Thank you for eight great years!

On today’s episode of the Rochester Rundown, we have a conversation with Brooke Carlson, president-elect of the Rochester City Council. We touch on her top priorities in the first months of her term, plus the advice she received from her late father, Dr. David Ahlquist.

Fourteen forums, 16 races, 32 candidates — it all Came to an end Thursday evening, with the last two installments of Med City Beat’s online forum series. The three-week lineup concluded with the candidates for Minnesota State Senate, pitting two sitting GOP Senators against ascendant DFL challengers — David Senjem vs. Sara Flick in District 25, and Carla Nelson vs. Aleta Borrud in District 26.

On this week’s edition of the Rundown, we continue our coverage of Med City Beat’s town hall debate series. Thursday night, the six candidates vying for a spot on the Rochester School Board joined Sean for a 90-minute forum on topics ranging from distance learning and Covid-19 precautions to racial equity among students and staff members, as well as the future of district-wide public choice schools like Friedell and Lincoln.

This week we hosted the first round of our Town Hall series in preparation for Election Day. The first four forums featured the candidates vying for the Rochester City Council seats up for grabs. On the latest episode of the Rochester Rundown, we sift through the debates to bring you the issues where candidates differentiated themselves. Affordable housing, DMC, the upcoming parks referendum... those issues and more are covered in this week's edition of the podcast, presented by Altra Federal Credit Union.