Aaron Luckstein News Today

Council members ask for policy requiring review of all grant applications seeking $50,000 or more in outside funding for city projects.

Funding for proposed modification to provide fish-passage option is part of larger bill that passes by wide margin in Minnesota House.

Friends of Silver Lake call for new informational meeting regarding potential for replacing existing dam.

Park supporters plan rally ahead of Monday's Rochester City Council meeting to call for further council review of estimated $5.5 million proposal to replace dam.

The City of Rochester provided an update to the Silver Lake Dam project.

Rochester Public Utilities is moving ahead with participation in class-action lawsuit, and council faces similar decision.

Nearly 54% of voters support effort to generate $205 million for streets, flood control, economic vitality and planned sports and recreation complex.

Some proposed projects will need alternate funding if city's tax extension vote fails, but others might not.

Support, and some skepticism, found for proposed renewal of half-cent tax.

Wastewater data, local ER visits and positive COVID test numbers point to higher COVID spread in August. But it's too early to tell if area cases will decline, plateau or increase ahead of autumn.