WINONA, Minn. – Four high-volume, mid-price Mexican restaurants in LaCrosse, LaCrescent and Winona have been burglarized in recent weeks. Police in all three communities are comparing notes about  possible connections. Winona police suspected a connection right away with a theft at Mango’s and another heft the next night at El Patron. Now Mexican eateries LaCrescent and LaCrosse have been hit.

Earlier: El Patron — a second Mexican eatery to be hit

Earlier: Burglar flees Mango’s just in time