Rochester, MN News

The Mayo Park Rest House at 314 E. Fifth St., now Center Street, was originally the home of J.A. Leonard, a prominent citizen of Rochester who wrote an extensive history of Rochester and Olmsted County that was published posthumously in 1910.

In a stumbling economic recovery, the average operating margin for a U.S. hospital with 200 or more beds comes in at –0.7 percent in 2009, according to government records. Mayo Clinic's two Rochester hospitals defy that trend, with Methodist showing a 37 percent operating margin and Saint Marys tallying a 24 percent profit level last year.

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern Olmsted, southern Dodge and all of Mower County until 6:15 p.m.

A decade ago, a state trooper was killed while on a traffic stop near Lewiston. The death of Trooper Ted Foss led state lawmakers to enact the 'move over' law in 2001. On Tuesday, state troopers from the region turned out

The Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of the 44-year-old Mazeppa man who was killed in a rollover accident on U.S. 63 about three miles southwest of Lake City on Monday morning.