Rochester News

Instead of "holly jolly" or "merry," Minnesota researchers are using the words "gloomy" and "malaise" to describe their forecast for this holiday shopping season, although the Rochester area appears to have better prospects.

Rochester Montessori School has announced the hiring of a new executive director, who has also co-authored a popular book about the Montessori experience.

A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm just before the bus veered off a southern Minnesota interstate and crashed, killing two people and injuring 20, the owner of the bus company said Thursday.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld a nearly 16-year prison sentence given a Rochester man in connection with a drive-by shooting in 2006.

The Minnesota State Patrol has released the full list of passengers from the tour bus crash on Interstate 90 on Wednesday, and has confirmed the deaths of two women.

The two people killed in a Minnesota tour bus crash are being identified as two women from the southeastern corner of the state.

A series of traffic accidents in southeastern Minnesota had emergency responders hopping for several hours.

A state official says fatalities have been reported after a tour bus crashed and rolled over in southern Minnesota, but the number of people killed wasn't immediately known.

Mike Lohmann walks through the large free-stall barn on his farm with only a hint of the pain he still feels.

Rochester has many things going for it as the city starts an effort to increase interfaith understanding among young people, a leader in interfaith dialogue said Monday at B'nai Israel Synagogue.

Brock Lesnar is one unlucky guy. First he tries to recover from mononucleosis and now he is up for the fight of his life as UFC president Dana White informed TMZ that the heavyeight is suffering from an intestinal disorder that will require major surgery.

Civil commitment proceedings have been initiated against a man accused of killing his father at a downtown hotel.

Targeted postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations associated with sudden unexplained death is an effective and less expensive way to determine risk to relatives than comprehensive cardiac testing of first degree relatives, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.

Do you wear your seat belt every time you get behind the wheel? Is it an automatic response for your kids to buckle up upon entering a vehicle? If so, you're in good company.

Her brother was just 10 when he was diagnosed with cancer, putting her family in emotional and financial turmoil, said Toni Radmann, of Roseville, addressing a crowd gathered Thursday in Rochester in support of President Obama's health care overhaul.

Two 37-year-old Rochester men are in custody in connection with a burglary this week.

Donna and Doug Walters of Zumbrota both had the day off work on Wednesday and decided to unbury some personal treasures to see what they're worth.

Laser eye surgery doesn't appear to have long-term effects on the cells that line the inside of the cornea, a new study has found.

Both supporters and opponents of health care reform are mobilizing in the wake of last weekend's U.S. House vote, looking to get out their message through rallies, phone calls and ads.

The Rochester school district will have a budget gap next year of at least $4.5 million, according to updated numbers provided Tuesday night.