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Jeff Kiger
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I write a daily column, "Heard Around Rochester" and news articles for the Post Bulletin in Rochester, Minn.
Some of my topics are Mayo Clinic, real estate, IBM, medical devices, retail, restaurants, sports biz and whatever else catches my attention.
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NAPA Auto Parts to advance a new shop on South Broadway #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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NAPA Auto Parts to advance a new shop on South Broadway
A South Broadway auto parts shop is shifting brands from Advance Auto Parts red to NAPA blue.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Mayo Clinic is the new owner of Assisi Heights #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Mayo Clinic is the new owner of Assisi Heights
Mayo Clinic acquired the sprawling campus of Assisi Heights in Northwest Rochester on Jan. 16. The 101 Sisters of Saint Francis will continue to live there.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Mayo Clinic is the new owner of Assisi Heights #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Mayo Clinic is the new owner of Assisi Heights
Mayo Clinic acquired the sprawling campus of Assisi Heights in Northwest Rochester on Jan. 16. The 101 Sisters of Saint Francis will continue to live there.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Growing Vanicream maker buys two Rochester buildings for $3.25M #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Growing Vanicream maker buys two Rochester buildings for $3.25M
Pharmaceutical Specialties, Inc., the maker of the popular Vanicream line of skin care products, once again needs more room, so it recently paid $3.25 million to buy two commercial buildings across fr...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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This year's MLK event in Rochester will be different #rochmn

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This year's MLK event in Rochester will be different
"We are going to remember the silence of our allies and friends," said Walé Elegbede, president of the NAACP's Rochester chapter.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Vyriad raises additional $25M to fuel its genetic technology 'race' #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Vyriad raises additional $25M to fuel its genetic technology 'race'
Vyriad, a growing Rochester firm, recently raised an additional $25 million in funding to fuel its “race” to bring a new technology to market that accurately targets cancer within a patient to deliver...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Rochester's Black Swan recently paid $40M for Villages at Essex Park apartments #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Rochester's Black Swan recently paid $40M for Villages at Essex Park apartments
The Black Swan housing group ended 2025 with the second largest Rochester deal of the year with a $20.4 million purchase of a low income apartment complex, where its CEO once lived as a child.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Will 2026 be Dr. Gianrico Farrugia's final year as Mayo Clinic's CEO? #rochmn #mayoclinic

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Will 2026 be Dr. Gianrico Farrugia's final year as Mayo Clinic's CEO?
Farrugia has led Mayo since stepping into his role in 2019. That means next year will wind up as his eighth year. The president and CEO typically serves for eight to 10 years, according to Mayo.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Will 2026 be Dr. Gianrico Farrugia's final year as Mayo Clinic's CEO? #rochmn #mayoclinic

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Will 2026 be Dr. Gianrico Farrugia's final year as Mayo Clinic's CEO?
Farrugia has led Mayo since stepping into his role in 2019. That means next year will wind up as his eighth year. The president and CEO typically serves for eight to 10 years, according to Mayo.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Rochester Hispanic business owner asks for support during difficult times #rochmn

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Rochester Hispanic business owner asks for support during difficult times
Wilber de la Rosa, who owns Tortillas La Mayzteca, wrote an open letter to the Rochester business community asking for support and understanding for local Hispanic residents and businesses.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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New York company acquires Rochester's Smith Schafer financial firm #rochmn #kigersnotebook #heardaroundroch

