Post Bulletin Reporter Jeff Kiger

Jeff Kiger

Business Reporter / Columnist

Jeff Kiger writes a daily column, "Heard Around Rochester," in addition to writing articles about local businesses, Mayo Clinic, IBM, Hormel Foods, Crenlo and others.

The opinions of my employer do not necessarily reflect my opinions.

He has worked as a newspaper journalist in Indiana, Wyoming and Minnesota since 1992. Kiger has worked in Rochester for the Post Bulletin since 1999.

Readers can reach Jeff at 507-285-7798 or jkiger@postbulletin.com.

Mayo Clinic’s income — revenue minus expenses — increased by 2.75%, or about $10 million more than the same quarter last year.
Beth Benike, Minnesota’s Small Business Person of the Year, is trying to crowdfund $229,000 to pay what she describes as the “ransom,” or tariff on her products stranded in China.
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Mayo Clinic reported a record-setting $1.3 billion operating profit in 2024 with a total $19.79 billion in revenue. It also more than doubled its patient charity care spending to $130 million.
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Nonprofit Global Wellness Connections is proposing a study to look at connecting Rochester and Twin Cities via hyperloop — a system of capsules traveling up to 700 mph in an underground tube.
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The Minnesota Nurses Association released its plan for the 2024 legislative session Monday with the goal of putting patient needs ahead of 'corporate greed' at nonprofit hospitals
The new 11-story Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Building research center in downtown Rochester is ready for scientists to start moving in. About 75% of the research will focus on cancer treatments.
Matthew T. Onofrio, who owns properties in Rochester, was trained as a nurse anesthetist at Mayo Clinic
Mayo asked for its facilities to be exempted from a bill establishing staffing levels for nurses, and for lawmakers to cancel an “extremely problematic” plan to contain costs of care.
In December, a judge ruled that the IRS owed Mayo Clinic a refund. Since the government hasn't paid yet, Mayo wants interest totaling $1.5 million — and counting — added to the bill.
After keeping their compensation mostly flat in 2020, Mayo Clinic gave its executives big raises in 2021, with 26 employees earning more than $1 million.