No idyllic sunrise forecast for Christians’ Easter
LEWISTON, Minn. — As so oftenthe case with Easter in Minnesota, the weather precluded [...]
Ellison senses Court qualms on Trump tariffs
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota attorney general, Keith Ellison, expressed “cautious optimism” that [...]
Insurers drop Winona medical coverage
WINONA, Minn. — Two major regional healthcare insurance carriers, Ucare and Quartz, aren’t renewing [...]
Farmer or not, Finstad sticks with Trump
NEW ULM, Minn — Critics of southern Minnesota’s representative in Congress, Brad Finstad, say [...]
What’s going on up Stockton Hill
STOCKTON, Minn. — Crews are 2-1/2 months into the $7.3 million upgrade of U.S. [...]
Troubling Minnesota bee decline: Lots less honey
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Honey production in Minnesota continues to drop with a drastically [...]
At Home bankruptcy blamed on Trump tariffs
DALLAS, Texas —The big-box retailer At Home filed for bankruptcy and announced it would [...]
Comment: On transgender girls in sports
Some teen-age girls are amazons physically – big, brawny and not to be messed [...]
Scholar: Protests need focus for max impact
MADISON, Wis. – News coverage of protest demonstrations often misses the message that organizers [...]
Winona home sales: March 2025
WINONA, Minn. – Among residential property sales logged by Bob Bambenek, county recorder, in [...]
River muck dump site proposed in Goodview
WINONA, Minn. – The Army Corps proposed piling tons of river muck on vacant [...]
Geopolitical whackiness: A new annexing scheme
Price tag? A grand-standing Iowa state senator is proposing that Iowa buy Minnesota’s southern [...]
Hallelujah: Gasoline at four-year low
TAYLOR, Wis. -- At the Mobil fueling station outside town, gasoline has dropped to [...]
You can’t fly there anymore
ROSEAU, Minn. – An airfield that straddles the U.S.-Canada border is shutting down. The [...]
Comment: Where did the church ladies go?
Remember church suppers when the ladies spent the day quibbling good-naturedly over whether meatballs [...]
Levee hotel regears for extended stay guests
Balconies everywhere. Even with modifications the Levee hotel plan still has Juliet balconies on [...]
Grant seeks to extract Great Lakes waste gunk
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Science Foundation has awarded a $15 million grant to [...]
Barge lockage at Trempealeau off 12%
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. – Commercial traffic through Lock and Dam 6 on the Mississippi River [...]
More pre-emptive fowl slaughters
BUFFALO, Minn. - Nearly 1 million chickens on a Wright County egg farm have [...]
Federal funds sought to rebuild Blatnik Bridge
High-rise span. The Duluth-Superior bridge replaced an 1890s swing bridge that stalled truck [...]
Getting serious, really serious about creating legacy
The scourge of Winona. A people are known by what the monuments they leave. [...]
Winona Mall sell-off into new phase
WINONA, Minn. – The owner of Winona Mall, real estate broker John Alexander, is [...]
Spring Break with snow still on the ground
Washington-Kosciusko. The 278 PK through fourth-grade pupils have packed their pencils and crayons [...]
Oil pipeline disaster: All it takes is eight minutes
WASHINGTON, Kansas – Keystone Pipeline operator TC Energy of Canada dispatched 250 workers to [...]
Car fuel prices retreat further
WINONA, Minn. – With global oil prices plummeting to less than $80 a barrel, [...]
Winona barge movements up in October
WINONA, Minn. – Shipping from the Port of Winona picked up in October but [...]
More retailers skipping Thanksgiving madhouses
AUSTIN, Texas – The website RetailMeNot, which tracks such things, updated its list of [...]
Only 50 barges shipped out of Winona
WINONA, Minn. – Barge traffic out of Winona is way off . City development [...]
Mango’s looking more Mexican by the day
WINONA, Minn. – For 20 years Arsenio Meija has roamed the continent with a [...]
First flood gate in place to protect Fargo, Moorhead
HORACE, N.D. – The Army Corps of Engineers reported a milestone to reduce the [...]
Amtrak train restarting through Winona
WASHINGTON – Railroad worker unions agreed to continue contract negotiations, President Biden announced. The [...]
Rail strike looms: Amtrak suspends Winona trains
WASHINGTON – The twice-daily Empire Builder passenger trains through Winona were cancelled because they [...]
Three Minnesota resorts ranked regional tops
NEW YORK -- The Two Harbors, Minnesota, resort, Larsmont Cottages on Lake Superior, has [...]
Ferris wheel for sale, restaurant too
MINNEAPOLIS – Anyone who’s ever considered running a restaurant with a Ferris wheel where [...]
Army Corps delays full passage past Genoa
GENOA, Wis. – Repairs at the shipping lock around Dam 8 on the Mississippi [...]
WSU: New dorm seen as magnet for students
WINONA, Minn. – A proposed 340-bed dorm at Winona State fits into the university's [...]
COMMENT: Dumb or wily on mail service
Donald Trump has a fundamental problem as president. He’s mistaken the country for a [...]
COMMENT: Another encore, ladies
Again the League of Women Voters has identified questions that voters need to be [...]
ALMANAC / COMMENT: Winona’s second war machine
As the Iraq war was winding down, President H.W. Bush realized he had hundreds [...]