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COVID-19 testing sites to converge in Rochester

Jul 15, 2020

Beginning Monday, July 13, Mayo Clinic’s Northwest Clinic drive-through testing site shut down and all testing has been consolidated to a single testing location, according to Kari Etrheim, Olmsted County Public Health.Individuals needing a COVID-19 test will be directed to the Graham Park...

5th grade Math Masters compete in Rochester

May 8, 2019

The fifth grade Math Masters teams ended their season on April 26 with a competition that was held in Rochester at Bethel Lutheran Church. This competition is the second biggest in the state of Minnesota. Bluff View had 13 students representing. There were two teams of five and three alternates...

Tourism bureau plans Rochester bus ad campaign

Mar 20, 2019

Lake City residents might encounter a familiar vista out their car windows while traveling in Rochester this year. The Lake City Tourism Bureau (LCTB) has announced recently that they have contracted with Rochester City Lines to provide a ‘bus wrap’ on one of Rochester’s city buses. According to...

Gastner leads Experience Rochester into transition

Aug 22, 2018

Lake City resident Mary Gastner, a longtime director of Experience Rochester MN (formerly the Rochester MN Convention and Visitors Bureau), has been selected as interim executive director of the organization, effective Aug. 16. Gastner, who has worked at Experience Rochester MN for 15 years and...

Math Masters finish 7th at Rochester

Apr 4, 2018

The sixth grade Math Masters team competed on March 3 in Rochester. There were a total of 29 teams present, with a total of 141 sixth graders competing. The Bluff View team placed seventh in the team competition. Team member Jeramiah Erickson placed seventh individually out of 141 students. The...

U of M offers Cattle Feeder Days workshops

Dec 6, 2017

The University of Minnesota (U of M) Extension Beef Team will present two workshops focused on opportunities to influence cattle growth through targeted backgrounding feeding strategies and use of growth-promoting technologies to maximize efficiency and profitability.The first workshop will be held...

Letter: Artist leaves indelible mark on Lake City community

Oct 26, 2017

To the editor: How do we do this justice? Ron Hunt has shared his insatiable wanderlust and a gift of his keen eye of his art. The first time I saw him, I was 12. I was in the car with my mom and my little brother on Broadway in Rochester. He was in a red car with his distinguished mustache and...

Girls tennis loses to HVL foe Lourdes

Sep 13, 2017

The Lake City High School girls tennis traveled to Rochester Sept. 7 to take on the Hiawatha Valley League foe Lourdes Eagles.When the dust had settled the Tigers walked away with a respectable 5-2 loss to Lourdes.In singles play, Sarah Ziebarth stepped into the No. 1 singles spot and lost 1-6, 0-6...

Old Curmudgeon - 8-31-17

Aug 31, 2017

The Old Curmudgeon was pleasantly surprised last week by a grey-haired customer who came into the gallery on Washington Street. The woman started by saying “You probably do not remember me, but you and your wife took me to the state fair when I was about ten years old.” She was right, but the...