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Monthly Archives: July 2021

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Week’s summary: July 31, 2021

John VivianJuly 31st, 2021|Categories: Almanac|

SPORTS: Official: It’s Sunisa Lee Day in Minnesota COMMERCE: Winona to see 2,000 river [...]

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Booze blamed for weaving across fog line

John VivianJuly 31st, 2021|Categories: News|

ST. CHARLES, Minn. -- Deputies arrested Nin Khammanh, 57, of Rochester, on suspicion of [...]

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Teen-age girl in custody after stabbing

John VivianJuly 31st, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Police arrested a 17-year-old girl after a bloody stabbing ear a [...]

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Town scores

John VivianJuly 31st, 2021|Categories: News|

Baseball: Winona Chiefs 2, Owatonna Aces 0 (Region 5C prelims)

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Wildfire smoke “an unprecedented air-quality event”

John VivianJuly 31st, 2021|Categories: Environment|

LAMOILLE, Minn. – Smoke from wildfires Out West blanketed southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin [...]

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Motorcycle misses Highway curve; cyclist hurt

John VivianJuly 31st, 2021|Categories: News|

PILOT MOUND, Minn. – A Stewartville motorcyclist missed a 90-degree turn 1-1/2 miles east [...]

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Overnight shooting takes Austin woman’s life

John VivianJuly 31st, 2021|Categories: News|

AUSTIN, Minn. – A woman was shot at an Austin house and later died, [...]

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Public Broadcasting journalist dies of traffic injuries

John VivianJuly 31st, 2021|Categories: Journalism, News, Obituaries|

MADISON, Wis. – A leader in Wisconsin public broadcasting, Gene Purcell, 61, died of [...]

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Cops make stop for speeding, find drunkenness

John VivianJuly 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

ELBA, Minn. – An Elba man was pulled over for speeding, which was followed [...]

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Bond at $1 million in quarry executions

John VivianJuly 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

LACROSSE, Wis. – Bond was set at $1 million for each of two men [...]

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Remember when: LaCrosse triple homicides

John VivianJuly 30th, 2021|Categories: Almanac|

LACROSSE, Wis. –After the execution-style murder of three men last week at a quarry [...]

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Payouts end in Tom Petters Ponzi racket

John VivianJuly 30th, 2021|Categories: Commerce|

MINNEAPOLIS – The largest Ponzi scheme in Minnesota history came to a close. Judge [...]

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Rampant mail thieves to prison

John VivianJuly 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Two prolific mail thieves from the Twin Cities men were [...]

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Mad at Fox, Lindell yanks MyPillow ads

John VivianJuly 30th, 2021|Categories: Politics|

NEW YORK – Minnesota pillow manufacturer Mike Lindell has pulled his $20 million advertising [...]

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Roadway debris flips motorcycle; injuries serious

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

WILSON, Min. – Two people on a motorcycle were injured when they ran into [...]

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Eyewitness details horror at quarry executions

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

LACROSSE, Wis. – It was a horrific scene that could have from a mob [...]

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Official: It’s Sunisa Lee Day in Minnesota

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: Sports|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Friday was declared Sunisa Lee Day in Minnesota to honor [...]

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Role of Asian gangs in quarry executions?

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

LACROSSE, Wis. – Two men, each with a police record, were booked for murder [...]

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Cuffed, shackled: Murder suspects back in LaCrosse

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

LACROSSE, Wis. – Two men, each with a police record, were booked for murder [...]

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Bad kids prompt Rochester fairgrounds curfew

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Rowdy hooligans and vandals forced Sheriff Kevin Torgerson to close the [...]

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Not vaccinated yet? How about $100?

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state will offer a $100 gift card to anyone [...]

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Injured granny chases intruder, recovers phone

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A 73-year-old woman fought off an intruder in her apartment and [...]

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Minnesota gymnast scores gold at Tokyo games

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: News, Sports|

TOKYO -- The 18-year-old artistic gymnast Sunisa Lee of St. Paul, Minnesota, won a [...]

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Ashley honors Kierlin-Burrichter arts role

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: Arts|

ARCADIA, Wis. – Winona arts aficionados Mary Burrichter and Bob Kierlin and will be [...]

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Second suspect arrested for quarry murders

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

WAUSAU, Wis. – Police closed in a Wausau house and arrested a second suspect [...]

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Future: Remote-control crop-dusting

John VivianJuly 29th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, News|

Agri-drones. Not as exciting as watching dare-devilish monoplane, biplane and chopper sweeps but, say [...]

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Cops catch one suspect in quarry murders

John VivianJuly 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

AMHERST, Wis. – One of two men sought for three execution-style murders at a [...]

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GOP leader: Walz will pay for clean-car rules

John VivianJuly 28th, 2021|Categories: Environment, Governance, Politics|

EAST GULL LAKE, Minn. – Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka predicted that Democratic [...]

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Town scores

John VivianJuly 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

Baseball: Dodge County Diamondbacks 7, Winona Chiefs 4 (Round 1 region prelims) [...]

