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Just a few extra cups of coffee each month might help prevent the development of an autoimmune liver disease known as primary sclerosing cholangitis , a new study suggests.

For more than 30 years, students at Bamber Valley Elementary in Rochester have worked to stay fit by running a mile each morning before class every spring.

After 11 years of being confined, a federal judge will soon consider whether former UW-Stout student Luke Helder is mentally competent to stand trial.

Legislators are trying to close negotiations Thursday, May 16, on a tax bill that calls for $400 million in state funds over 20 years for a Mayo Clinic-backed initiative called Destination Medical Center.

The Rochester Heritage Preservation Committee invites Rochester residents to participate in an award ceremony at Central Park on Saturday, May 18th, at 2pm.

The Minnesota Senate has a given the green light to a measure that would give the state's home care and child care workers the opportunity to unionize.

Six-year-old Cameron Ulrich of Oak Park Heights, his mom Kari's hand resting on his head, sits in his room in the cardiovascular intensive care wing at St.

What a difference a couple of weeks make. On May 2, Northfield street crews were plowing six inches of heavy, wet snow from Division Street.

Volunteers with the Walleyes for Tomorrow were watching one cylinder full of nearly 5,000 fish eggs, waiting for them all to hatch.

Teams will be traveling throughout Minnesota, stopping at VFW posts, including Spring Valley's, May 27 to June 1 as part of a Ride for Healing.

Hanging out at the start line before the race began in 2012, a sea of bicyclists fill the road going into the Bucknell subdivision, which was the starting area last year.

Newswise - ROCHESTER, Minn. -- It's Hepatitis Awareness Month. Understanding the different forms of hepatitis, who is at risk and how it can be prevented and treated can be confusing.

Contrary to what might be expected, adding an antibiotic coating to an artificial urinary sphincter does not decrease device-related infection rates, researchers announced at the 108th American Urological Association Annual Meeting.

The training session was held at the Washington Pavilion, and it reviewed weather safety procedures, storm spotting fundamentals, and how to report severe weather.

It's not everyday a governor travels across the state lines to recruit new employees.

SIGNE O. HOUSKER, age 85, of Mabel, died Friday, May 10, 2013 at the Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel.

In spite of opposition and concerns posed by residents of the Historic Southwest neighborhood, the water reservoir at Saint Mary's Park will be replaced by one with a fifty percent larger footprint.

Since then, the 50-year-old woman has had multiple surgeries and chemotherapy sessions, traveling back and from Rochester, MN.

Results from a study funded in part by the National Cancer Institute and carried out by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN suggests that American ginseng can cut down on cancer-related fatigue compared to placebo.

Sitting for long periods of time has been linked to a number of health concerns, including obesity and metabolic issues, as well as a cluster of conditions that includes increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol levels, said Dr.