Patrick Seeb News Today

In Rochester, Minnesota, there's a thriving medtech and manufacturing scene.

From Reimagining the Riverfront to a First-of-its-Kind Health Facility

The Star Tribune Media Company, the largest news organization in the Midwest, has announced that it has added Sean Baker as its new Southeast Minnesota reporter. Baker joins the Star Tribune after an eight-year run as publisher and lead reporter for Med City Beat, an independent news project he founded in Rochester at the age of 25.

State DMC Corp. board has approved five-year proposal to support preservation of buildings within city-designated historic district.

Hyperloops are not in use as a mode of passenger transportation anywhere in the world, and naysayers contend the technology is unrealistic.

Rochester, Minn.- Global Wellness Connections, a Midwest non-profit organization, has asked the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council for $2 million to conduct a feasibility study on a hypothetical hyperloop transit system

ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Destination Medical Center Corporation (DMCC) held its quarterly Board of Directors meeting today.

The potential assistance could come in multiple forms.

ROCHESTER — Destination Medical Center, the state-funded initiative to turn this community into an international medical hub, has spent or designated close to $220 million to improve the downtown area over the past eight years. Most of that money — about $135 million — has come from state general infrastructure funding or transit aid according to an annual legislative report DMC officials ...

State board directs Economic Development Agency to develop proposal for meeting in May.