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16 hrs ago | Post-Bulletin

Area fire departments battle barn fire

A hay barn fire was occupying Dover and Eyota fire departments Friday night. The fire was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. at a farm on Olmsted County Road 142 east of Eyota.

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Related Topix: Eyota, MN, Dover, MN

Fri Jul 03, 2009

MediLexicon

Undiagnosed Celiac Disease Associated With Nearly Quadrupled Mortality

Main Category: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is over four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Gastroenterology .

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Related Topix: Celiac Disease, Health, Life, Food, Dieting, Nutrition

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KIMT

Fatal Olmsted County Crash

EYOTA, MNa 'The Minnesota State Patrol is reporting at least 2 people are dead following a crash in Olmsted County.

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Related Topix: Eyota, MN

Post-Bulletin

Inmate accused of sexual misconduct

Criminal charges have been filed against a Rochester man accused of sexually touching a female detention deputy while he was in the Olmsted County jail in October.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Rochester Metro

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Newswise

Celiac Disease Four Times More Common than in 1950s

Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is over four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Gastroenterology .

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Related Topix: Celiac Disease, Health, Life, Food, Dieting, Gastroenterology, Medicine, Journalism

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Owatonna People's Press

Mentor Monson leads by example

There's an old proverb that says, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Embedded at the heart of that proverb is the conviction that adults have the ability to shape and mold a child - either for good or for bad - and to change the way a child views the world for the rest of his or her life.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

KAAL-TV Austin

Fatal Accident on Highway 14

One person is dead after a rollover accident on Highway 14 in Rochester. The driver of a 1992 Toyota Tercel lost control of their vehicle near the exit ramp from Highway 52 South to Highway 14 East just before midnight Saturday.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN

Sat Jun 27, 2009

TwinCities.com

Woman accused of taking $36,000 from Rochester youth hockey club

A woman who coordinated booster club activities for the Rochester Youth Hockey Association now is accused of taking more than $36,000 of the funds for her personal use.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Rochester Metro, Stewartville, MN

Fri Jun 26, 2009

TwinCities.com

Minneapolis man charged with assault after dance in Olmsted County

A man who allegedly threatened others with a beer bottle and then a knife during a dispute at the Olmsted County Fairgrounds on Sunday now faces felony and misdemeanor charges.

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Related Topix: Opinion

KAAL-TV Austin

Disaster Communication Training

Severe weather season is upon us; so emergency managers across the state are conducting communication tests to see if they're prepared for the next big disaster.

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Related Topix: Weather, Austin, MN

Wed Jun 24, 2009

KAAL

New Law Will Help County Jails

A change in state law will save Minnesota county jails a lot of money. Six years ago a change in Minnesota law sent short-term inmates from state prisons into county jails, but the state did not give them the proper funds to house them.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Postbulletin.com Letters to the Editor

Ethanol plant a threat to rivers

Congratulations to Rochester on its wonderful sportsmen's rating from Outdoor Life.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Postbulletin.com Obituaries

Gerald (Jerry) Charles Walters -- Plainview

PLAINVIEW -- Gerald Charles Walters was born May 9, 1938, in Quincy Township of Olmsted County, to Henry and Leona Walters.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Post-Bulletin

Three charged in connection with incident at fairgrounds

Three Rochester men are charged with three felonies each for their roles in a dispute at the Olmsted County Fairgrounds in Rochester that ended after one of them pointed a BB gun at another group.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Rochester Metro

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Post-Bulletin

Report: Rochester spends more on lobbying

Lobbying costs for the city of Rochester are on the rise. But how much they've gone up is hard to determine.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Rochester Metro

Mon Jun 15, 2009

KAAL

MDH Confirms First Minnesota H1N1 Death

A health alert for you tonight: a young child from the twin cities is the first Minnesotan to die from the H1N1 virus.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Post-Bulletin

Back Roads: Friends, health found while walking

Gene Schueller knows well the winding gravel road. The rural Olmsted County man has walked two miles of it nearly every day for about a decade.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Rochester Metro

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Science Daily

Individuals Who Apply Pesticides Are Found To Have Double The Risk Of Blood Disorder

The disorder, characterized by an abnormal level of a plasma protein, requires lifelong monitoring as it is a pre-cancerous condition that can lead to multiple myeloma, a painful cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

KTVN Reno

Kids With Eye Condition at Risk for Poor Mental Health

Children who have a condition in which the eye sometimes points outward are more likely to develop a mental illness by young adulthood, new research has found.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Ophthalmology, Medicine

Post-Bulletin

Answer Man: Long ago, Marion almost copped the county seat

Oh, Great Answer Man, I have heard from various elderly residents of Olmsted County that initially Marion was the county seat, but in the mid-1800s the county seat was moved to Rochester.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, Rochester Metro, St. Peter, MN, Oronoco, MN

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