Tag: Rochester
‘Taken over with violence’: Rochester schools dealing with spike in unruly...
Rochester Public Schools (RPS) is facing a notable increase in disruptive and violent student behavior following the return of fully in-person learning.
Parents have recently...
Rochester schools ban man for a year because he didn’t wear...
The school board in Rochester, Minnesota, followed through on its commitment to ban parents who don't wear masks in the name of COVID-19 prevention...
Mayor of Rochester issues local mask mandate
As concerns about the Delta variant begin to rise, one southern Minnesota city has brought back its mask mandate.
Rochester Mayor Kim Norton declared a...
Rochester schools mandate masks — for two-year-olds
Earlier this week, Rochester Public Schools voted to require students as young as two to wear masks inside school facilities during the upcoming school...
Rochester School Board cuts mic when anti-CRT group begins praying
A group of parents, students, and community members attended the school board meeting for Rochester Public Schools on July 13 to raise concerns over...
Group plans to sue Rochester schools for favoring left-wing speech
A Minnesota nonprofit plans to sue Rochester Public Schools for its decision to make “Black Lives Matter” and other left-wing phrases “government speech.”
As Alpha...
Rochester Park Board president says American flag can be a ‘hateful...
The president of the Rochester Park Board said the American flag could be seen by some residents as a “sign of injustices” and a...
Minnesota woman working as Pentagon linguist pleads guilty to exposing classified...
A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to one count of delivering national defense information to aid a foreign government.
Mariam Taha...
Google’s first Minnesota office won’t be in the Twin Cities
Google announced Thursday that it plans to open its first Minnesota office in the city of Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic.
The company will...
Rochester superintendent plagiarized his Thanksgiving message to staff
Rochester Public Schools Superintendent Michael Muñoz plagiarized a Thanksgiving message sent to his district's staff.
Teachers uncovered the superintendent's plagiarism after they noticed that his...