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By Elizabeth Baier

Elizabeth Baier
ebaier@mpr.org • @elizabethbaier • 507-282-0910

Longtime Rochester bar closes its doors — for now

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier April 1, 2014, 1:36 PM Apr 1, 2014
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A longtime downtown Rochester watering hole closed its doors this week — and it’s unclear whether the owners will reopen at another location.
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Mayo’s proton beam facility on track for 2015 opening

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier March 18, 2014, 4:50 PM Mar 18, 2014
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Crews have finished construction of Mayo Clinic’s Richard O. Jacobson Building in Rochester that will house one of the clinic’s two new proton beam cancer therapy centers. A second facility is also under construction in Phoenix. Mayo doctors and scientists will spend the next year and a half testing equipment and calibrating the pencil beam Read more →

Embattled former Mankato college football coach gets new job

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier January 30, 2014, 1:50 PM Jan 30, 2014
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Todd Hoffner, former head coach of at Minnesota State University, Mankato was named head football coach position at Minot State University. Read more →

Winona homeowners appeal city’s rental rules

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier December 12, 2013, 6:00 AM Dec 12, 2013
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals hears arguments today in a case involving the rights of Winona homeowners to rent out their properties.
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Mayo announces $72M hospital expansion project

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier December 2, 2013, 12:44 PM Dec 2, 2013
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Mayo Clinic officials announced a $72.1 million expansion to parts of Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester. The project includes adding five floors to the Mary Brigh East Building and renovating the third floor of the Domitilla Building at Saint Marys Hospital, according to a news release. In all, it will add nearly 132,000 square feet Read more →

Judge rules wig shop can stay in Rochester eviction case

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier November 26, 2013, 2:07 PM Nov 26, 2013
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An Olmsted County judge has said a Rochester wig shop owner can stay in her current location despite efforts by her landlord, the Kahler Hotel, to evict her.
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Ski season arrives in Minnesota

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier November 23, 2013, 1:58 PM Nov 23, 2013
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Several downhill ski areas around Minnesota are open this weekend with limited runs. Good morning! It's waiting for you… pic.twitter.com/Hh59OJWb6r — Spirit Mountain (@spiritmtduluth) November 23, 2013 Cooler temperatures have given ski operators a chance to make snow and a number of areas are now open for business. “We’ve all been putting up with some Read more →

Trial date set in battle to preserve historic Kasson school

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier November 19, 2013, 11:57 AM Nov 19, 2013
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The fight to save a historic public school building in Kasson, Minn. will go to trial on January 6, 2014 in Olmsted County District Court. Earlier this year, two residents filed a lawsuit against the city after officials revived plans to demolish the structure and build a new library. Both sides met last week but failed Read more →

Olmsted Co. judge to rule in eviction case involving Rochester’s historic Kahler Hotel

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier November 12, 2013, 12:18 PM Nov 12, 2013
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An eviction case involving a wig shop owner and her landlord, the Kahler Hotel, is now in the hands of an Olmsted County judge.
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‘Sacred ground’ becomes the site of new State Veterans Cemetery

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier November 8, 2013, 11:11 AM Nov 8, 2013
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Sturdy footwear is suggested for today’s groundbreaking for the state’s second Veterans Cemetery in southeastern Minnesota Read more →

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