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New York company acquires Rochester's Smith Schafer financial firm
Rochester-founded Smith Schafer, one of Minnesota’s top accounting firms, was acquired by a large New York-based financial company on Jan. 1.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Blaze Credit Union paid $3.2 million for its new Rochester branch space #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Blaze Credit Union paid $3.2 million for its new Rochester branch space
Falcon Heights, Minn.-based Blaze Credit Union paid $3.2 million for a first floor business condominium at 975 34th Ave. NW on Dec. 30 to launch a new Rochester branch. Blaze is temporarily leasing th...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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GameStop to close northwest Rochester store #rochmn #kigersnotebook #heardaroundroch www.postbulletin.com/business/gam...
GameStop to close northwest Rochester store
It will soon be game over for Rochester’s last GameStop shop, though it might respawn and reopen in a new location.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Eagle Rock Bank to move its headquarters, opening door for Blaze Credit Union to open in Rochester #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Eagle Rock Bank to move its headquarters, opening door for Blaze Credit Union to move into Rochester
Eagle Rock Bank, formerly ONB, plans to move out of its Rochester headquarters in March 2026, which will open the door for Blaze Credit Union to enter the market.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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New downtown Rochester bookshop offers a cozy 'browsing experience' #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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New downtown Rochester bookshop offers a cozy 'browsing experience'
A passion for books, old things and science inspired Lucy Kruesel to open the doors of a cozy classic shop called Diatom Books, tucked away in downtown Rochester.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Yuma Fritas is open and serving up 'Cubanish' fare #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook www.postbulletin.com/business/yum...
Yuma Fritas is open and serving up 'Cubanish' fare
Chef Justin Schoville and Lindsay Zubay have brought new life and new flavors in the form of Yuma Fritas to the former Taco JED space along Rochester’s South Broadway.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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From farm fields to Rochester's hot spot, the West Circle Drive corridor is booming #rochmn

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From farm fields to Rochester's hot spot, the West Circle Drive corridor is booming
Rochester’s West Circle Drive corridor was lined with farm fields about 15 years ago. Today it is the city's hottest area for housing and commercial development.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Neighborly Gifts continues to grow by buying KD Fine Jewelry property #rochmn #heatdaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Neighborly Gifts continues to grow by buying KD Fine Jewelry property
Neighborly Gifts has paid $710,000 to buy a new, larger facility on North Broadway.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Stifel investments to move out of downtown Rochester to a new northwest office in 2026 #rochmnn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Stifel investments to move out of downtown Rochester to a new northwest office in 2026
Stifel plans to move from its longtime downtown skyway space to the booming West Circle Drive corridor in the northwest quadrant by the end of the first quarter of 2026.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Owners hope to have The Shoe Beverage Bar up and running by end of January #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Owners hope to have The Shoe Beverage Bar up and running by end of January
Matt and Frankie Jewison, along with Jack Lester and Eric Kramlinger, who call themselves “the Cobblers,” are in the last stages of turning Rochester’s former Thee Only Shoe Repair shop at 908 North B...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Heritage Pet Hospital to build a larger facility in northwest Rochester #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook www.postbulletin.com/business/her...
Heritage Pet Hospital to build a larger facility in northwest Rochester
Heritage Pet Hospital is ready to spread its wings by building a new northwest Rochester facility with the help of Core Real Estate Group.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Rochester's Natalie Victoria named Minnesota's restaurateur of the year #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Rochester's Natalie Victoria named Minnesota's restaurateur of the year
Natalie Victoria, known for Victoria's, the Tap House and the Social at the Avalon, was honored by the Hospitality Minnesota industry group as the Restaurateur of the Year recently.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Rochester's Natalie Victoria named Minnesota's restaurateur of the year #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Rochester's Natalie Victoria named Minnesota's restaurateur of the year
Natalie Victoria, known for Victoria's, the Tap House and the Social at the Avalon, was honored by the Hospitality Minnesota industry group as the Restaurateur of the Year recently.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Anderson Piano Academy will soon be playing in a new, larger space in Northwest Rochester #rochmn #heardaroundroch #kigersnotebook

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Anderson Piano Academy will soon be playing in a new, larger space in Northwest Rochester
When his Anderson Piano Academy outgrew Chris Anderson’s northwest Rochester home, he decided to purchase a business condo to give his students and teacher more room to tickle the ivories.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Rochester Realtor Merl Groteboer sentenced to one year of probation #rochmn

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Rochester Realtor Merl Groteboer sentenced to one year of probation
Rochester Realtor Merl Groteboer was sentenced on Wednesday to a year of probation and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for making false statements to an FBI agent. During the hearing, he read a statemen...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM