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Personnel questions lead to school board spat

Aug 20, 2008 5:24 pm

A discussion about raises to the superintendent's closest advisers brought about a brief spat among Rochester School Board members Tuesday night. At the meeting,

Truck driver plows through bus barns near Tyler

Aug 20, 2008 5:23 pm

TYLER, Minn. -- A semi-truck driver suffered minor injuries when he crashed through two bus barns and slammed into three empty school buses in southwestern Minnesota. The truck driver told the State P...

Factoid

Aug 20, 2008 5:23 pm

to drive Ninety-one percent of American households have at least one vehicle available.

Dallemand advisers' high salaries raise hackles

Aug 20, 2008 5:23 pm

The closest advisers of the Rochester public schools superintendent now have salaries in the six-figure range, which concerns at least one school board member, who is worried about a tight budget seas...

Backers seek money for proposed Eyota ethanol plant

Aug 20, 2008 4:23 pm

EYOTA -- If there's a meeting being held on the proposed MinnErgy ethanol plant in Eyota, you can bet Bea Koch will be there. She and her husband, Dick, who farm 3,000 acres west of LeRoy, are investi...

Rochester police will flip a coin to good citizens

Aug 20, 2008 3:23 pm

A new program aimed at forging stronger alliances between residents and police officers gets under way today. Officers will carry a special departmental coin that symbolizes the importance of citizens...

Name similarity holds up Somali's citizenship

Aug 20, 2008 3:23 pm

MINNEAPOLIS -- A Somali refugee and 1999 graduate of the Roseville, Minn., high school said his last name means "good news." But when Ahmed Mohamed Warsame was trying to become a U.S. citize...

Correction

Aug 20, 2008 3:23 pm

and opening date of the Macho Nacho Blues Bar and Grill was incorrect in the Heard on the Street column Monday. Macho Nacho, which is inside Rochester's LaQuinta Inn, will hold a grand opening Aug. 30...

Saturday is Dean Westby Benefit Run

Aug 20, 2008 2:24 pm

UTICA -- The Dean Westby Benefit Run will be held Saturday, with signup beginning at 10 a.m. at Jimmy G's in Utica. People with motorcycles, cars and trucks are invited to tour around southeast Minnes...

Pasta feed to benefit Honor Flight

Aug 20, 2008 2:23 pm

MAZEPPA -- The Mazeppa Veterans Honor Guard and Mazeppa Legion Post 588 will have a pasta feed from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Mazeppa Community Center to benefit the Rochester hub of the Honor Fl...

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Pawlenty to speak at GOP convention

Aug 20, 2008 7:37 pm

Several possible vice presidential picks will also get their turns on the podium in St. Paul.

Local & Community News for Minnesota from TwinCities.com

Hugo / Girl, 5, hurt in tornado goes home

Aug 20, 2008 4:58 pm

Annika Prindle, the 5-year-old girl who suffered severe injuries in the Hugo tornado, is back home with her family.

Brandl, 'giant' in politics, economics

Aug 20, 2008 4:18 pm

At the end of June, when it was clear John Brandl's health was failing, friends and colleagues gathered for a dinner to celebrate his long and varied career.

Rain gardens: The eco-friendly landscaping option is catching on

Aug 20, 2008 3:07 pm

If Brown's Creek had arms, it would hug Elizabeth Brod.

White Bear Lake / City rethinking boat works site plan

Aug 20, 2008 4:25 am

A proposed development for the city-owned boat works property could cost White Bear Lake $77,000 a year, and officials are now looking at ways to avoid using public money.

New bike, pedestrian bridge planned between Eagan, Bloomington to replace old Cedar Avenue span

Aug 20, 2008 3:53 am

Roy Knutson once rode horses near the old Cedar Avenue bridge. Allyson Hartler and a team of determined racers regularly ripped across on high-end bicycles. Greg Aronson, ever on the hunt for eagles' ...

2 Ramsey County sheriff's employees on trial, their actions in dispute

Aug 20, 2008 3:47 am

A federal prosecutor and a defense attorney offered wildly different explanations of the same scenario Tuesday in opening arguments at the trial of two Ramsey County sheriff's employees indicted on co...

City-sponsored soapbox will air many views during RNC

Aug 20, 2008 3:17 am

Tom Dickinson doesn't care whether anyone is listening. There are times to speak out, and now is one of them.

Piano man knows how to embrace the RNC

Aug 20, 2008 3:13 am

When the Republican National Convention comes to Minneapolis, whoops, I mean St. Paul, Steve Anderson's wife and five kids, ranging from 4 to 15, will move across the street to the furnished third flo...

Northwest bans ad from airport

Aug 19, 2008 1:43 pm

An advocacy group seeking to curtail the proliferation of nuclear weapons is crying foul after an ad aimed at presumptive GOP nominee John McCain was ordered removed from Minneapolis-St. Paul Internat...

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