Sean Baker
Reporter
Baker joined the Star Tribune in June 2024. He previously spent eight years covering Rochester for Med City Beat, an independent news website he founded at the age of 25. Prior to moving to Southeast Minnesota, Baker worked as a news producer for WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wis. Baker also served as news editor for the Fourth Estate, the student paper of UW-Green Bay, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism. Baker lives in Rochester with his wife, Sarah, and their two boys.
Latest from Sean Baker
This Minnesota high school is stocking its salad bar with lettuce it grows on-site
Spearheaded by a 10th-grader, Winona High School is using hydroponic gardening techniques to grow and harvest about 50 pounds of lettuce a week.
April 24, 2025
Suspected mother charged in abandoned Minnesota newborn’s 2011 death
The community had dubbed the newborn “Baby Angel” after her body was found.
April 24, 2025
Defense seeks to block ex-state trooper’s driving record from court in crash that killed cheerleader
Prosecutors argue the evidence could demonstrate Shane Roper’s state of mind in the minutes leading up a fatal Rochester crash that killed Owatonna teenager Olivia Flores.
April 22, 2025
Mayo Clinic renaming its DEI office to the ‘Office of Belonging’
Citing “recent national events,” Mayo makes the change five years after its launch amid great fanfare and a $100 million pledge.
April 17, 2025
Snapchat use played a role in fatal Winona County crash, charges say
Eric Wittlief, 22, was charged on April 11 for his role in a 2021 wreck that killed a Stockton man.
April 15, 2025
Rochester aims to rein in e-scooter clutter downtown
Last year, more than 6,100 warnings were issued to Lime users in Rochester; the vast majority were parking violations.
April 11, 2025
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Thousands of Minnesotans rally against Trump in nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protest
Protesters mobilized in St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester and dozens of other locations to oppose “assault on our freedoms.”
April 5, 2025
Housing proposal tests limits of Rochester’s downtown historic district
City’s preservation commission denies a recommendation of the proposal despite concessions by the developer to maintain the original facade.
April 4, 2025
This Minnesota flower grower calls herself a farmer — but state law says otherwise
Allie Kuppenbender says her cut-flower business could blossom further with the support of a new bill classifying floriculture as an agricultural product.
April 2, 2025
Prison for southern Minnesota driver whose drunken crash killed a motorcyclist
Nicholas Sprau, 60, of the Rochester area was drunk and within feet of his driveway when he crashed his vehicle into an oncoming motorcycle in 2022.
March 27, 2025
Red Wing juvenile center’s well-being checks faulted in teen’s death, investigation says
A state inspector general’s report also finds the facility did not seek parental approval before administering medication to the young inmate.
March 26, 2025
From Wells, Minn., to the White House: How Larry Buendorf’s heroics saved the life of a president
Buendorf, a southern Minnesota native who thwarted an assassination attempt on President Ford in 1975, died earlier this month. He was 87.
March 20, 2025
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