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Trey Mewes is a reporter based in Rochester for the Star Tribune. Sign up to receive the Rochester Now newsletter.

Trey Mewes joined the Star Tribune in 2022 as our Rochester correspondent. He has spent more than 10 years reporting on southern Minnesota, first at the Austin Daily Herald, and more recently at the Mankato Free Press. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, with a double major in journalism and history. He is a Minnesota native who grew up in the southern part of the Cities. He enjoys hiking, pop culture, video games and basketball.


Rochester leans toward limiting cannabis business licenses

Council members say Minnesota's third-largest city should set license limits at state minimum


Years in the making, Rochester closing in on site for $65M regional sports complex

City officials expect to finalize a location for the complex by the end of summer.


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After months of turmoil, Rochester schools adopt guidelines supporting trans students

District officials came under fire for a rule requiring staff to report students' transgender identity to parents, but only if they asked.


Rochester wants to use $4M in sales taxes on major housing development

City looks to boost Prairie Ridge housing project in NW Rochester


Winona auto parts plant starts to close later this month; 117 employees to be laid off

BCS Access Business Systems will start the first round of layoffs July 26.


High-speed chase in southern Minnesota leads to 10-hour standoff, recovery of child in Austin

Austin police persuaded the suspect to surrender.


Damage leaves Minnesotans without flood insurance hoping for aid

Home and business owners are left reeling as they also await federal and state disaster dollars.


Olmsted County history center raising $3M to save 1800s farmstead

Local officials say it's the first step toward a larger campus dedicated to area history


With no bonding bill in 3 of last 4 years, flood funding unreliable

With growing costs and growing needs, cities across Minnesota are waiting for state funds.