Hospital seeks to pre-empt staff shortage
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Health staff is being restructured to address a future [...]
The melting Pepin ice pack: Down to 22 inches
LAKE CITY, Minn. – The spring thaw is on. The latest Corps of Army [...]
Season’s first tow due any day now
WINONA, Minn. -- The Interstate bridges at Winona await the season’s first barge array [...]
Museum exhibit yanks Russian mustard
MIDDLETON, Wis. – The National Museum of Mustard has removed Russian nustard from display [...]
Army Corps upgrading Fountain City base
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers awarded $28.8 million for mooring [...]
Walmart recalls tortilla chips: Baked-in metal
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – The retail giant Walmart recalled 25,000 bags of tortilla chips that [...]
New Great Lakes cruise destination: Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. –The Viking cruise line will inaugurate cruise tourism to the Lake Superior [...]
Minnesota jobless rate at 20-year low
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Joblessness in dropped below 3%for the first time in more [...]
Auto fuel nears post-Ukraine $4 a gallon
WINONA, Minn. – The GasBuddy tracking service reported these prices for regular grade fuel: [...]
Pepin ice pack thickens, now 27 inches
LAKE CITY, Minn. – Despite warming temperatures, the ice pack on Lake Pepin grew [...]
Bankrupt Valley View mall changes hands
LACROSSE, Wis. – The regional mall Valley View, once a thriving retail hub, was [...]
Mayo group aims at “affordable insulin” by 2024
PETERSBURG, Virginia – Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic is part of a partnernship to manufacture low-cost [...]
Pipeline planned to move Mississippi muck
READS LANDING, Minn. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to lay a [...]
Mayo rebounds financially from pandemic
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic’s payroll has climbed to 41,000 in Rochester, according to [...]
Port upgrades on State Senate agenda
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A proposal for major upgrade of Minnesota ports, including Winona, [...]
Flying MSP to Moscow? Not with Delta’s help
ATLANTA, Ga. –The dominant Minnesota air carrier Delta ceased booking passengers on the state-owned [...]
Lake Pepin ice still as thick as 23 inches
LAKE CITY, Minn. – These are the Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Pepin ice [...]
Merchants: We need unemployment funding
WINONA, Minn. – Legislation to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance fund has the support [...]
Mayo expanding old Franciscan hospital
LACROSSE, Wis. – Mayo Clinic unveiled plans for a new 70-bed hospital to expand [...]
Winona businesses exhaust $1 million relief fund
WINONA, Minn.—Winona businesses cashed in on a second of $1 million in federal CoVid [...]
Teachers OK 4.2% pay raise over two years
WINONA, Minn. – Teachers in Winona schools have ratified a new contract with a [...]
Remember when: Trains ran a Mayo hospital car
WINONA Minn. – The Chicago & Northwestern beefed up its Winona service in 1950 [...]
Isle la Plume for cruise ship mooring?
LACROSSE, Wis. – The state Natural Resources Department has called a public meeting about [...]
February question: When will Lake Pepin open?
LAKE CITY, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers began its annual Lake Pepin [...]
Ground Round eatery, bar closing
WINONA, Minn. – The franchise restaurant Ground Round never revived sufficiently from the pandemic [...]
First things first: Don’t disturb the bats
WINONA, Minn. – Crews began clearing trees as Stage One of construction of four [...]
Java lovers: Supply-chain issues hit home
LACROSSE, Wis.—The 800-store Kwik Trip convenience store chain is almost out of coffee cups. [...]
State: Tainted lettuce a killer
MADISON, Wis. – The state Health Department confirmed one Wisconsin death from listeria-contaminated salad [...]
A Leinenkugel in charge since 1867
CHIPPEWA FALLS,Wis. – Although a subsidiary of global brewing company Molson Coors since 1988, [...]
Wanta own a mall? Valley View up for auction
LACROSSE,Wis. — Once-thriving Valley View regional mall all in suburban Onalaska will go up [...]
Shuddering as the gas pump gurgles
WINONA, Minn. – The GasBuddy tracking service reported these prices for regular grade fuel; [...]
