The Daily 5: historic work, RPS superintendents, alert system, Lindner leaps, fuel shortage

May 14—'Meticulous' work goes into Highway 74 project

This isn't your average road repair.

"Normally, when we build roads, we're in and out," said Craig Johnson, project supervisor for Minnesota Department of Transportation District 6. "This is more meticulous work."

Starting back in February, and likely not finishing until close to Halloween, crews from Environmental Associates Inc., a company that specializes in historic stone restoration work, will be painstakingly repairing four bridges built by combined crews from the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps back in 1936.

Read the full story by Brian Todd here.

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Quick sports links:

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Thursday's high school highlights

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Thursday's high school scores

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Century's Lindner has leaped into the limelight

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Photos: All-City track and field meet

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Strong second period helps Blues rally past Wild

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Nikola Jokic scores 31 as Nuggets topple Wolves

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Twins swept by White Sox as hitting woes continue

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Rochester's superintendents over the past 25 years: The good, the bad, and the ugly

What makes a good superintendent?

With the Rochester School Board's decision to hire Kent Pekel as first new superintendent in a decade, that question takes on greater relevance. And not only because of the tidy sum superintendent fetch these days.

Superintendent salaries have spiraled to inflation-defying heights. When Jack Noennig was hired to be the district's leader in 1996, it paid him $98,000. Current superintendent Michael Muñoz makes $228,300.

Read the full story by Matthew Stolle here.

Also, RPS selected the next interim superintendent last night.

Read Jordan Shearer's story here.

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Day in History: 1946: Gable's back, and Garson's got him

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Listen: Post Bulletin Minute for Friday, May 14

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Newly expanded alert system used for first time this week

Smartphone users in Northwest Rochester on Wednesday afternoon likely received an alert about an accident on Valleyhigh Drive that urged them to stay away from the area. It was the first time the City of Rochester used its updated alert system.

The city's Emergency Management Director Ken Jones gives five things to know about the alert and the system behind it.

Read the full story by Emily Cutts here.

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Today's weather

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Tracking showers for Friday night into Saturday

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Century's Lindner has leaped into the limelight

At 5-feet-3, Sarrah Lindner is not the prototype.

But the Rochester Center jumper extraordinaire has certainly not let that hold her back.

Simply, she is one of the best triple jumpers and long jumpers in the state, currently landing in the top five in both.

Long and leggy can sure help in the jumps. But Lindner is proof that it's not a prerequisite.

Read the full story by Pat Ruff here.

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Biden says fuel shortages should ease by this weekend as pipeline restarts

President Joe Biden on Thursday said that U.S. motorists can expect filling stations to begin returning to normal this weekend even as shortages gripped some areas amid restart of the top U.S. fuel pipeline after it was shut by a ransomware attack.

The Colonial Pipeline, which carries 100 million gallons per day of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, will take some time to fully recover and could still suffer "hiccups," he said. Colonial began supplying some fuel to most regions along its 5,500 mile (8,850 km) route.

The pipeline resumed computer-controlled pumping late Wednesday after adding safety measures.

Read the full story here.

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