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
High Schools
‘You cheer for all of Rochester’: Swimmers put rivalries aside as they compete among the state’s best
Sophie Blixt, Madeline Gau and Julia Ogren suit up for three different high schools only minutes apart. They also are the latest in a long line of college-bound student-athletes who have trained with the Rochester Swim Club.
October 18, 2024
Elections
VP Kamala Harris campaigns in La Crosse, Wis., as election nears
Harris campaign is pushing to shore up support in the “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania less than a month before the Nov. 5 election.
October 18, 2024
Rochester
Are Rochester’s nonpartisan elections becoming a battleground for party politics?
Advocacy group Faith in Minnesota has made inroads in Rochester elections, energizing progressive supporters while raising eyebrows of the city’s political establishment.
October 13, 2024
Rochester
Fired trooper Shane Roper booked three months after being charged with manslaughter in Rochester crash
Roper, who is free on bail, was ordered to report for fingerprinting after the court “inadvertently neglected” to do so following his initial appearance Aug. 29.
October 7, 2024
Greater Minnesota
This small-town bakery draws crowds from across the Midwest, in just three hours a week
On Saturdays, the only day the shop in Newburg, Minn., is open, crowds of people — from as far as Chicago and Minneapolis — line up outside to get a taste of Irene Fishburn’s made-from-scratch French baking.
October 5, 2024
Greater Minnesota
Former pastor in Winona-Rochester diocese accused of swindling parishioners out of $72,000
The diocese says the Rev. Prince Raja was asked to resign after it was discovered that he was soliciting personal loans and gifts from parishioners.
September 25, 2024
Environment
Root River’s most significant restoration project takes shape in the Driftless
After years of erosion caused by a defunct dam, engineers are working to move the Root River back to its original bed.
September 20, 2024
Rochester
Lights, camera, worship: Church buys shuttered Rochester movie theater for $5 million
Echo Church marked its fifth anniversary by purchasing the former Cinemagic movie theater. It plans to begin holding services there Oct. 13.
September 19, 2024
Greater Minnesota
This small-town bakery draws crowds from across the Midwest, in just three hours a week
On Saturdays, the only day the shop in Newburg, Minn., is open, crowds of people — from as far as Chicago and Minneapolis — line up outside to get a taste of Irene Fishburn’s made-from-scratch French baking.
October 5, 2024
Greater Minnesota
Former pastor in Winona-Rochester diocese accused of swindling parishioners out of $72,000
The diocese says the Rev. Prince Raja was asked to resign after it was discovered that he was soliciting personal loans and gifts from parishioners.
September 25, 2024
Environment
Root River’s most significant restoration project takes shape in the Driftless
After years of erosion caused by a defunct dam, engineers are working to move the Root River back to its original bed.
September 20, 2024
Rochester
Lights, camera, worship: Church buys shuttered Rochester movie theater for $5 million
Echo Church marked its fifth anniversary by purchasing the former Cinemagic movie theater. It plans to begin holding services there Oct. 13.
September 19, 2024