Rochester Today

Tom Ostrom and Andy Brownell dove into the latest current events including the capture of a top Feeding Our Future fraud suspect in Somalia and the social media phenomena involving foreign soccer fans raving about the U.S. as it hosts the World Cup.

Rochester Public Schools Superintendent Kent Pekel, during his monthly appearance with Andy Brownell on Rochester Today, discusses some social media claims made by First District Congressman Brad Finstad and the school district budget outlook in the aftermath of more than $8 million in spending cuts for the next school year.

The list of current events covered by Tom Ostrom and Andy Brownell include new fronts in the wars between the Walz and Trump administrations, the primary election results in New York, along with court setbacks and victories for President Trump.

Former Congressman Gil Gutknecht joins Andy Brownell to share his views on the latest developments in the Middle East and a possible solution for the serious problems associated with sports gambling.

Tom Ostrom and Andy Brownell cover current events including the decision to include a Muslim religious holiday in the Rochester School District calendar and the controversy over the renovations to the reflecting pool in Washington DC.

Rochester Deputy City Administrator Aaron Parrish joins Andy Brownell to talk about the proposal to build a large year-round dome to help meet the communities need for inside sports and recreation space, including a plan to finance the project

Chris Miksanek, The Med-City Movie Guy (.com), reviews the new Spielberg movie Disclosure and the new flick about the origins of He-Man, which, to Andy Brownell's surprise, he liked.

Tom Ostrom and Andy Brownell dive into the topics of the day, including reactions to the agreement signed by President Trump and the Iranians, along with new polling numbers concerning President Trump's job approval rating in Minnesota and Minnesotan's dislike of the new state flag.

Bryan Ehni, president of Honor Bound Veterans talks about the organization's mission to help ease the isolation faced by many military veterans as part of an effort to curb an epidemic of suicide and a 5K Fun Run and Walk that will take place this Saturday in Rochester to raise funds for the program.

Rochester Public Utilities General Manager Tim McCollough joins Andy Brownell for RPU Unplugged and provides an update on what could be a 10 year project to get rid of the remaining lead water service lines that are still connecting homes in the city to the municipal water system.