The unemployment rate for Olmsted County last month was not the lowest in the region for a change, but it was the lowest it has been in nearly 2 years.
St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - An annual report from the Minnesota Department of Health found the state’s public drinking water supplies are generally in good shape, but also emphasizes the need to remain vigilant in addressing threats that are causing major problems in other parts of the country.
St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The overall numbers remain relatively small, but the number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases reported in Minnesota rose sharply last year.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new report says Minnesota farm incomes marginally improved in 2016, but more than 30 percent of the state's farmers were in red last year amid the third straight year of declining commodity prices.
St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The number of job vacancies in Minnesota was up 1.3-percent during the final three months of last year when compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - There was an improvement in the scores posted by 11th graders in the Rochester Public Schools on the ACT college entrance exams last year, but it could be tied to a decline in the number of students taking the test.