Good morning, Rochester.

The Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust, working with the Rochester Downtown Alliance and the City's Parks and Recreation Department, launches a free self-guided art trail with 30 stops downtown.

Visitors can use a mobile app to hear artist insights and explore the works year-round.

Rochester and the Art Center are seeking an artist to create wayfinding signs for the 'Detours Lead to Discoveries' campaign to guide visitors during construction until 2028.

The $23,000 project covers all design + production costs, and interested artists must submit a letter of interest via the Art Center website.

Rochester Community and Technical College named psychology instructor Jamie Mahlberg as Outstanding Educator for 2026 after student nominations for her interactive teaching; her portfolio will be forwarded to the Minnesota State Board of Trustees for a state award and she will be celebrated in April (2027).

Olmsted County residents must submit property tax payments by Oct.

15. Payments can be made by mail, phone, online & in person.

On Oct. 3, 14-year-old Luke Mulholland of Zumbrota caught an 8 lb 10 oz largemouth bass from a Rochester public pond at 10:30 a.m., coming within five ounces of the state record.

The fish measured 23.5 in long and had an 18.5 in girth (one inch thicker than record).