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A man with a lengthy criminal history now faces new charges for what prosecutors call "very harassing behavior." Joey Leigh Lyke, 29, is accused of harassing a man who was out walking in his neighborhood Thursday evening, in the area of Eighth Street and First Avenue Northeast.

Raphael Butler spent time sparring on Thursday in Rochester for his upcoming heavyweight fight against Joey Abell.

Roeun An, 26, awoke Thursday as molten material dripped onto her lower legs and feet.

After dealing with a lifetime of disease, Darin 'Doogie' Weiks Jr. of Athens is undergoing a liver transplant today at Rochester Methodist Hospital, which is part of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

The Rochester Athletic Club won an Integrity Award from the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota, the group announced Wednesday.

A St. Charles couple believes three of their horses may have been attacked by a cougar on their family farm west of Forestville State Park earlier this month.

Main Category: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 27 Oct 2009 New Mayo Clinic research has found that survival rates of patients with Barrett's esophagus, which can be a precursor for esophageal cancer, are no different than the survival rates for the general population.

It might have been sloppy police work, and it might have violated department policy, but nothing a Rochester police officer is accused of doing violated state law, her attorney said Monday.

Two masked men armed with a knife robbed a local motel early this morning. Rochester police Capt.

Charges have been filed against a Rochester man accused of beating up a woman, strangling her and trying to smother her with a plastic bag last week.

Share + Oct 24, 2009 8:35 am US/Central ROCHESTER, Minn. 1 of 1 It was 1937 when Orville first asked Virginia to go to a movie.

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Johnny Rawls is looking forward to getting back to Rochester to see old friends.

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Tom Jones, founder and owner of radio station KNXR in Rochester, was inducted last Sunday into the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Rochester resident Ashley Rae Weisz just wasn't memorable enough for "America's Next Top Model" judges.

Rochester, Minnesota is a wonderful city to live, visit and work in, making it the best city in the Midwest.

"I'm a cause kind of person," says Kathy Tilbury of Rochester. That's why on Aug.

The author of a recent study making a case for a Midwestern high-speed rail route to include Rochester says this city has "magic" on its side.

An Eyota man claims an Olmsted County sheriff's sergeant carelessly made a U-turn in front of him near Chester Woods Park, resulting in a crash and serious injuries.

Sena Ehrhardt has been singing since she was a kid. Annie Mack started just a few years ago.

Two people were injured in a two-car crash on Rochester's east side Friday morning.

If death and taxes are really the only guarantees in life, perhaps there should at least be a third: dignity in death.

An incisionless operation to patch stomach ulcers and potentially other perforations in the digestive tract may soon move into human trials at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Gibbs, who died in 2000 at the age of 84, was a member of Adm. Richard Byrd's third expedition to the South Pole from 1939 to 1941.

Hotel Assets Group, LLC known as 'Hotel AG' announced today that it has closed the 124- room Hampton Inn hotel located in Rochester, Minnesota.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota has long been held up as a model for health care reform .

A 20-year-old Rochester man was shot in the shoulder Sunday night when he was confronted by three men in the parking lot at his apartment complex, police said.

The Rochester school board failed to find the district's affirmative action plan while reviewing Superintendent Romain Dallemand's contract, but it seems the board might not need one after all.

Actors have nightmares all the time about forgetting their lines, but an even bigger nightmare might be working for a theater company that has no place to perform.

A preliminary statewide rail study concludes that including Rochester on a high-speed rail line from Chicago to the Twin Cities should be a priority.

Quincy Newspapers Inc. has realigned the management structure of its TV stations, effective Oct.

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Mayo Clinic says it will stop serving Medicaid patients from Nebraska and Montana because of low government reimbursement rates.

A Fremont family had hoped the answer to their child's medical condition could be found in the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Share + Oct 8, 2009 8:06 am US/Central ROCHESTER, Minn. Two of five charges have been dismissed for a Rochester police officer accused of tipping off drug dealers and taking money to deliver narcotics.

Assessing the features of a woman's normal breast tissue can help to identify those at increased risk of breast cancer, according to a study published online Oct.

Rochester Fire Department supervisors reversed their earlier opposition to a city worker furlough plan for 2010, coming to an agreement that the city council approved Monday.

Multiple charges have been filed against a Rochester man accused of entering a woman's bedroom last week, where authorities say he physically and sexually assaulted her before passing out.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani quietly arrived in Rochester this weekend, reportedly to have knee surgery at Mayo Clinic.

Anger continues to build in Minnesota over District Court Judge James A. Fabian as accused of perjury cover up.

The Somali community is grateful to the prosecuting attorney and Rochester police for their work on the case of Muhidin Mumin, who died a year ago today, according to Sheiknor Qassim of Rochester.

The Doubletree Hotel Rochester/Downtown has opened here following a $10 million renovation that transformed a former Radisson into the 212-room Hilton-brand hotel.

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Consider it a housewarming party of sorts. The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad showed off a newly rebuilt, 30-mile stretch of line to Rochester-area government officials on Tuesday.