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Monthly Archives: December 2021

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College scores

John VivianDecember 31st, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (men): UW-Stevens Point and Lewis & Clark, cancelled Basketball (women): UW-Eau Claire 69. [...]

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Van slips off wet road; driver pretty much OK

John VivianDecember 31st, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Plainview man was hurt but not seriously when his minivan [...]

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Austin police chief: Body-cams need funding

John VivianDecember 31st, 2021|Categories: Governance|

AUSTIN, Minn. – In the aftermath of the police shooting of Kokou Fiafono, Police [...]

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Supply chain problems slowing car repairs

John VivianDecember 31st, 2021|Categories: Commerce|

MINNEAPOLIS – Car repair shops are beset with delays getting parts. At Jessie's Auto [...]

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College scores

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (men): Mary Hardin-Baylor 84, Saint Mary’s 64 More scores  [...]

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Minnesota prep

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (boys): Winona Winhawks 64, Worthington Trojans 62 Basketball (girls): [...]

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Wisconsin prep

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (girls): Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks 60, Holmen Vikings 58 Basketball [...]

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Judge goes easy in Austin gun case

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

AUSTIN, Minn. – A Nebraska woman escaped jail time in a sentencing hearing. Cassandra [...]

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Mourners, activists rally on Austin streets

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

AUSTIN, Minn. 00Dozens of people gathered to pay respects to Kouko Christopher Fiafonou, who [...]

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Some car dealers filling lots again

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: Commerce|

WINONA Minn. – The worldwide dearth of computer chips that halted automobile production and [...]

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Teen escapes serious injury in rolling car

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A teen-age driver suffered cuts and bruises when his car left [...]

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New scam: A fee for student loan forgiveness

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A 24-year-old woman with student loans told police she was called [...]

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Judge to hear pleas from J6 dad, son

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: News|

WASHINGTON – A plea hearing for an Austin, Minnesota, man and his Iowa father [...]

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Mayo firms up mask rules for entry

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Not just any ol’mask will do at Mayo anymore. Nor a [...]

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Police chief: Officers struggle with countless variables

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: Governance, Health|

AUSTIN, Minn. – After an apparently deranged man was killed last week by Austin [...]

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2021: Winona Post’s golden anniversary

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, Journalism|

WINONA. Minn. – The Winona Post celebrated its 50h year with articles of reminisces [...]

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Hy-Vee puts armed security crews at stores

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: Commerce|

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – The 280-store Hy-Vee grocery chain is hiring security officers [...]

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R.I.P.: Leon Bronk

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries|

WINONA, Minn.  – Leon Francis Bronk, 59, of Winona, an auto body specialist at [...]

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R.I.P.: Joan Kierlin

John VivianDecember 30th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries|

WINONA, Minn.  – Joan Alta Kierlin, 73, of Winona, who worked at Lake Center [...]

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College scores

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (women): Simpson 85, UW-LaCrosse 82 More scores  [...]

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Minnesota prep

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (boys): Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars 57, Winona Cotter Ramblers 35 Basketball [...]

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Wisconsin prep

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (boys): Chatfield Gophers 67, Prairie du Chien Blackhawks 35 [...]

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Brainerd robbery suspect nabbed in Mondovi

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

MONDOVI, Wis. -- A Mondovi man was arrested at a  house in Mondovi for [...]

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Lake ice breaks under Winonan, two kin

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

BREEZY POINT, Minn. – Three snowmobilers crashed through thin ice on Pelican Lake, but [...]

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Bad idea: Punching cop at cop-shop

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A county inmate was charged with attacking a jail deputy who [...]

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Canton man finds self at end of road in hotel raid

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn.  -- A Canton man wanted in three counties was arrested while fleeing [...]

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New WSU football coach from South Dakota State

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: Colleges, Sports|

WINONA, Minn. – An assistant coach at South Dakota State University, Brian Bergstrom, has [...]

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Personal glimpses few into Fiafonou’s life

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

AUSTIN, Minn. – The man shot and killed by police after a 24-hour stand-off [...]

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Plea: Not guilty in Rollingstone car-dragging case

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

WINONA, Minn. -- A woman accused of dragging another woman behind her car while [...]

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Emergency, fire crews make 53 calls

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: News|

WINONA, Minn. – The Fire Department reported 42 emergency medical calls plus 11 fire [...]

