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Visiting Angels on a mission to slow rise of Dementia and Alzheimer's cases in Olmsted County
Visiting Angels Rochester partnering with KIMT News 3 to raise money for Alzheimer's research. Visiting Angels will host a pie in the face fundraiser at the KIMT News 3 station at 4 p.m. on Friday.
Rochester City Hall shares update on Soldiers Field Aquatic Center
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Soldiers Field Aquatic Center opened in June and Parks and Rec Division Head Ben Boldt says he's been happy with how it's turned out. Some things they've added are a splash pad, four water slides and a lazy river. Due to more space Boldt says they've been able to add more classes.
Rochester Has Surpassed Twin Cities as State's Job Growth Engine
In recent months, the Rochester area's job growth rate has been the highest in the state and now the number of jobs created over the past year is even higher than the total for the entire Twin Cities area.
Royce White, who won the Minnesota Republican Senate primary, was never an NBA star
Royce White, who was selected in the first-round of the 2012 NBA Draft, won the Republican primary for a senate seat in Minnesota. After a very public battle with anxiety highlighted by his fear of flying, it became difficult for White to ever get on the court during his professional career.
The Pittsburgh Steelers Will Trade Russell Wilson to the Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings saw their star rookie quarterback, JJ McCarthy, undergo meniscus surgery on Wednesday. This procedure will force McCarthy to miss the entire 2024 season. McCarthy, who had been competing with Sam Darnold during training camp, showed a lot of promise early in camp and the preseason. Even if Darnold were to start in Week 1, it seemed likely that McCarthy would eventually take over. However, with McCarthy sidelined, Darnold now has another opportunity to revitalize his career. Initially, Darnold was signed as an insurance policy, with the Vikings fully aware they would draft a quarterback in the first round. What they couldn’t have predicted was that their top pick would be unable to play in a single meaningful game this season.
Where Is Minnesota Looking At Adding A New Freeway?
I've been waiting years for some road relief, and while it's not coming to the St. Cloud area, at least in terms of a new freeway, the state of Minnesota is looking at converting a highway in the North Metro into the newest freeway. The move would eliminate stoplights and add over or underpasses for those intersections.
Canadian wildfire smoke to trigger air quality alert
(St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says parts of northwest Minnesota will be affected by Canadian wildfire smoke this week. Heavy ground-level smoke is expected in the region beginning this afternoon. The air quality alert will take effect at 3 p.m. today and will last until 6 p.m. Sunday.
Minnesota’s D.A.R.E. Program To Pivot From Drugs to Cyberbullying
Remember the D.A.R.E. program in school? We were never ever ever ever ever ever gonna do drugs, because the lion in a t-shirt (and NO PANTS) told us not to and to also snitch on our parents if we caught them doing drugs, whether it was recreational drugs or prescription drugs. We didn't know the difference, we just saw "drugs" and snitched.
Walz administration awarded $2 million to Muslim group fundraising for al Qaeda-linked charity
EXCLUSIVE — Under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the state of Minnesota awarded over $2 million to an Islamic group that fundraises for a charity linked to an al Qaeda affiliate, according to funding records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The Islamic Association of North America, the recipient of the state grants from 2019 to 2024, […]
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