This Minnesota high school is stocking its salad bar with lettuce it grows on-site
Spearheaded by a 10th-grader, Winona High School is using hydroponic gardening techniques to grow and harvest about 50 pounds of lettuce a week.
April 24, 2025
Suspected mother charged in abandoned Minnesota newborn’s 2011 death
The community had dubbed the newborn “Baby Angel” after her body was found.
April 24, 2025
Defense seeks to block ex-state trooper’s driving record from court in crash that killed cheerleader
Prosecutors argue the evidence could demonstrate Shane Roper’s state of mind in the minutes leading up a fatal Rochester crash that killed Owatonna teenager Olivia Flores.
April 22, 2025
Mayo Clinic renaming its DEI office to the ‘Office of Belonging’
Citing “recent national events,” Mayo makes the change five years after its launch amid great fanfare and a $100 million pledge.
April 17, 2025
Union health care workers in Rochester get big wage wins, limits on overtime
A ruling by arbitrators comes more than a year after SEIU workers began negotiating their latest contract with Mayo Clinic.
April 17, 2025
Aw, shucks: Olmsted County shoots down two more Ear of Corn tower site proposals
County Board Chair Mark Thein said he doesn’t expect the property will be sold in the next five years.
April 16, 2025
![The Ear of Corn Water Tower, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, Rochester, Minn. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/LM3OIIL5TEGRYOK3Z7BKT3J63A.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
With new state funding unlikely, Minnesota State predicts largest tuition hike in more than a dozen years
Officials at Minnesota’s largest system of colleges and universities discussed Tuesday possible tuition increases ranging from 3.5% to 9%.
April 16, 2025
Snapchat use played a role in fatal Winona County crash, charges say
Eric Wittlief, 22, was charged on April 11 for his role in a 2021 wreck that killed a Stockton man.
April 15, 2025
Rochester’s ready to grow. But will it have enough child care?
A population boom is expected for Minnesota’s third-largest city, but providers say there’s too little money to keep expanding the local day care industry.
April 12, 2025
In Minnesota’s soybean country, trade war with China hits hard
Soybeans are the state’s largest export to China, and southern Minnesota farmers are worried about the effect of skyrocketing tariffs.
April 11, 2025
Rochester aims to rein in e-scooter clutter downtown
Last year, more than 6,100 warnings were issued to Lime users in Rochester; the vast majority were parking violations.
April 11, 2025
Second union at Mayo Clinic votes for right to strike
About 87% of union members at Rochester’s Mayo Clinic Hospital Methodist Campus this week approved doing away with arbitration agreements in future contract negotiations.
April 10, 2025
![O'Shaughnessy Stadium was photographed at the University of St. Thomas' St. Paul campus on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. ] AARON LAVINSKY • aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Nov. 11 is first signing day in which athletes will commit to St. Thomas as a DI institution.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/4T767TPWMLRIJRHF67U45OBYDM.jpg?&w=80&ar=1:1&fit=crop)
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