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Mayo program combines training, field experience in hopes to alleviate shortage
As Minnesota searches for answers to the current EMT shortage, a Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service program is well on its way in helping fill those vital positions. Launched earlier this summer, the EMT-in-Training Program aims to combine both training and field experience to create a home-grown talent initiative that will contribute almost immediately. The first […] The post Mayo program combines training, field experience in hopes to alleviate shortage appeared first on Albert Lea Tribune.
“Autism Mom” will lead State Fair craft-making activity to create “an army of advocates” for kids on the spectrum
On Sunday August 25 from 10 am to noon, Sheletta Brundidge is inviting all Minnesota families to join her family at the Alphabet Forest in Baldwin Park on the State Fairgrounds.
Viral Harris-Walz camo hat injects Midwest glam into US campaign
If campaign hat sales are any predictor of electoral results, the Harris-Walz ticket is in great shape, as their camouflage cap with orange lettering goes viral. In part, the virality of the camo hat can be attributed to Chappell Roan, the wildly popular singer who sells a camo hat with orange lettering that reads "Midwest Princess."
Inflation Reduction Act creates thousands of union jobs in Minnesota — and other labor news
Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: the Inflation Reduction Act’s impact on jobs two years on; what to make of the jobs numbers revision; Minnesota is No. 1 state for nurses; Kim’s will shutter shortly after union vote; and Canadian railway workers […]
AOC: Tim Walz’s Non-Weird Masculinity Is Driving Trump, Vance “Nuts”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Stephen Colbert on Thursday that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is driving Donald Trump and J.D. Vance “nuts.” “I think that Trump and Vance, they think they have some kind of like, monopoly over masculinity,” Ocasio-Cortez said on The Late Show. The Republican nominees have been freaking out ever since Walz first called them “weird” a few weeks ago, and have responded by desperately attacking the Minnesota governor’s son, wife, military history, and governing record. “Walz has kinda shown up—he’s a football coach, he was the head of the gay-straight alliance as the football coach,” Ocasio-Cortez...
Friends of Drug Kickball Tournament celebrates sobriety
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Around 400 participants gathered at McQuillan Fields for some kickball. The Dodge & Olmsted County Community Corrections hosted it. It's been going on for eight years. 16 teams of treatment and recovery centers all over Southeast Minnesota participated. A couple of them were Empower Treatment Center and...
Steele County separating HR service from MNPrairie
After providing human resources service to the Minnesota Prairie County Alliance for nearly a decade, Steele County has opted to discontinue that partnership. Currently, the Steele County HR Department provides services to both the county and the alliance, better known as MNPrairie. Following weeks of discussion, the Steele County Board of Commissioners voted to notify MNPrairie of their decision to withdraw HR service, requiring the organization to establish its own HR department. ...
Jury Convicts Woman on Felony Charge For Fleeing Rochester Police
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Twin Cities area woman has been found guilty of a felony charge connected to a vehicle pursuit in Rochester two years ago. 31-year-old Mickela Joy Vrendenburg was charged last year after she allegedly fled from Rochester police officers in September 2022 when they went to a Rochester address associated with her to serve a felony arrest warrant and observed a vehicle leaving the residence with a malfunctioning taillight. An officer then attempted to stop the vehicle, but Vrenenburg kept driving and allegedly accelerated to around 50 mph in a residential area of southeast Rochester.
Teen takes plea deal for late-night Rochester burglary
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A teen charged with multiple felonies for an overnight home burglary has taken a plea deal. Jamine Jamonte Robinson Jr., 18 of Rochester, was accused of two counts of first-degree burglary, simple robbery, and fleeing a peace officer. The Rochester Police Department says just before 12:30...
Owners of Rochester IBM Complex Have Big Plans For the Site
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - The owners of the sprawling IBM complex in northwest Rochester have begun planning for a major development at the site. Industrial Realty Group, or IRG, has submitted documentation to state regulators for an environmental review of two different development scenarios for what is now known as the Rochester Technology Campus. According to the filing with the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board the proposed mixed use development would include residential, commercial, industrial, and recreational uses.
Professional Bull Riders return to Rochester
(ABC 6 News) — The Professional Bull Riders Competition returned to Rochester at the Mayo Civic Center this weekend for the first time in 20 years. It was the second time PBR has been held in Rochester, and this competition lasted two nights. Hundreds of people packed the stands...
Heat doesn’t keep hundreds from kite festival for playground
The second annual Let Inclusion Fly Kite Festival took place Saturday as a fundraiser for the All Together Albert Lea Inclusive Playground. Large kites were brought in through Great American Kites & Events of Missouri for the event, and there were also other family activities, including a dunk tank, raffle, face painting, a ring toss […] The post Heat doesn’t keep hundreds from kite festival for playground appeared first on Albert Lea Tribune.
Rochester Area Building hosts first Trade for Toys event
(ABC 6 News) – Rochester Area Builders teamed up with a local engineering firm on Saturday to host it’s first ever trades for toys event. The whole idea was to raise money for electricians and plumbers, as there’s been a decline in trade work the past couple of years.
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