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While police can’t directly access the videos with consent, concerns have been raised about false alarms, racial profiling, and a company of Amazon’s size controlling such a large amount of sensitive data.
Mayo Clinic came out on the winning side of a court decision handed down this week by the U.S. District Court in Minnesota.
The Riverside Concerts Presents series begins Thursday, September 19 with Gaelic Storm, a genre-bending Irish rock band that has topped the Billboard World Chart an impressive six times.
For the past 15 years, the highest-ranking Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner in Minnesota has had a mission to “promote athleticism, mental toughness, and overall individual excellence” at his martial arts academy in Rochester.
At the end of the day, these scooters could be a very good thing for Rochester — but only if we are realistic about the potential dangers and the need for honest dialogue.
Rochester Mayor Kim Norton continued her quest Monday to convince city officials to consider rail as a mode of transit for the downtown circulator.
The old fire station at Silver Lake Park would serve as an emergency warming shelter under a proposal that won conditional approval from the Rochester City Council on Monday.
Fiddlehead Coffee Company co-owner Sarah Phelan said Monday that the business plans to lease 2,100 square feet of space in the Avani apartment building, located on the grounds of the original Miracle Mile
As pressure continues to mount on public officials to address the city’s housing crisis, reporter Bryan Lund digs into the roots of the problem to find out whether anything can be done to counter current trends.
Rochester police have launched a collaborative initiative aimed at getting people out of a cycle of drug use and crime, and into long-term recovery plans.
The scooters are part of a four-month pilot program recently adopted by the Rochester City Council.
To produce the video, Aug lent on his deep library of local video archives. Clips include video from the mayor’s inauguration, outdoor concerts, and community rallies.
Clinicians from Mayo Clinic and engineers from Boston Scientific will work together under one roof in an effort to develop new medical technologies and bring them to market (and to the bedside) more quickly.
The Rochester Downtown Alliance will host its annual Dogs Downtown event in peace Plaza from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m on Saturday.
The move, which should be completed this fall, comes as the paper’s former owner, Small Newspaper Group, works to sell the paper’s downtown building.
Physician burnout has become an epidemic in healthcare, says Dr. Colin West, a Mayo Clinic researcher specializing in physician well-being.
Rochester has a path toward drastically reducing its use of fossil fuels. On Tuesday, the Rochester Public Utilities Board advanced plans that call for using 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.
Plus: Electric scooters will begin rolling into Rochester on August 1.
The $1.8 million figure represented a funding gap that the developer, EKN Development Group, needed to cover in order for a “timely redevelopment of a prime property location,” according to city administration.
With all eyes on the 2020 elections, local officials are discussing the best ways to prepare for what they expect will be a big year for turnout.
