1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (168+ words) ROCHESTER " The Rochester Royals kicked their season off with a bang, downing the Owatonna Aces in a 17-0 rout on Friday night at home at Mayo Field. The Royals tallied 16 hits while limiting Owatonna to just one. The third inning was…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (67+ words) ST. PAUL " Several southeast and south central Minnesota hospitals came away with awards from the Minnesota Hospital Association. The state's hospital advocacy group presented the awards during its 2026 Spring Innovation Forum. In the greater Rochester region, these health systems and…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (342+ words) ROCHESTER " The end of a Game Stop shop opened the door for Wingstop to swoop into Rochester with its spicy chicken wings to join the Med City's flock of chicken eateries. Recently filed building permits show that the 1, 407-square-foot Suite…...

3+ day, 49+ min ago  (167+ words) ROCHESTER " Three GOP gubernatorial candidates " businessman Kendall Qualls, House Speaker Lisa Demuth and businessman Patrick Knight " participated in a debate Thursday, May 21, 2026, at Century High School in Rochester, weighing in on issues ranging from taxes and regulation, to guns and…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (347+ words) ROCHESTER " On Thursday morning, Bishop Elementary fourth grader Beckett Briggs was drawing a comic book creature based on one of his favorite villains, Sandman. "I decided to make Dirtman," he said. "He's really big." Briggs was just one of the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (96+ words) ROCHESTER " A Rochester man faces charges of possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse material. Alexander Richard Carter, 24, appeared in Olmsted County District Court May 21. Carter is accused of uplading CSAM to cloud storage between January and May of 2026. Court documents…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (526+ words) ROCHESTER " The teachers union of Rochester Public Schools has started raising concerns about the workload that some educators and social workers are facing. The issue came to the Rochester School Board on Tuesday, May 19, when two different staff members from…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (96+ words) Joe Powers officially enters race for Rochester mayor Post Bulletin ROCHESTER " Business owner Joe Powers officially launched his campaign for mayor Friday, weeks after announcing he was exploring the idea. He joins business owner Benjamin Zastrow, local artist Ayub Haji…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (328+ words) ROCHESTER " After months of work, an area restaurateur giving an extreme makeover to a former Denny's building in south Rochester is close to bringing his new Berries & Bubbles Daytime Cafe across the finish line. "It's honestly a lot like a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (605+ words) ROCHESTER " Two of the craft beer industry's most prestigious awards are under the same roof in Rochester. Double Elbow Beer brought home a 2026 World Beer Cup bronze medal for its Czech-style American pilsner Tonks Tuesday. The World Beer Cup, known…...