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Popular Olmsted Co. farm program could reduce water pollution, if officials can agree how to pay for it

The county’s program has wide support to help clean up nitrate pollution in southeast Minnesota, but questions remain over how it gets funded.
March 16, 2025
A soybean field near Rogers awaited the harvest in a recent October.
Eat & Drink

These Minnesota restaurateurs proved that after COVID, anything is possible

As restaurants were ordered to shut down five years ago, these four chefs found a renewed dedication to building community.
March 14, 2025
Rochester

From fashion to farmstead, Olmsted County looks to breathe life into history

The History Center of Olmsted County held a fashion show exploring the 1700s and 1800s last weekend, a taste of interactive projects the nonprofit is planning.
March 11, 2025
Rochester

Rochester teacher arrested on child pornography charges

Wolf Parsons was a teacher at Resurrection Lutheran School until last week, when the school terminated his employment.
March 11, 2025
Greater Minnesota

Twin Cities families are on the move elsewhere, so greater Minnesota had better get recruiting

Migration is becoming more of a factor than births and deaths in how communities grow, according to a new report.
March 10, 2025
Rochester

Rochester's rapid bus line project faces delays after project bids come in over budget

City officials say the latest round of bids on the project would have added about $30 million in construction costs.
March 8, 2025
Politics

More high school seniors finding out which Minnesota colleges they’re admitted to — before they apply

Lawmakers want to expand the Direct Admissions program, which tells seniors about their college options, encouraging them to go to college in state.
March 8, 2025
Students, from left, Araiza Maldonado Basilio, Alexa Velasquez Mendoza, and Leslie Sandoval Reyes, open letters informing them what Minnesota colleges and universities they've been pre-accepted to as part of the state's Direct Admissions program Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2023 at Austin High School in Austin, Minn. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com
Greater Minnesota

Winona State University loses $1.1 million grant from Defense Department

The grant, intended to support civics and community engagement, was axed as part of spending cuts brought on by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
March 7, 2025
Students walked on the campus of Winona State University. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com – Winona, MN, – September 24, 2020, A sense of normalcy has returned to college towns across Minnesota since the start of the fall semester, but with it has come increases in COVID-19 cases and greater risk to small communities like Winona,
Rochester

Change in plans for Rochester sports complex has some voters feeling ‘hoodwinked’

Voters approved a $65 million sports complex, but officials now say much of what was planned is out of budget.
March 6, 2025
Health Care

Mayo Clinic’s $1.3B operating profit sets new yearly record

Rochester-based health system has seen double-digit growth since 2022 in outpatient visits, hospital admissions.
March 5, 2025
Politics

U.S. plans to give transportation money based on birth and marriage rates. How would Minnesota fare?

Rural communities and outer-ring suburbs could benefit, a Minnesota Star Tribune analysis found, with highways favored over mass transit.
March 1, 2025
Rochester

Frustration mounts as Rochester heads back to drawing board with historic Chateau Theatre

“If we have owned this thing for 10 years, how do we not have a vision already of what this should be for us ... ?”
February 28, 2025
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