Trey Mewes
Rochester reporter
RochesterTrey 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.
Latest from Trey Mewes
Race incident in Rochester involving slurs against little boy goes viral; alleged offender has raised $100K to relocate
A Rochester woman’s racist remarks have gone viral, and a successful crowdfunding campaign purportedly started by the woman in the aftermath has shocked community leaders.
May 1, 2025
Union health care workers in Rochester get big wage wins, limits on overtime
A ruling by arbitrators comes more than a year after SEIU workers began negotiating their latest contract with Mayo Clinic.
April 17, 2025
Aw, shucks: Olmsted County shoots down two more Ear of Corn tower site proposals
County Board Chair Mark Thein said he doesn’t expect the property will be sold in the next five years.
April 16, 2025
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Rochester’s ready to grow. But will it have enough child care?
A population boom is expected for Minnesota’s third-largest city, but providers say there’s too little money to keep expanding the local day care industry.
April 12, 2025
Second union at Mayo Clinic votes for right to strike
About 87% of union members at Rochester’s Mayo Clinic Hospital Methodist Campus this week approved doing away with arbitration agreements in future contract negotiations.
April 10, 2025
Rochester puts $4.4 million toward 219-home development
The city has approved a second housing project to use funding for its homeownership-creation program.
April 8, 2025
Olmsted County talks low-dose hemp sales compliance, cannabis lottery
County officials are setting age-compliance rules for businesses selling THC-infused edibles and beverages.
April 6, 2025
After decades with only one library, Minnesota’s third-largest city is looking into adding more
Consultants recommend that Rochester look into satellite storefronts to test for interest in future branches outside its busy downtown.
April 3, 2025
Judge, congregation show mercy to troubled woman who set fire to Rochester church
She avoids prison for the 2022 blaze at Peace United Church that caused nearly $5 million in damages.
March 28, 2025
Downtown investment in Rochester up, almost all of it from Mayo Clinic
Non-Mayo private investment in 2024 was just over $9 million, the lowest since the city started Destination Medical Center.
March 27, 2025
Popular Olmsted Co. farm program could reduce water pollution, if officials can agree how to pay for it
The county’s program has wide support to help clean up nitrate pollution in southeast Minnesota, but questions remain over how it gets funded.
March 16, 2025
From fashion to farmstead, Olmsted County looks to breathe life into history
The History Center of Olmsted County held a fashion show exploring the 1700s and 1800s last weekend, a taste of interactive projects the nonprofit is planning.
March 11, 2025
