
Catharine Richert
Correspondent
crichert@mpr.org
Catharine Richert is based in Rochester, Minn., and covers Southeast Minnesota for MPR News. She was previously on MPR's politics team, and has contributed to MPR's health care coverage. She lives in Rochester with her husband, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, and their three children.
Recent Contributions
- Rochester eviction rates show no sign of slowing
- Rochester bets on geothermal to power a green future
- Beekeeping program at Faribault prison teaches inmates job skills, confidence
- Company criticizes police seizure of cannabis plants in Faribault
- Oaxaca basketball tradition finds a Minnesota home
- Buying time, cities temporarily ban cannabis sales
- 'Steps in the right direction' amid growing homelessness crisis in Olmsted County
- Growing Michoacana ice cream chain offers taste of home for some, taste explosion for all
- MnDOT eyes autonomous vehicles to close transportation gaps, improve safety
- StarTribune Reporter Chris Hine makes list of 100 most influential LGBTQ+ people in sports