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Rochester Grocery Chain Feeding the Hungry
Des Moines, Iowa-based regional grocery chain Hy-Vee has served the Rochester area for more than 30 years. While feeding a whole bunch of Rochester families during that time, they have also fed many families in need. But this month is special...
Amazing Drone Videos Show Area Flooding
Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa have been inundated with rain recently! And it's amazing to see all the video footage out there of the flooding that's taken place over the past several days. The powerful storms that have swept through the area have closed roads, caused property damage and put lives at risk...
Insult the Team of Another Country and Get Banned, Insult Your Own Country and Get Playing Time
Anybody who follows soccer, and especially the U.S. Women’s National Team, certainly heard about the row Hope Solo found herself in at the Olympics last month.
Winona Is the Safest College Town in America
A new study was released by a safety and home security advice website called SafeWise that reveals the 30 safest college towns in the country. Two towns in southeastern Minnesota made the list, including Winona, which topped it!
How the Wetterling Abduction Case Impacted My Generation
I arrived in Minnesota for college in the fall of 1989. Little was I to know how an abduction incident that happened just weeks after I got here would impact my life and the lives of my contemporaries.
Six Unique Items ‘Wanted’ on Craigslist in Southeast Minnesota Right Now!
Craigslist is awesome! Whatever you're looking to buy or sell, chances are you can find success on this site. It can be even more fun to just look through the various categories to see what kind of weird, fun and interesting stuff people are buying or selling.
Hope Solo Given Ban for Her Olympics Comment! Seriously?
U.S. Women's National Team goalkeeper, Hope Solo, has been given a six-month ban by the U.S. Soccer Federation for the comments she made about Sweden after they beat the United States in the women's soccer Olympic quarterfinal. Solo has also had her contract terminated. And, honestly, it's one of the most ridiculous things I've heard in a long time!
The End for This Rochester College?
Just days before it was scheduled to start a new school year, Rochester’s Crossroads College has announced that it has cancelled classes for its 2016-2017 school year.
Valleyfair Replacing Enterprise with This New Ride…
A few weeks ago, we shared with you that Shakopee-based amusement park Valleyfair was closing its Enterprise ride after 38 years. Now, the park has revealed what will take Enterprise's place starting in 2017...
The new ride, which will be 230 feet high, is called the North Star, and is basically a super-charged swing ride...
Win Harvest Jam Tickets with #HarvestJam
Unless you've been living under a rock the past several weeks, there's no way you haven't heard about Harvest Jam 2016, coming up on Saturday, September 10! With an entire afternoon and evening of great entertainment, featuring headliner Rodney Atkins live on our American Heroes Stage powered by Home Solutions Midwest, Albert Lea; Making Homes New Again; and First Alliance Credit Union, the event