Olmsted County Fair won t cancel Prof concert after backlash
The fair board held a special meeting this week in response to the criticism.
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The Olmsted County Fair board won t be canceling a planned concert featuring Minneapolis hip-hop artist Prof, which is scheduled for the fairgrounds next month. The Olmsted County Fair Board on Thursday addressed the July 23 concert in a news release after receiving backlash over the headliner. Prof was dropped by Rhymesayers last year, with the record label citing misogynistic tweets that some say perpetuate rape culture.
Controversy regarding the scheduled Prof concert grew last week, with some calling on the show to be canceled and criticizing the fair board for booking the artist, the Rochester Post Bulletin reported.
Army Sgt. Nicholas M. Dickhut
23, of Stewartville, Minn.; Dickhut was assigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
23-year-old Army Sgt Nicholas M. Dickhut graduated from Stewartville High School and went on to Rochester Community and Technical College. He later was an Office Max supervisor before enlisting in the Army.
Reports at the time say he d just called home to wish his little brother a Happy Birthday when he was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan. Before his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Dickhut served in Iraq in 2009.
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State Patrol: Semi driver kills self after being stopped by troopers
The incident happened Wednesday morning in the Miracle Mile shopping center parking lot in Rochester.
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Minnesota State Patrol
Law enforcement says a semi-truck driver that was stopped for a vehicle inspection Wednesday morning fatally shot themselves in the head.
The incident happened at the Miracle Mile shopping center parking lot in Rochester around 6:45 a.m. The Minnesota State Patrol said in a news release troopers assigned to the patrol s commercial vehicle unit stopped the truck and attempted to detain the driver around 8:30 a.m. after they failed to produce identification.
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14 years later the murder of April Sorensen in Southeast Minnesota remains unsolved
Rochester police Lt. Tom Faudskar said this week that the case is still open and investigators continue to follow up on tips. 9:07 am, Apr. 20, 2021 ×
A Rochester police investigator walks past a house on 22nd Ave. NW where a woman was found dead Tuesday afternoon April 17, 2007, after a fire call to the home. (Post Bulletin file photo by Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com)
ROCHESTER, Minn. Fourteen years ago, April Jean Sorensen, a 27-year-old aspiring dental hygienist, wife and marathon runner had a day that began like any other. She worked her regular morning shift at UPS and then went to class at Rochester Community and Technical College.