation ordinance.
Judy Brede, the longtime “First Lady” of Rochester, died early Tuesday morning at Madonna Towers Nursing Home. She was 79.
A pair of community organizations are teaming up to understand how Rochester can better meet the needs of residents as they age.
The facility, to be located on Members Parkway Northwest, will offer Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) services along with an expansion of PrairieCare Medical Group’s traditional outpatient services.
Even those sworn to protect us are not immune from the realities of sickness and pain. That is why for the past 10 years, the Rochester House of Shields has been working to support law enforcement personnel traveling here for care at the Mayo Clinic.
Greeting guests within the first floor of the Castle, the newly launched Cameo restaurant will aim to pay tribute to everything that is Rochester — a global melting pot — while still maintaining an emphasis on comfort.
The project will include “sweeping changes” to both the Kahler Grand Hotel and its upscale accommodations, The Towers, in an effort to bring the historic structure “back to life,” according to the announcement from Kahler Hospitality Group, which owns and operates the hotels.
The board held its last meeting of 2018 on Tuesday. It was also the final meeting for Mayor Ardell Brede and Councilor Mark Hickey, both of whom are retiring from their elected positions at the end of the year.
Philanthropist Jay Alix has made a gift of $200 million to the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, the organization announced Tuesday.
The paper has been at the site — which is now home to its newsroom, business operations, printing and distribution — since the mid 1950s.
Minnesota stayed firmly blue with key wins in statewide races for governor, attorney general and U.S. Senate. In Rochester, voters elected the city’s first female mayor.
