Drivers will see lane closures on northbound and southbound Highway 52 near Pine Island beginning Monday, May 6, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The closures, originally scheduled to begin May 2, were delayed due to the weather.

The closures are necessary while crews prepare for rock blasting to construct the new East Frontage Road adjacent to Highway 52 in the area between 520th Street and 210th Avenue. During the actual blasting, traffic will be temporarily stopped on northbound and southbound Highway 52. The lane closures will be in effect through Friday, May 10, weather permitting.

(ABC 6 NEWS) - Widespread outages are being blamed on the strange May snowstorm rolling through the area.

RPU reported thousands of outages in the Rochester area. Alliant Energy is working to restore power to thousands of customers in the Albert Lea area.

Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services is also continuing to restore power as they too are experiencing wide spread outages.

If anyone sees downed power lines, they are to assume they are energized.  Stay away and call your service provider.

Sometimes there's only so much you can do to prepare for a storm. So for utility crews, today's been a day of undoing what Mother Nature has done.

"It's caused some outages" said Austin Utilities General Manager Mark Nibaur.

But with only a handful of outages, Austin Utilities has fared better than most.

The Church of St. John the Evangelist will host the 10th and final St. John’s Block Party on Saturday, July 13, from 3:00 to 11:30 p.m. in downtown Rochester. This nonprofit community event is open to people of all ages and is packed with great live music, entertainment, food and friends.