Rochester's Good Morning

It all depends on if the Minnesota State Legislature gets it's work done by then.  The recap is put on annually by the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce. Mike Schnell is the Government Affairs Coordinator with the Chamber and appeared with Rich Peterson Monday on Rochester's Good Morning...

That's the question we'll put to the Minnesota News Network's Bill Werner, State Representative Greg Davids and Senator Carla Nelson Monday on Rochester's Good Morning.

The Olmsted County Housing & Redevelopment Authority recently announced the Housing Rehabilitation Program.  This is a program that will give financial assistance to qualifying low and moderate income homeowners helping them to maintain, repair homes that they may have difficulty affording. ...

The Coast Guard Auxiliary will be conducting  Vessel Safety Checks, but due to the cool, wet forecast it's been moved to next Saturday, May 27.  It will still be near Wabasha at the Parkside Marina. It's for all vessels, but they're encouraging all paddle craft, as well, including canoes and kayaks...

Most all of the downtown redesign and building for Destination Medical Center revolves around what eventually Rochester decides to do about downtown transportation. You can have a voice in it later in May with the next "Integrated Transit Studies" conversation #2...

Rochester Police Chief Roger Peterson was on Rochester's Good Morning Wednesday talking about the crime rate in the city. When asked about the two recent broad daylight shootings in densely populated areas of town, he said the force works diligently to get these people off the street and behind bars...

We've all been concerned about the ash trees in the area and the infiltration of the emerald ash borer. The city and area arborists are treating ash trees to keep the pesky insect from destroying them. The question is what chemical is being used...

Monday on Rochester's Good Morning we'll want to know how your fishing weekend went!  Call in with the story of your big catch, or the lunker that got away. 507 282-1234

Jennifer Woodford has been the Executive Director at the Channel One Regional Food Bank in Rochester for the past eight years, but she'll be leaving that post to assume a new position, president of the Rochester Area Foundation. She was a guest on Rochester's Good Morning Friday with Rich Peterson and Kim David and talked about the two organizations that essentially go hand in hand ...

The Rochester Public Library is adding on to it's Book Bike this summer.  It will be accompanied by the Art Cart.

Gold Star families who lost relatives in the Vietnam War, have often felt like the forgotten casualties of war; the stigma and controversy surrounding the war have prevented many of these families from even talking about it. Jim Crigler is on a mission to honor these families...

There are two Memorial days coming up.  The national Memorial Holiday honoring our war dead is May 29th and there's also the Law Enforcement Memorial Day on May 15th. That is a day to remember and honor those officers who lost their lives in the line of duty...

There have been a couple high profile shootings in Rochester recently. High profile in that they both occurred around 1:00 in the afternoon in high traffic areas. Fortunately no one was killed or injured and all but one of the suspects are in custody right now...

How's your health these days?  Are you concerned about the foods your kids are or are not eating?  On the Corner Pharmacist episode today, we're going to talk about eating healthy.