Oronoco News

A commercial truck driver who has been convicted several times for drunken driving and other traffic violations ran a stop sign in southeastern Minnesota and crashed into a pickup truck, killing the pickup's driver, authorities said.

A 30-year-old Rochester man suffered head injuries when the pickup he was driving flipped along U.S. 52 near Oronoco.

An unofficial show of hands during an information meeting about Lake Shady on Monday night indicated that a majority of residents in Oronoco still hope to keep Lake Shady.

We suspect we're not alone in saying that we have a lot of unanswered questions about instant runoff voting.

He's only 5, but Ethan Kronebusch has already mastered the art of the sale. Perhaps it's the way he is smartly dressed in his Cub Scout uniform and his neatly tied orange neckerchief.

Two modes of transportation are making it more convenient and eco-friendly for students and faculty to get to class at Winona State University and run errands off-campus. The university recently launched the Purple Bike Rental Program and now has three Zipcars, which are part of a car-sharing service.

These days when Patty Eckdahl gets the urge to bake something with apples, all she has to do is step out her door and pick a few.

After failing to find the school district's affirmative action plan when reviewing Superintendent Romain Dallemand's contract, it seems the Rochester school board might not need one after all.

Rollie Horsman has a simple secret to being so active at 90 years old -- stay inside his size 12 shoes and keep those shoes moving.

ROCHESTER -- Dorothy A. Reifsnider, 91, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.

North of Douglas, where Northwoods Orchard 's tractor path crosses the Douglas Trail, a giant spider lurks.

Saturday, Sept. 19 will mark the 30th anniversary of the Lester Prairie community garage sale, according to organizers Les Baumann and Charlotte Ehrke.

On their first day of school Monday, seven students splashed, got muddy, yelped, giggled, whooped and had their fingers nipped as they hunted crawfish in the shallows of the Zumbro River in Pine Island.

Relatives of a 63-year-old Rochester woman who died three years ago have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a foster care facility for the elderly.

An estimated 20,000 to 25,000 people watched the Down by the Riverside concert by Kansas on Sunday at Mayo Park.

A rumble and a growl, a puff of smoke, and there they went, plowing through a field of dreams.

ROCHESTER -- Thelma Davies died Saturday, August 15, 2009 at Samaritan Bethany Heights at the age of 98.

One of the most renowned antique sales in the midwest is back again. The city of Oronoco is seeing thousands of bargain hunters as the city is hosting its 35th Annual Gold Rush Days.

Mark Jauert, 16, of Rochester, still sports the sunburn that came with a day of picking vegetables.

In a rare move, an Olmsted County Grand Jury has indicted an Oronoco man on four counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.