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Rochester, MN  (KROC AM News) - Rochester Public Utilities issued an advisory Tuesday concerning a scam targeting customers of the municipal utility.

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) -  Rochester’s Fire Station Number 3 located near Cascade Lake on  2nd Street SW was temporarily knocked out of service due to a large water main break.

For the second straight winter, Rochester Public Utilities is advising its customers to closely monitor the temperature of their tap water.

Rochester Public Utilities says the recent cold weather has pushed frost as far as 6 feet underground and that is causing a surge in the number of frozen water pipes.  RPU is urging customers to check the temperature of their cold water, and if it's below 40 degrees to continuously run a pencil thick stream of water from a faucet to prevent a freeze up...