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New Covid threat seen on health-care staffing

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The highly transmissible CoVid Omicron may create a new wave of [...]

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R.I.P.: Patricia Fort

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries|

MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. -- Patricia Arden Fort, 79 of Minnesota City, who worked at [...]

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R.I.P.: Joanne Heiden

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries|

RUSHFORD, Minn. – Joanne D. Heiden, 85, of Rushford, who ran an in-home daycare [...]

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Minnesota minimum wage inches up

John VivianDecember 29th, 2021|Categories: Commerce|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A cost-of-living adjustment boosted the Minnesota minimum wage a trifle [...]

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Failed evasive tactic: Speeding away, dodging

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

WINONA, Minn. -- A Winona driver, Steven Wayne Popplewell, 35, was arrested for drunk [...]

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Apartment burgled, $2,000 in jewels gone

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – About $2,000 in jewelry was stolen from a Southeast Rochester apartment, [...]

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College scores

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (men): Saint Mary’s 83, UW-Superior 78 More scores  [...]

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Minnesota prep

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (boys): Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts 92, Winona Winhawks 67 Basketball [...]

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Wisconsin prep

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (boys): Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts 92, Winona Winhawks 67 Basketball [...]

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Kwik Trip at milestone: 800 stores

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: Commerce|

HOLMEN, Wis. – Thursday at 5 a.m. is a magic moment of sorts for [...]

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To parents: Test kids before school starts up

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: Health, Schools|

WINONA, Minn. – Students at Winona Schools have been reminded to test for CoVid [...]

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R.I.P.: John Madden

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries, Sports|

PLEASANTON, Calf. --John Madden, 85, who was born in Austin Minnesota, and who became [...]

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Agency confirms multiple shots in Austin death

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – As per custom for police-involved shootings, the Minnesota Bureau of [...]

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Like Greek headbands, boughs bind library columns

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: Arts|

WINONA, Minn. – The Neoclassical Winona library on Fifth Street opened in 1899. It [...]

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Study: Body cams rare for Minnesota police

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: News|

MINNEAPOLIS -- Few Minnesota law enforcement agencies have implemented guidelines mandating officers with a [...]

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R.I.P.: Sharon Friesen

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries|

WINONA, Minn. -- Sharon Lynn (Schlueter) Friesen, 77, of Winona, who worked in the [...]

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Winona hockey coach at 500-game milestone

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: Sports|

WINONA, Minn.— The Winona High School boys hockey coach Fran McDevitt has marked his [...]

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Schultz: Winona Health vax rate 91%

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – Everyone working at Winona Health is either vaccinated against CoVid or [...]

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Wisconsin tornadoes: Three EF-2s, three EF-1s, two EF-0s

John VivianDecember 28th, 2021|Categories: Environment|

MILWAUKEE,Wis. – The National weather Service confirmed eight tornado touchdowns in Wisconsin in the [...]

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Minnesota prep

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (girls): Winona Cotter Ramblers 69, Goodhue Wildcats 48 Hockey [...]

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Wisconsin prep

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

Basketball (boys): Richland Center 65, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks 56 Basketball [...]

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PolyMet copper mine hits new legal obstacle

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: Commerce, Environment|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota appellate judge OK’d a case by a wilderness [...]

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Wisconsin lieutenant governor field narrows

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- State Senator Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, has suspended her campaign for lieutenant [...]

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2020 vehicular homicide case closed

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A St. Paul mam was sentenced to 8-1/2 months in [...]

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Bush-trapped motorist free on $1,500 bond

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

EAU Claire, Wis. – A Prescott man posted $1,500 bond and went home to [...]

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Montana avalanche claims Minnesota snowmobilers

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

COOKE CITY, Mont. – Two snowmobilers from central Minnesota died in an avalanche on [...]

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Will December CoVid surge put hospital in lurch again?

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The Thanksgiving surge in CoVid hospitalizations has ebbed at the Winona [...]

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Explosions rock, destroy machine shop

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

WESTBY, Minn. – Fire destroyed the Westby Machine Shop on the northeast outskirts overnight. [...]

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R.I.P.: Pat Tust

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: Obituaries|

WINONA, Minn.  – Carolyn “Pat” Tust, 91, of Winona, a dental assistant at the [...]

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Always in synch with the season in Trempealeau

John VivianDecember 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

TREMPEALEAU, Wis. – The giant catfish that greets visitors to the river town of [...]

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