Week’s summary: April 30, 2022
ART: To Christie’s: “Washington Crossing Delaware” GOVERNANCE: $3.2 billion to frontline workers, businesses ART: [...]
Deputies smell alcohol, pursue tests on driver
UTICA, Minn. -- Deputies arrested a Lewiston driver, Tracy Eric Bonow, 57, on a [...]
College scores
Tennis (men): Carleton 9, Macalester 0 Tennis (women): Carleton 8, [...]
Minnesota prep
Baseball: Winona Winhawks 7, Kasson-Mantorville Komets 0 Baseball: Cannon Falls Bombers 11, Lake City [...]
Wisconsin prep
Baseball: Osseo-Fairchild Thunder 15, Neillsville Warriors 2 Softball: Alma/Pepin Eagles [...]
Man found dead on Rochester tracks
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A man was found dead on railroad tracks at the upper [...]
Maria Jette in Lanesboro: Solo bio show
LANESBORO, Minn. – Operatic soprano Maria Jette, who’s known for appearances on Garrison Keillor’s [...]
College scores
Baseball: St. Cloud State 19, UM-Crookston 0 Baseball: St. Cloud [...]
Minnesota prep
Baseball: LaCrescent-Hokah Lancers 13, Winona Cotter Ramblers 2 Baseball: Plainview-Elgin-Millville [...]
Wisconsin prep
Baseball: Whitehall Norse 21, Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs 5 Baseball: Arcadia Raiders [...]
Fire engulfs farm shed; tractors lost
PRAAG, Wis. – Several tractors and other farm equipment were lost in a fire [...]
Walz exhibits ambidexterity, signs relief bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz stepped out of his son’s high school [...]
$3.2 billion to frontline workers, businesses
ST. PAUL, Minn. – House Democratic and Senate Republican leaders reached a deal to [...]
100 mph at the wheel; child in car
ALMA, Wis. – She should have known better, but now maybe the lesson has [...]
Truck, two cars crash on Highway 43
WINONA, Minn. – Police cut open a hopelessly wrecked car and extricated the driver [...]
Remember when: The costly Highway 43 dream
WINONA, Mnin. -- Federal highway planners decided in the 1950s to build Interstate 90 [...]
Serious injuries in West Burns Valley wreck
WINONA, Minn. – An air ambulance and a device to pry open wrecked vehicles [...]
Movement afoot to widen missing child alerts
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – A Chippewa Falls father has 63,000 signatures to petition state [...]
Notable journalism
Emily Anderson (Cedar Rapids Gazette, April 11, 2022): “2 Dead, 10 Hurt in Shooting [...]
Hy-Vee: More corporate constriction
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa— The giant Midwest grocery chain Hy-Vee plans to ask hundreds [...]
College scores
Softball: Winona State and Upper Iowa, doubleheader, postponed More scores [...]
Minnesota prep
Baseball: Chatfield Gophers 9, Winona Cotter Ramblers 3 Baseball: Lewiston-Altura [...]
Wisconsin prep
Baseball: Viroqua Blackhawks 3, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks 2 Baseball: Eleva-Strum [...]
Cops mace Maplewood brawlers in ongoing feud
WINONA, Minn. – Police called for reinforcements to break up a girl fight at [...]
Fire-ravaged building: Historic only in memory
LACROSSE, Wis. – Although in a historic downtown section, the building housing the Indian [...]
Houston County sheriff retiring
CALEDONIA, Minn. – Houston County Sheriff Mark Inglett is hanging up his spurs. Inglett [...]
Curry House restaurant collapses in fire
LACROSSE, Wis. – Tenants in 16 walk-up apartments in downtown LaCrosse escaped as fire [...]
College scores
Baseball: Wayne State of Nebraska 5, Winona State 3 Baseball: [...]
Minnesota prep
Baseball: Dover-Eyota Eagles 9, Rushford-Peterson Trojans 7 More scores [...]
Wisconsin prep
Softball: Blair-Taylor Wildcats 17, Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs 6 Softball: West Salem anthers 4, LaCrosse Aquinas [...]
Teen accused in Chippewa Falls rape, murder
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. -- A 14-year-old boy was arraigned for the murder of 10-year-old [...]
Massive recall: 60 tons of ground beef
SWEDESBORO, N.J. – About 121,000 pounds of ground beef packaged by Lakeside Refrigerated Service [...]
Emergency, fire crews make 53 calls
WINONA, Minn. – The Fire Department reported 46 emergency medical calls plus 7 fire [...]
Food-hauler slips off Highway 52, burns
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A semi-truck went into the median on Highway 52 southeast of [...]
Reward passes $18,000 for eagle shooter
BLOOMER, Wis. – The reward for information about whoever it was that shot a [...]
College scores
Softall: MSU-Mankato 1, Winona State 0 Softball: MSU-Mankato 5, Winona [...]
Minnesota prep
Baseball: St. Charles Saints 8, Winona Cotter Ramblers 6 Softball: [...]
Wisconsin prep
Baseball: Blair-Taylor Wildcats 7, Cochrane-Fountain City Pirates 6 Baseball: Alma/Pepin [...]
Chippewa Falls boy blamed in killing of 10-year-old girl
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – A juvenile was arrested in the death of a fourth-grade [...]
Route to Beaver reopens with drier days
WEAVER, Minn. – The seven-mile gravel section of Highway 74 from Weaver to Beaver [...]
To Christie’s: “Washington Crossing Delaware”
NEW YORK – The most recognized work at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, “Washington [...]
Welch driver mildly bruised in rollover
STOCKTON, Minn. -- Deputies found a driver in his overturned car on State Highway [...]
State limits fishing to protect walleye
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Because of the late spring, the state wildlife agency has [...]
College scores
Baseball: Winona State and Upper Iowa, cancelled Softball: Saint Mary’s [...]
Minnesota prep
Baseball: Rochester Mayo Spartans 10, Winona Winhawks 0 Softball: Winona [...]
Wisconsin prep
Baseball: Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks 11, West Salem Panthers 0 Softball: [...]
DFL on Walz address: Close to sliced bread
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, called Governor Tim [...]
Surgeon takes lead pellets from downed eagle
ANTIGO, Wis. -- A bald eagle that was show in mid-air near Bloomer 2-1/2 [...]
10-year-old girl killed in Chippewa Falls
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – The body of 10-year-old Lily Peters, a fourth grader, was [...]
Republicans: Walz address on wrong course
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House minority leader, Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, called Governor [...]
R.I.P.: Marlene Wurch
WINONA, Minn. – Marlene Lois (Nelson) Wurch, of Winona, a school library secretaay in [...]
New Winona water-media display debuts
WINONA, Minn. —A exhibit by Winona watercolorist Kathy Kovala runs through June 12 at [...]
Spring house cleaning? An option for old meds
WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention announced a drive-through [...]
College scores
Baseball: Winona State 6, Upper Iowa 4 Baseball: Winona State [...]
Minnesota prep
Baseball: Cannon Falls Bombes 5, Pine Island Panthers 1 Softball: Rochester Mayo Spartans 14, [...]
Wisconsin prep
Baseball: Wausau Wes Warriors 15, Tomah Timberwolves 9 Baseball: Spring Green River Valley Blackhawks [...]
After chase, cops find driver, heroin
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The driver of a stolen car rammed a police car and [...]
Walz: Let’s do right things with budget surplus
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Walz pressed the Legislature in his annual State of [...]
Sweatshirt thief shows gun, struggles, flees
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A shoplifter pulled up his shirt to reveal a handgun and [...]
Very, very pregnant candidate undeterred
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – Former state Representative Erin Maye Quade, nine months pregnant, was [...]