Kwik Trip launches reading inducement
LACROSSE, Wis. – The 800-shop Kwik Trip chain of convenience stores has invited schools [...]
Milwaukee eyes being major cruise port
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Governor Tony Evers approved a a $3.5 million grant for the Port [...]
Merchants Bank reports rosy 2021 income
WINONA, Minn. – The Merchants Bank holding company finished 2021 with net income 34% [...]
Stauber lambastes Biden over mine permits
HERMANTOWN, Minn. --Second-term Congress member Pete Stauber, R-Minn., who views mining as economic asset, [...]
PolyMet: Our nickel mine permits not illegal
MINNEAPOLIS – The mining conglomerate PolyMet vowed anew to challenge anyone opposing its plans [...]
Biden to PolyMet: Pack your shovels, go home
WASHINGTON – The Biden Administration cancelled mineral leases for a giant copper-nickel mine proposed [...]
Library suspends hours due to demolition
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Public Library will be closed through Friday because of [...]
Bank marketer to WNB treasury management
WINONA, Minn. – A seven-year marketing veteran at WNB Financial, Ben Knuesel, has joined [...]
City OK’s Mayo neighborhood apartments
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The City Council approved construction of a seven-story, 131-unit apartment project [...]
On drawing boards: Downtown concert hall
WINONA, Minn. – A classy state-of-art concert venue will be built on the edge [...]
Walz puts record construction plan to Legislature
MINNEAPOLIS – Governor Tim Walz unveiled a plan to borrow a record $2.7 billion [...]
Bank’s closure leaves void in Houston
HOUSTON, Minn. – Hardware proprietor Chris Cox is contemplating how to reorder her life. [...]
WSU has offers for once-touted West Campus
WINONA, Minn. – Winona State is reviewing several offers to buy its former West [...]
Chamber widens net for entry job takers
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Chamber of Commerce, which represents employers that are desperately [...]
Bremer shuttering only bank in Houston
HOUSTON, Minn. – The giant St. Paul-based Bremer Bank is closing its branch in [...]
Round 2: CoVid relief grants to local businesses
WINONA, Minn. –The Winona Chamber of Commerce has another $1 million in CoVid relief [...]
Viking Cruises sailing right past Winona
BASEL, Switzerland – Viking Cruises announced its inaugural cruises the length of the Mississippi [...]
Abandoned Austin power plant coming down
AUSTIN, Minn. – Demolition has begun at the Northeast Side power plant operated by [...]
Tesla pledges $1.5 billion for Arrowhead nickel
AUSTIN, Texas. – Auto-maker Tesla signed a deal to buy $1.5 billion of nickel, [...]
Beware! Beware! Live wires up there!
Pounding pilings but keeping eyes skyward MARSHLAND, Wis. – For months the Lunda [...]
County’s attorney: Dead-end ahead for new Daley suit
WINONA, Minn. – The attorney representing Winona County in the continuing Daley Farm litigation [...]
Smiles, not tears: Iowa baseball club sold
DES MOINES, Iowa – The owner of the minor league Iowa Cubs, Michael Gartner, [...]
Mayo axes 700 staff for vax non-compliance
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Mayo Clinic is sticking to its vax-or-leave policy and fired [...]
Ashley delivers wreaths to veterans’ cemeteries
ARCADIA, Wis. – A fleet of 10 Ashley furniture trucks, in their distinctive black, [...]
Not giving up: Daleys persist for 4,500-cow farm
WINONA, Minn. – The Daley farm at Lewiston is back in court in a [...]
Supply chain problems slowing car repairs
MINNEAPOLIS – Car repair shops are beset with delays getting parts. At Jessie's Auto [...]
Some car dealers filling lots again
WINONA Minn. – The worldwide dearth of computer chips that halted automobile production and [...]
2021: Winona Post’s golden anniversary
WINONA. Minn. – The Winona Post celebrated its 50h year with articles of reminisces [...]
Hy-Vee puts armed security crews at stores
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – The 280-store Hy-Vee grocery chain is hiring security officers [...]