A roundup of residents advancing education, safety, arts, nature and small business across the metropolitan area.

ROCHESTER — Olmsted County is set to receive $381,000 in state grants to place solar panels on eight public buildings.

Olmsted County is weighing options to support residents' food needs if federal support dries up at the end of the month. "This is about to get really real for a lot of people," Olmsted County ...

Deputy Administrator Pete Giesen set to retire after more than four decades of local county government service.

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Pete Giesen, deputy county administrator for Olmsted County, will retire on December 23, 2025, after a ...

Police noted that these are not positive identifications, as DNA testing is required and will take several weeks.

A Kansas City mother who witnessed the crash that killed Ingels Elementary third-grader Hazen Workman-Duffy shares details of the moments after the crash when she and her husband tried to help.

A former Blue Valley superintendent, educators and an ousted school board president are all on the ballot for the Nov. 4 ...