Minnesota Republican Senate candidate Karin Housley once compared Michelle Obama to a ‘chimp’

Karin Housley, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, walks to the stage at a campaign rally held by President Donald Trump on October 4, 2018 at Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota. Karin Housley, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, walks to the stage at a campaign rally held by President Donald Trump on October 4, 2018 at Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota.

Trump slams Democrats for ‘rage-fueled resistance’

Stan Thom, of Big Lake, Minn., drove 120 miles Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, to see President Trump speak at 6:30 p.m. in Rochester, Minn. Demonstrator's hold "Baby Trump" balloons as Anti-Trump protestors began to gather at Soldier's Field Veterans Memorial in Rochester, Minn., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018.

Trump blasts Democrats for “rage-fueled resistance” to Kavanaugh nomination

President Trump used a "Make America Great Again" rally in Rochester, Minnesota, Thursday evening, to accuse Democrats of a "rage-fueled resistance" in the battle over his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanauagh and motivate his base to vote in the midterms. This is Mr. Trump's third campaign rally so far this week.

Kavanaugh bump? GOP fights for new energy as vote nears

President Donald Trump makes his second visit to Minnesota, with a rally on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, in Rochester, Minn. President Donald Trump says Democrats are facing a political backlash over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, citing recent polls indicating that the fight in the Senate is also energizing Republicans.

Dayton makes case for K-12 funding

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton shows a photo of his dog to students in Denise Ducharme's first-grade class while visiting Ben Franklin Elementary School Wednesday, May 9, 2018, in Rochester. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton responds to questions from first-graders from Denise Ducharme's first-grade class while visiting Ben Franklin Elementary School Wednesday, May 9, 2018, in Rochester.

VIDEO: A Vinyl Resurgence

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Precinct caucuses start the sorting of candidates to become Minnesota governor

With Gov. Mark Dayton not seeking re-election this year, a wide-open race to succeed him will take center stage as precinct caucuses mark the official start of the campaign season across Minnesota on Tuesday night, Feb. 6. Both the Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican parties will conduct non-binding straw polls for governor that will test the early grassroots support for announced candidates. Caucus-goers also will start the processes for endorsing each party's candidates for two U.S. Senate seats, eight congressional seats, 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives, plus state auditor, secretary of state and attorney general.

Our View: DMC has made Mayo a political pinata

Gov. Mark Dayton, with Mayo Clinic leaders, city officials and legislators, celebrates passage of the Destination Medical Center initiative in May 2013. Gov. Mark Dayton, with Mayo Clinic leaders, city officials and legislators, celebrates passage of the Destination Medical Center initiative in May 2013.

Photos: Southeast Minnesota Water Town Hall

From left and clockwise, Sheila Harmes, of Winona; Marilyn Morem, of Rochester; Ruthann Yaeger, of Rochester and Marie Kovecsi, of Winona participate in a breakout session during the Southeast Minnesota Water Town Hall held at Rochester Community and Technical College Heintz Commons Monday evening. Gov. Mark Dayton participates in a breakout session during the Southeast Minnesota Water Town Hall held at Rochester Community and Technical College Heintz Commons Monday evening.

Senate moves ahead on $1 billion bonding bill

A $1 billion public works bill that died in the final minutes of last year's legislative session has come back to life thanks to the vote of a key Senate committee. Senate Capital Investment Committee Chairman Dave Senjem, R-Rochester, introduced a bonding bill that is nearly identical to last year's and it includes several area projects, including funding for Rochester International Airport, the Lanesboro Dam and the Reading Center/Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota.

What does it mean to be feminist now?

Leading up to the presidential election, Rochester resident Ryan Potaracke struggled over whom to vote for president, finding her conservative values clashing with her feminist side. In the end, the 31-year-old Rochester woman voted for Donald Trump, largely because of his stands on immigration and welfare reform.

Photograph of Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore; illustration by Manyun Zou.

The balloons hadn't even begun to drop after Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention this summer when pundits started scoring the way she sounded. There was Brit Hume of Fox News complaining about Clinton's "not-so-attractive voice" and saying, "She tends to accelerate her delivery and speak louder and sterner."

Ex-Speaker Hastert enters prison – ” now Inmate No. 47991-424

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, middle, reports to the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in a to serve a 15-month sentence. CHICAGO – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert wheeled himself into a federal prison in Minnesota on Wednesday to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving revelations that he sexually abused at least four boys while a high school wrestling coach in Illinois.