1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (480+ words) ROCHESTER " A potential redesign of Sixth Avenue, from Civic Center Drive to Second Street Southwest, will be reviewed by the Rochester City Council. The proposed changes are largely in response to the vacation of portions Third and Fourth avenues, where…...

10+ hour, 15+ min ago  (989+ words) ST. PAUL " For Jameson Priebe and Logan Pearson, it feels like yesterday the two classmates were watching the likes of Chatfield's Jake Mandt, Seth Goetzinger, Grady and Kail Schott all win state titles. Now, Priebe and Pearson are among them....

10+ hour, 22+ min ago  (277+ words) The Stewartville versus Kasson-Mantorville game will be added to this story later tonight. BYRON " The Bears are going to get their rematch. A year ago, Byron met Stewartville in the Section 1, Class 3A girls basketball championship game. The Bears went away…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago  (180+ words) ROSE CREEK, Minn. " One person died after two vehicles collided near Rose Creek, Minnesota, in southern Mower County at about 1:22 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. According to a report from the Mower County Sheriff's Office, Mower County Deputies, along with Rose Creek Fire…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (269+ words) ROCHESTER " An Arkansas-based drive-thru caffeine chain " 7 Brew Coffee " is hoping to brew up its first southern Minnesota shop in Rochester. Franchisee Brew 4 You of Wisconsin has filed plans for a 510-square-foot stand with two drive-thru windows to be built on…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (942+ words) The tungsten icefishing jig had just about reached the bottom of a local lake when the spring bobber on the end of my fishing rod twitched ever so slightly. Instinctively, I set the hook and was soon playing tug o…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (757+ words) Dan Monfre was searching for a way to match his skillset in marketing to the goal of fundraising for community members targeted and traumatized by the federal immigration raids this year. The Rebel Loon Project was born and promoted on…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (289+ words) MAZEPPA, Minn. " Phone records and witness accounts help lead to the arrest of a man in the death of a woman found unresponsive at Mac's Place Campground in August 2025. The Wabasha County Sheriff's Office announced Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, that Stanley Alan…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (211+ words) PRESTON, Minn. " A Harmony woman was given probation for thousands of dollars from a vulnerable adult's bank accounts. Kisa Lyn O'Connor, 47, was given a stay of adjudication on a felony count of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult on Monday,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (437+ words) As a child, Helen Keller tried to teach sign language to her dog Belle by finger-spelling into the dog's paw, much the way she had learned to spell into the hand of her teacher Anne Sullivan. "But she was dull…...