National
Rochester’s growing. Is it growing fast enough to keep the First District blue?
Even as Rochester is getting bigger — and bluer — the rest of CD1 has been trending Republican.
Rochester
Community Voices
DMC has made Mayo a political piñata
There are good reasons to criticize how Mayo Clinic has handled its plans for phasing out inpatient hospital care in Albert Lea. Destination Medical Center is not one of them.
MNopedia
How the Mayo Clinic grew out of a devastating tornado
For residents of Rochester, August 21, 1883, began with oppressive heat and ominous stillness.
Mental Health & Addiction
‘Join Our Journey’: Southeast MN native Tiffany Hunsley honored for recovery activism
Hunsley founded Recovery Is Happening to spread the word to others in her community that it was possible to get sober and live a happy, productive life.
Artscape
Guthrie to present ‘Acting Black’; ‘Disgraced’ to open
ALSO: Critics praise Minnesota Orchestra’s latest Sibelius recording; Hopkins Center to host Jack DeJohnette Trio; ArtCars + ArtBikes Parade; and more.
Books
‘Women of Mayo Clinic’: Turns out they were critically important
A group of Franciscan sisters spent years working and saving money to buy the land and build the original Mayo campus building, St. Mary’s Hospital. They were just the first women important to the Mayo.
Artscape
‘Two Bachs — Two Harpsichords’; and Minnesota Homes by Architects tour
ALSO: Erin Keefe, Wilhelmina Smith, and Lydia Artymiw perform trios at the U; ‘Housequake: Shaking Up Publishing’; and more.
Business
Rochester’s economic engine shifts into overdrive with Destination Medical Center plans
Pine Island and Plainview are two nearby towns with different strategies for capitalizing on the DMC initiative.
D.C. Dispatches
VA wait-time audit flags Minneapolis, Rochester clinics for further review
WASHINGTON — The clinics are among 112 in the country flagged for additional review.
Community Voices
As she died, Sen. Nancy Brataas posed a final question: ‘Unconventional?’
The answer is an unequivocal yes, says late senator’s daughter, Anne Brataas, who recalls a life of rigorous sparring, intense engagement and exhilarating possibility.
Political Agenda
Two new MnSCU college presidents named
Anne Blackhurst is the new president of Minnesota State University Moorhead and Leslie McClellon takes the top job at Rochester Community and Technical College.
Politics & Policy
Grand plan for Rochester targets wellness, not just illness
Expanding the city’s biking, walking and mass transit opportunities are crucial to the vision, planners say.
Greater Minnesota
Mankato home sales are strong, but inventory is lacking
ALSO: Owatonna schools having trouble finding space for all-day kindergarten; Mayo Clinic begins $72 million Rochester expansion; Austin fires city administrator; and more.
Greater Minnesota
Willmar City Council is irredeemably dysfunctional, consultant says
ALSO: Albert Lea fire destroys classic cars; state needs to fund roads, MnDOT boss says; Bush Foundation gives $100K to Granite Falls schools; Duluth bumps Ness’ pay 25%.
The Glean
St. Paul may increase levy to cover stadium
Minnesota #10 for beer; dying moose mystery; black bear sightings; frac sand demand cools; war on food stamps; Pohlad fortune and more.
