WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Historical Society received $9,800 grant from the Minnesota Historical Society to digitize a 20-year collection of reel-to-reel audio recordings beginning in 1955. A second grant, for $3,100, will add 38 rolls of microfilmed newspapers. Other southeast Minnesota grants:
> Wabasha: $10,000 to document oral history interviews with descendants of abolitionists.
> Rushford: $3,7500 to document oral history interviews the history of businesses.
> Plainview: $2,300 to add 29 rolls of microfilmed newspapers.