WINONA, Minn. – With global oil prices plummeting to less than  $80 a barrel, so too have gasoline prices at the pump. Some analysts predicted a national average of $2.99 by Christmas. A Winona area sampleron o, according ti the tracking site GasBuddy:

> Arcadia: Kwik Trip, $2.99.

> Centerville: BP, $2.99.

> Galesville: Express Mart, $3.28.

> LaCrose: Kwik Trip, $2.97.

> Lewiston: Kwik Trip, $3.23.

> Nodine: Kwik Trip, $2.28.

> Onalaska: Kwik Trip, $2.97-$3.07; Woodman’s, $2.98.

> St. Charles: Sinclair, $3.29.’ Love’s, $3.28; Kwik Trip, $3.08.

> Trempealeau: Cenex, $3.08.

> Winona: Kwik Trip, $3.39.