Quick-Strike Huskies Skate to Victory at Mayo
The Owatonna High School boys hockey team displayed a quick strike capability that made a 5-3 win over Rochester Mayo at Graham Arena feel not-that-close. Zach Kubicek and Tanner Stendel scored goals 16 seconds apart midway through the first period for a 2-0 lead. Kubicek added a second goal on a power play scramble at the goal mouth for a 3-0 lead after the first period. Dom Valento assisted on both Kubicek tallies.
The Spartans scored a pair of goals a minute apart early in the second period. The Huskies responded less than a minute later with a two-on-one rush with Taylor Bogen scoring from Casey Johnson to go up 4-2 at the 5:03 mark.
Rochester Awarded Clean Up Grant for Apartment Project
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Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - The City of Rochester has been awarded a contamination site cleanup grant from the State of Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has awarded just under $4 million to assist in the cleanup of 10 contaminated sites that have been approved for redevelopment. Over $850,000 has been directed to Rochester for the Bryk Apartments project just north of the railroad tracks on the west side of North Broadway. The property has previously been used for a dry cleaner operation, automotive repair facilities, and coal storage.
Late Surge Lifts Medford Girls to Victory [Scoreboard for Jan 19]
The Medford girls basketball team led most of the way in their 50-44 win over Tri-City United Tuesday night. But the Tigers needed a strong finish after the Titans rallied from a double-digit, second-half deficit to briefly take a 40-39 lead with under five minutes to play. Medford sophomore Andrea Bock immediately answered Kaitlyn Lang s three for TCU with a trey of her own to put Medford back up 42-40. The Tigers closed on an 11-4 run to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Bock hit the next two Medford buckets for a 46-44 lead. Tiger senior Jenna Berg drilled both ends of a one-and-one with less than a minute to go. Medford junior Clara Kniefel also connected on a pair of free throws for the final margin of 50-44.
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Rochester, MN(KROC AM) - It started as a routine traffic stop and became one of Rochester’s biggest drug busts in recent memory.
A Rochester patrol officer pulled over a suspected impaired driver Sunday night and searched the vehicle.
The officer found 5 pounds of methamphetamine, 4,000 suspected Oxycodone pills and two handguns. The driver - 47-year-old Matthew Lyman of Mantorville - was arrested.
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Investigators went to a residence in the 2100 block of 18 ½ Ave NW Tuesday and during a search, found 9 pounds of methamphetamine.
Two people who live at the residence were arrested. They were identified as 57-year-old Douglas Howard and 57-year-old Ann Jessen-Ford.