Should the Rochester City Council have sold the former Dooley s space without a public bidding process? Some community members say no
The city did ask for proposals on new tenants, but not buyers.
Posted: Jul 20, 2021 5:43 PM
Posted By: Annalise Johnson
ROCHESTER, Minn. - At Monday evening s city council meeting, the council approved a $1.4 million bid from Powers Ventures on the downtown retail space formerly known as Dooley s Pub. Should the city have signed off on the same without a public bidding process? Some people, including former council member Michael Wojcik, say no.
The city did ask for proposals on new tenants, but not buyers.
Rochester Parks Foundation awarded $25,000 grant to improve parks
Vice-chair of Rochester Parks Foundation, Abe Sauer says Friendship Park is heavily used in the Meadow Park neighborhood.
Posted: Jun 30, 2021 6:23 PM
Posted By: Samantha Soto
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Rochester Parks Foundation was awarded a 25,000 dollar grant to go towards improving the once run-down Friendship Park in southeast Rochester.
The Meadow Park Initiative, an effort between family service Rochester, IMAA, and United Way of Olmsted County met with residents to hear about what improvements they wanted to see.
A basketball court and a safe place to play were at the top of the list. Rochester Parks and Recreation completed the upgrades a mid-last year.
Dairy farmer Parker Byington hopes to find more welcoming pastures in Colorado. 11:30 am, Apr. 20, 2021 ×
With a big portion of his herd packed into livestock trailers, dairy farmer Parker Byington said goodbye to Winona County, looking forward to what he hopes are more welcoming pastures in Colorado. Byington blames Winona County s animal unit cap as a factor in the move.
From Facebook:
Amy Gold: It’s sad to see livestock farmers work so hard without much help from government while crop farmers get so much. Have so much respect for them.
Don Carlson: No reason for this operation to move to Colorado. Its pitiful. Regulation after regulation. Anything/anyone that thinks about Minnesota to do business is out of their mind. Hope your politicians in Winona County are happy. Good folks down the road. Hug your trees..
Insects are crawling their way into Minnesota s sustainable food scene as an inexpensive source of protein. Written By: John Sievers | ×
Todd Renard adds protein powder made from mealworm or crickets and some of his own homegrown ground mealworm to some of his food for added protein. Renard is pictured holding his homegrown ground mealworm Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at his home in Rochester. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)
The idea of eating insects really bugs some people. Others, not so much.
Todd Renard, a 36-year-old marketing manager for Solar Connection Inc. in Rochester, started eating insects in 2014. He became interested in entomophagy, the scientific term for consuming insects, while completing a graduate degree in sustainability.