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Wisconsin GOP leader stepping down

John VivianJuly 28th, 2021|Categories: News, Politics|

APPLETON, Wis. – The chair of the Wisconsin Republican Party, the well-connected Andrew Hitt, [...]

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Winona municipal bus routes being rejiggered

John VivianJuly 28th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, Governance, News|

WINONA, Minn. – Revised city bus routes, proposed in 2019 but never implemented, have [...]

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Mayo listed again as top U.S. hospital

John VivianJuly 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – For the sixth year the Mayo Clinic in Rochester has topped [...]

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Navigation channel being dredged near Dresbach

John VivianJuly 28th, 2021|Categories: Commerce|

DRESBACH, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers has began moving 50,000 cubic yards [...]

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Senator at bat to keep Caledonia jobs

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: Comment, Governance, News|

WASHINGTON – Senator Tina Smith, D-Minn. appealed to the Major League Baseball commissioner, Rob [...]

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County Board split on morality of public housing

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – The County Board voted 3-2 for administrative subsidies for the agency [...]

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Arrest warrants issued in three quarry murders

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

LACROSSE, Wis. – A police dragnet has gone out for two men in a [...]

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Boy’s family sues mall for trauma, medical costs

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

MINNEAPOLIS – The family of a boy who was flung off a third-floor balcony [...]

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Eyota catalytic converter thief sentenced

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A man caught stealing catalytic converters from an Eyota truck dealership [...]

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Township clerk to prison for embezzling $650,000

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

MINNEAPOLIS – A township clerk who embezzled $650,000 was sentenced to two years in [...]

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Mayo to employees: Vaccinate or mask

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic is tightening Covid vaccination requirements for employees. All must [...]

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Biker loses control on backroad, overturns

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

ARCADIA, Wis. — A 24-year-old man was airlifted 60 miles to a Rochester hospital [...]

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Cement truck rolls into ditch on Lewiston Grade

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

LEWISTON, Minn. – The U.S. Highway 14 route that climbs Lewiston Grade was blocked [...]

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R.I.P.: LaVonne Moldenhauer

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries|

LACRESCENT, Minn.  – La Vonne Gladys Moldenhauer, 87, of rural LaCrescent, who with her [...]

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Drought effect: Northern lake levels lower

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, Environment, News|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of engineers, which operates dams in the [...]

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Proposal: Hike Winona dial-a-ride fares

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – The next City Council agenda for Monday includes higher fares for [...]

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Remember when: Five railroads served Winona

John VivianJuly 27th, 2021|Categories: Almanac, News|

WINONA, Minn. – In the heyday if railroading, Winonans had five lines to choose [...]

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Arrest issue: Court order to stay away

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: News|

STOCKTON, Minn. -- Deputies arrested Justin Lee Hahn, 34, of Utica, for possibly violating [...]

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Selective logging project near SMU OK’d

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: Environment, Governance, News|

WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Planning Commission granted permission to logger Alex Langen to [...]

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Winona to see 2,000 river cruise tourists

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, News|

America. Making inaugural 2021 visit. Built 2016. 98 rooms and 188 guests. [...]

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Driver dies in rural crash with truck

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: News|

PINE ISLAND, Minn. – A rural Zumbrota man was killed instantly when his vehicle [...]

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Red Lake outflows slowed to save water

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, Environment|

BEMIDJI, Minn. – The flows out of Red Lake have been cut at the [...]

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Winona kids invited to play olden-times games

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: Schools|

WINONA, Minn. – Children can learn about traditional indigenous games – and join in [...]

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Walz celebrates new state clean-car rules

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: Environment, Governance, Politics|

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. --   Governor Tim Walz defended his program to accelerate the switch [...]

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Burger King opens doors, drive-up window

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: News|

WINONA, Minn. – Does Winona need another fast-food joint? No. But Cave Enterprises of [...]

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Driver’s blood-alcohol tests at 2-1/2 legal limit

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: News|

MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. -- Deputies arrested Brian Roger Mundt, 30, of Spooner, Wisconsin, and [...]

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Hospital busy even if Covid beds empty

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: Health, News|

WINONA, Minn. – Although the Covid’s ferocious Delta variant is present in Winona, the [...]

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LaCrosse eyes hosting bigger cruise ships

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: News|

LACROSSE, Wis. – The La Crosse Planning Commission is reviewing a bid for a [...]

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PolyMet: We’ve done everything by the book

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, Environment, News|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – PolyMet Mining expressed disappointment at the Minnesota Court of Appeals [...]

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R.I.P.: Joseph Ives

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries|

WINONA, Minn.  – Joseph "Butch" John Ives., 72, of Winona, who in 1970 was [...]

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Habitat’s 40 Days of Faith campaign moves on

John VivianJuly 26th, 2021|Categories: News|

WINONA, Minn. – The Edge Church downtown and Thrivent Financial partnered for a hot [...]

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