Sean Baker
Reporter
Baker joined the Star Tribune in June 2024. He previously spent eight years covering Rochester for Med City Beat, an independent news website he founded at the age of 25. Prior to moving to Southeast Minnesota, Baker worked as a news producer for WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wis. Baker also served as news editor for the Fourth Estate, the student paper of UW-Green Bay, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism. Baker lives in Rochester with his wife, Sarah, and their two boys.
Latest from Sean Baker
Rochester
He's making history as Rochester’s first openly gay City Council president
Randy Schubring, a former community relations executive at Mayo Clinic, was elected to the council’s top job in November.
January 4, 2025
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing school board member gets year of probation for shoplifting
Rachel Marshall Schoenfelder admitted to shoplifting at a local Target store — telling investigators she knew it was wrong but did it “because things were becoming more expensive.”
December 31, 2024
Rochester
Stewartville awarded $1 million state grant for planned pig-to-human transplant center
The specialized research farm, set to go live in 2027, will be the second of its kind for United Therapeutics.
December 30, 2024
Greater Minnesota
Southern Minnesota mayor faces charges of child abuse
Joshua Nordsving, 34, mayor of Canton, admitted to striking his 9-year-old son in the face, investigators say.
December 26, 2024
Rochester
At Mayo Clinic, soldiers urge 5-year-old cancer patient to keep up the fight
Gabe Downey, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in April, was presented with patches and coins from soldiers as they symbolically welcomed him into their unit.
December 21, 2024
Rochester
Feds give tribe a lifeline with option for emergency casino near Rochester
Ruling would allow Prairie Island Indian Community to build an interim casino on site of failed Elk Run biotech development.
December 20, 2024
Rochester
Rochester school district faces federal complaint over diversity hiring programs
Group says programs intended to recruit teachers of color are discriminatory.
December 19, 2024
Greater Minnesota
With one last hymn, parishioners bid farewell to 150-year-old church in small Minnesota town
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church held what was likely its final mass on Dec. 8.
December 13, 2024
Rochester
At Mayo Clinic, soldiers urge 5-year-old cancer patient to keep up the fight
Gabe Downey, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in April, was presented with patches and coins from soldiers as they symbolically welcomed him into their unit.
December 21, 2024
Rochester
Feds give tribe a lifeline with option for emergency casino near Rochester
Ruling would allow Prairie Island Indian Community to build an interim casino on site of failed Elk Run biotech development.
December 20, 2024
Rochester
Rochester school district faces federal complaint over diversity hiring programs
Group says programs intended to recruit teachers of color are discriminatory.
December 19, 2024
Greater Minnesota
With one last hymn, parishioners bid farewell to 150-year-old church in small Minnesota town
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church held what was likely its final mass on Dec. 8.
December 13, 2024