Rochester's Good Morning

Once again the United Way of Olmsted County and AARP have joined forces to offer free tax help for area residents who need help. There are four locations including 125 Live, Hawthorne Education Center, Salvation Army and the Stewartville Civic Center...

State Representative Greg Davids, a Republican representing Fillmore County spoke with Rich Peterson Monday morning on Rochester's Good Morning with his take on the session so far in St. Paul. One of the topics talked about was Governor Dayton's 45 billion dollar budget proposal...

There was a high number of students in the Rochester Public School system that qualified for the highly gifted program for the coming year. A proposal to expand the program by offering more sections was brought to the School Board recently and School Superintendent Michael Munoz talked about the proposed expansion on Rochester's Good Morning with Rich Peterson and Kim David last week on KROC AM...

Minnesota Senator Al Franken, on Rochester's Good Morning a few weeks back mentioned how he would like to see more "Mental Health Courts" in the state, along the lines of the Drug Courts we have now. We brought up the subject this morning (Wednesday) with Olmsted County Attorney Mark Ostrem...

Olmsted County Commissioner Ken Brown was on Rochester's Good Morning Tuesday with Rich Peterson and Kim David with an update on issues affecting County residents. One topic brought up by Kim David was the City/County Planning Commission...

Comedian Brian Regan will be in Rochester this Friday, January 27 and you can win tickets just by listening to Rochester's Good Morning with Rich Peterson! Brian Regan is hilarious!  Perhaps you've seen him on such television shows as David Letterman and Conan O'Brien among others...

The future of transportation in Rochester will be discussed and learned tomorrow night at an open house downtown at the University of Minnesota-Rochester. It's an open house so you can come and go as you please.  Megan Moeller, the communications coordinator for the Public Works Department in Rochester explained what it's all about Monday on Rochester's Good Morning with Rich Peterson...

Steve Borchardt is with the Rochester Area Foundation and was a guest Friday morning with Rich Peterson on Rochester's Good Morning to talk about, among other things, the search for a new president for the organization and to give an update on the housing issue in Rochester of which Mr. Borchardt is directly involved.

Rochester Police Chief Roger Peterson was on Rochester's Good Morning with Rich Peterson and Kim David Wednesday talking about, among other things, drones. Technically they're called "Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles."  The program has not been approved by the City Council yet, but the department is putting together a plan and hopes to present it first to the Police Oversight Committee, th

The Rochester City Council meets Wednesday night and one of the items on the agenda deals with the future of the former senior center building or Armory downtown. The building has been appraised at around $675 thousand dollars and the adjacent parking lots at 1...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections, in their annual audit of the Olmsted County Correctional facility, indicated changes are necessary in the way prisoners are held. County Sheriff Kevin Torgerson was on 'Rochester's Good Morning' with Rich and K...

It's not been two months since the brand new senior facility in Rochester, "125 Live", had its grand opening and they're now looking to raise another 170 thousand dollars to upgrade the kitchen. Rochester Park and Recreation Director Paul Widman was on Rochester's Good Morning with Rich Peterson and Kim David Friday and responded to a listener's concern about what seems to be poor planni

The Rochester City Council approved its budget for 2017 at Monday night's meeting along with the property tax levy which showed a 9 percent increase. Council President Randy Staver was on Rochester's Good Morning on KROC AM when a listener called to question him about why a 9-percent increase when inflation is only 2-percent...

There were two cases of "chronic wasting disease" in the November deer hunt in southeastern Minnesota. Nothing has been found since, but as a precaution, the D-N-R has set up a special hunt from 12/31-1/16 in the suspected area. Conservation officer Phil George was on Rochester's Good Morning with Rich and KD last Friday with all the details of how you can be involved.