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DFL Looks to Build Support for Gun Control with Town Hall Forums

For Southeast Minnesota teens and their parents, ‘communication, not isolation’ is key to suicide prevention

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This story is about suicide. If you or someone you know needs help or support, contact the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling 988. You can also reach the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. PINE ISLAND, Minn. — Last year, late on a school night, Naolin Derksen received a text from a friend that terrified her. “It’s a message asking me what I would do if he had committed suicide while he was still in Pine Island,” Naolin said…Rochester, Minnesota · Rochester Read Article

$1.3 million to be awarded to southern Minnesota businesses through partnership with MN DEED

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ACH Seeds awards $60,000 to community initiatives in sugarbeet growing regions

ACH Seeds awarded $60,000 to organizations in communities where sugarbeet producers live in an effort to help strengthen rural communities through their Homegrown Giving program. Six organizations were given $10,000 each to go towards a project that is community focused. “Our Homegrown Giving program is rooted in the belief that strong communities grow from the ground up, led by the people and organizations who know their hometown best,” said An…Agriculture · Rochester Read Article

When the acres outgrow the tractors

It remains — to borrow words from Charles Dickens –— the best of times, and the worst of times. The unease that arose from memories of events that occurred in the 1960s may have been caused by an angry north wind that crashed rain hard against windows and eventually brought an end to another growing season. Older brothers — three of them in all — were in expansion mode when they purchased a neighboring farm from an owner afflicted with cancer. D…Agriculture · Rochester Read Article

1975: Floodlights to be installed at JM next year

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2000 – 25 years ago Scientists have spotted a small asteroid or a piece of space junk that they say has a 1-in-500 chance of hitting the Earth in 30 years – far greater odds than any similar object ever discovered. Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush was the runaway favorite, by an almost two-to-one margin, among students in a mock election conducted at seven Rochester schools. 1975 – 50 years ago Floodlights will be installed at …Space Debris · Rochester Read Article

Council rejects request to change Rochester's downtown historic district

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ROCHESTER — A request to remove three Second Street Southwest buildings from Rochester’s downtown historic district was denied Monday. “It doesn’t surprise me that the district will get tested,” Rochester City Council member Patrick Keane said of the roughly three-block area, which includes 32 properties. He pointed out the district – bounded by South Broadway Avenue to the east, First Avenue Southwest to the west, Second Street Southwest to the…Rochester, Minnesota · Rochester Read Article

Rochester council moves $7.4 million East Center Street project forward amid pushback

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ROCHESTER — Neighbors raised concerns Monday about $575,000 in anticipated property assessments and tree impacts tied to the proposed $7.4 million redevelopment of a six-block section on East Center Street. “This project is not a local improvement, meaning for the neighborhood,” Kevin Fleming told the Rochester City Council during a public hearing on the proposed assessments. With three properties near the western end of the planned project, Fle…Rochester, Minnesota · Rochester Read Article

Third person charged in downtown Rochester robbery

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ROCHESTER — A third Rochester man has been charged in a robbery and assault in downtown Rochester in early October. Omar Mohamud Ahmad, 21, is the third person facing charges in an assault and robbery downtown early Friday Oct. 3, 2025. According to court documents investigators identified Ahmad by surveillance video downtown leading up to an assault and robbery at the 300 block of First Avenue Southwest at around 2 a.m. He faces three felony-le…Rochester, Minnesota · Rochester Read Article

Nov. 19 meetings set for public comment on Lemon Hill Solar project

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In the lead-up to high school robotics season, Rochester becomes a focal point for training

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ROCHESTER — In the run-up to the forthcoming high school robotics season, a number of teams from across Minnesota gathered in Rochester to learn more about the sport and prepare for the year ahead. The conference, known as Jumpstart Training Initiative, was held Saturday at the University of Minnesota Rochester campus. "This is the secret sauce that made us competitive," said Steve Mroz, one of the mentors with Rochester Public Schools' robotics…Rochester, Minnesota · Rochester Read Article

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DFL Looks to Build Support for Gun Control with Town Hall Forums

For Southeast Minnesota teens and their parents, ‘communication, not isolation’ is key to suicide prevention

$1.3 million to be awarded to southern Minnesota businesses through partnership with MN DEED

ACH Seeds awards $60,000 to community initiatives in sugarbeet growing regions

When the acres outgrow the tractors

1975: Floodlights to be installed at JM next year

Council rejects request to change Rochester's downtown historic district

Rochester council moves $7.4 million East Center Street project forward amid pushback

Third person charged in downtown Rochester robbery

Nov. 19 meetings set for public comment on Lemon Hill Solar project

In the lead-up to high school robotics season, Rochester becomes a focal point for training

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For Southeast Minnesota teens and their parents, ‘communication, not isolation’ is key to suicide prevention

$1.3 million to be awarded to southern Minnesota businesses through partnership with MN DEED

ACH Seeds awards $60,000 to community initiatives in sugarbeet growing regions

When the acres outgrow the tractors

1975: Floodlights to be installed at JM next year

Council rejects request to change Rochester's downtown historic district

Rochester council moves $7.4 million East Center Street project forward amid pushback

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Nov. 19 meetings set for public comment on Lemon Hill Solar project

In the lead-up to high school robotics season, Rochester becomes a focal point for training