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Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs E15 bill into law

Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs E15 bill into law

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Portuguese health authorities confirmed five cases of monkeypox in young men, marking an unusual outbreak in Europe of a disease typically limited to Africa. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP)

Portugal finds 5 monkeypox cases in men as outbreak spreads

Addressing rising anxiety rates in kids
Addressing rising anxiety rates in kids
UN chief `hopeful' of Ukraine grain deal to help food crisis
Iza Ali, 25, selects vegetables to prepare a meal for her family at the Jere camp for people displaced by Islamist extremists in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Iza Ali's five children are still waiting to eat at 3 p.m. It's not the first day that the family has gone without food since they fled extremist violence in northeast Nigeria six years ago. She and her husband scrape together $3 a day, but it's rarely enough to feed the family of seven. Often they scavenge for greens outside the Jere displacement camp where they live on the outskirts of Maiduguri. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
Mayo Clinic stepping up security at Rochester, MCHS campuses
Mayo Clinic stepping up security at Rochester, MCHS campuses
Multiple factors impacting the projected decline of RPS enrollment
Multiple factors impacting the projected decline of RPS enrollment
Family of late Congressman Hagedorn sues widow over medical expenses
Family of late Congressman Hagedorn sues widow over medical expenses
Mulitple crews respond to crash on Hwy 52 in Rochester
Mulitple crews respond to crash on Hwy 52 in Rochester
Asian shares track Wall Street's inflation-fueled retreat
FILE - Trader Patrick King works the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in New York. Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as the Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up more than 1,100 points, or 3.6% and the tech-heavy Nasaq pulled back 4.7%. The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds, fell 4%. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Hormel Foods ranked one of the top corporate citizens in U.S. for 2022
Hormel Foods ranked one of the top corporate citizens in U.S. for 2022
Rochester voting locations make changes ahead of special primary election
Map of voter entrance and location for May 24 special election -- Churchill Elementary School
$5,000 in copper wire stolen from CenturyLink work site
Copper wire (photo illustration)
Plainview man arrested after burglary of brother's home
Zachary Koetz
Former Minneapolis officer pleads guilty in death of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis officer pleads guilty in death of George Floyd
Rochester man arrested for racially motivated assault
Brady Robinson
Albert Lea Public Library could eliminate late fines on youth materials
Albert Lea Public Library could eliminate late fines on youth materials
Nearly 43,000 people died on US roads last year, agency says
FILE - The scene of a fatality car crash, June 2, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years as Americans returned to the highways after the pandemic forced many to stay at home. The 10.5% jump over 2020 numbers was the largest percentage increase since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began its fatality data collection system in 1975. (Tanner Laws/Tulsa World via AP, File)
RPS enrollment projection shows drop in student numbers
RPS enrollment projection shows drop in student numbers
2022 Rochesterfest buttons now on sale
2022 Rochesterfest buttons now on sale

Local Sports

NIACC Baseball HC Lincoln Hochmuth wins ICCAC Coach of the Year
Lourdes track HC Steve Strickland reportedly stepping down
Former Grizzly Devin Hays Fighting Cancer

Election

Rochester voting locations make changes ahead of special primary election
Senator Senjem announces run for Olmsted County Board seat
Direct balloting and candidate filing opens for Olmsted Co. and Rochester

Business

$5,000 in copper wire stolen from CenturyLink work site
US producer prices surge 11% in April as food prices jump
Hyundai recalls 215K Sonatas; faulty hoses can leak fuel

Minnesota Headlines

Addressing rising anxiety rates in kids
Addressing rising anxiety rates in kids
Multiple factors impacting the projected decline of RPS enrollment
Multiple factors impacting the projected decline of RPS enrollment

Iowa Headlines

NIACC Baseball HC Lincoln Hochmuth wins ICCAC Coach of the Year
NIACC Baseball HC Lincoln Hochmuth wins ICCAC Coach of the Year
Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs E15 bill into law
Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs E15 bill into law

Rochester

Addressing rising anxiety rates in kids
Addressing rising anxiety rates in kids
Multiple factors impacting the projected decline of RPS enrollment
Multiple factors impacting the projected decline of RPS enrollment
Mulitple crews respond to crash on Hwy 52 in Rochester
Mulitple crews respond to crash on Hwy 52 in Rochester
Rochester voting locations make changes ahead of special primary election
Map of voter entrance and location for May 24 special election -- Churchill Elementary School
Plainview man arrested after burglary of brother's home
Zachary Koetz
Rochester man arrested for racially motivated assault
Brady Robinson
RPS enrollment projection shows drop in student numbers
RPS enrollment projection shows drop in student numbers
2022 Rochesterfest buttons now on sale
2022 Rochesterfest buttons now on sale

National

Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen visits the scene of Saturday's shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Man charged in Buffalo massacre due back in court

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The white man accused of slaughtering 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was scheduled to appear in court Thursday as authorities including the FBI continue to investigate the possibility of hate crime and terrorism charges.

Alleged gunman sent diary to newspaper before church attack
Gunman targets Taiwanese faith with long pro-democracy link
Asian shares track Wall Street's inflation-fueled retreat
Crews slow New Mexico fires, brace for dangerous conditions
Thai archival find may resolve fate of missing WWII US flyer
Alleged church shooter sent diary to newspaper before attack
Oregon primaries set up competitive governor's race
UN chief `hopeful' of Ukraine grain deal to help food crisis
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Mulitple crews respond to crash on Hwy 52 in Rochester
Mulitple crews respond to crash on Hwy 52 in Rochester
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Mayo Clinic stepping up security at Rochester, MCHS campuses
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Family of late Congressman Hagedorn sues widow over medical expenses
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Multiple factors impacting the projected decline of RPS enrollment
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