Zumbrota News

Mike Lohmann may look fine at first glance, but family and friends know otherwise.

Eight pulp magazine cover paintings are on display as "Hard Boiled Art" at Red Wing Framing & Fine Art Printing.

Garrison Keillor's coming back to Rochester in January and it's not for a medical appointment.

"A Prairie Home Companion" will return to Rochester for a live radio broadcast on Jan.

ZUMBROTA -- Zumbrota-Mazeppa got defensive in advancing to the Class AA, Section One title game for the second straight season.

Four area men were injured Friday morning near Kenyon when the pickup they were in slid on icy bridge pavement and rolled.

ZUMBROTA -- Zumbrota-Mazeppa smacked Triton where the Cobras seemed least vulnerable -- right in the middle of their defensive line.

An an explosion Wednesday afternoon at the grain elevator in Pine Island, Minnesota shook the town and ignited a large fire at the Farm Country Co-op on Main Street.

"An Expedition of Courage," a play about the life of George W. Gibbs, Jr., will be presented at 1 p.m. Sunday at George Gibbs Elementary School in Rochester.

Some area seasonal influenza vaccination clinics are being canceled due to short supply, including ones scheduled for Thursday in Zumbrota and Pine Island.

Some folks just know how to put a little oom-pah into a party. Take the Polka Dots, for instance.

Despite the dry weather this summer, area pumpkin farmers are reporting a good crop.

Fans of Garrison Keillor take note: The renowned purveyor of wit, wisdom and Wobegon lore is coming to a theater near you -- the State Theatre in Zumbrota.

I'll answer my own question. No. Brett Favre didn't sign with the Minnesota Vikings so he could get a new truck and his wife Deanna could take home a new SUV.

Tanglefoot, the popular Canadian roots band, is calling it quits and has scheduled a concert at Crossings at Carnegie in Zumbrota as part of a farewell tour.

ZUMBROTA -- Evelyn Jorgensen Satrum, age 92, formerly of Zumbrota, died Saturday, Sept.

Deadline: November 14, 2009 Fabrications Six A Jewelry and Textile Exhibition Crossings Gallery Zumbrota, MN December 1-31, 2009 Crossings is calling all textile, fiber and jewelry artists for submissions to the annual juried December exhibition "Fabrications". Entries can include artwork such as contemporary gallery pieces, wall hangings, ...

Singer-songwriter Alice Peacock, a Minnesota native, returns home to perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Sept.

Famed Minnesota radio host and author Garrison Keillor will not postpone the opening of the fall season of "A Prairie Home Companion" despite suffering a mild stroke.

A Rochester man was sitting on his front porch about a month ago when he heard a bang as some cars passed by on Salem Road.