Brace for much, much higher heating bills
DES MOINES, Iowa – The electricity and natural gas provider MidAmerican Energy advised its [...]
Winona Chamber, merchants cited for collaboration
WINONA, Minn. – The Minnesota Retailers Association recognized the Winona community and the Winona [...]
Former LaCrosse Fish Lab OK’d for other uses
LACROSSE, Wis. – The City Council voted 12-1 to rezone the old The Fish [...]
Strike hits John Deere; 5% pay offer not enough
MOLINE, Ill.-- About 10,000 workers went on strike against maker John Deere at its11 [...]
WSU hires startup chief to aid entrepreneurs
WINONA, Minn. – Winona State appointed Marshall Erickson, who has a career launching and [...]
American Melody back for another Winona visit
WINONA, Minn. – The aggressively prowed American Melody, Winona’s most frequent Levee visitor this [...]
$10 million for Army Corps Fountain City job
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $10.2 million [...]
SMU sets dedication for multi-discipline building
WINONA Minn. – The new state-of-the art Aquinas instructional building at Saint Mary’s will [...]
Target to finish new Cotter school: Fall 2023
WINONA, Minn. – The new Cotter grade school to be located near other Cotter [...]
South Fork bridge near Elba reopens
ALTURA , Minn. – A bridge between Altura and Elba has been replaced after [...]
Elba-St. Charles Whitewater road open again
ELBA, Minn. – The Highway 74 route through Whitewater State Park from St. Charles [...]
Hagedorn joins calls to save Caledonia factory
WASHINGTON – Congress member Jim Hagedorn, R-Minnesota, belatedly added his name to calls for [...]
Corps updating Fountain City boatyard
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded an $18.6 million [...]
River cruise boats ‘acoming / 4
WINONA, Minn. – Scheduled ports of call: > October 1: American Queen (American Queen [...]
Good news for bluff-top commuters
WINONA Minn. – The heavily traveled road up Garvin Heights has reopened. Five new [...]
Trains running again on Montana Hi-Line
JOPLIN, Mont. – Backed-up freight trains began moving across Montana again, after crews laid [...]
Eight hospitalized train survivors stable
JOPLIN, Mont. – Of 50 people injured in the Empire Builder train wreck, eight [...]
Regulators fine EnbrIdge $3.3 million for Line 3 breach
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fined Enbridge $3.3 million [...]
Corps closes damaged Gull Lake boat ramp
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers, which administers the Upper Mississippi, [...]
Train survivor: “Like extreme turbulence on a plane”
CHESTER Mont. – A survivor of the Empire Builder derailment said it was like [...]
Amtrak cancels trains blocked by Montana wreck
WASHINGTON – The Amtrak train wreck in Montana has stopped both passenger and freight [...]
When sunlight earns better than soybeans
STOCKTON, Minn. – A new solar array has been “planted” and is producing electricity [...]
Three dead in Amtrak derailment in Montana
JOPLIN, Mont. – The Seattle-bound Empire Builder passenger train, which departed Winona at 8 [...]
Southeast Minnesota farms weather drought
DOVER, Minn. – A dry spell and hot weather have hurt the state’s crop [...]
Corps OKs license for bigger Iron Range tailings dump
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers, whose authority includes safeguarding water [...]
Kiosks point tourists to local possibilities
WINONA, Minn. – Informational kiosks geared to tourists have been installed on the riverfront [...]
Mercantilists expect workers coming back
WINONA, Minn. – The president of the Winona Chamber of Commerce, Christie Ransom, expects [...]
Deal redux: Canadian Pacific-KCS to join
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –The Canadian Pacific Railroad won a hard-fought battle with rival Canadian [...]
Ho-Chunk casinos up again after mega-glitch
BLACK RIVER ALS, Wis. -- The Ho-Chunk nation reported that it called in third-party [...]
New ranking: Best tuition deal – net, not gross
WASHINGTON – A new college ranking system that measures how well non-wealthy students are [...]
Help wanted: Restaurants beset with shortages
WINONA, Minn. – Just about every eatery in town is desperate for staff as [...]
Federal rehab grants to Houston, Hokah
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Economic Development Department approved housing and infrastructure rehabilitation [...]
Amazon opening 120-worker LaCrosse facility
LACROSSE, Wis. – Retail leviathan Amazon is opening a distribution waystation at the LaCrosse [...]
River cruise boats ‘acoming/ 3
WINONA, Minn. – Scheduled ports of call: > September 9: America (American Cruise Lines), [...]
Need to fill up? Labor Day gas prices up
WINONA, Minn. – Gasoline prices have been rising slowly and steadily -- a price [...]
To tourists: Try mosquito-free Whitewater trail
ELBA, Minn. – The tourism promotion agency Explore Minnesota chose Whitewater State Park as [...]
Feds squash Canadian National rail merger scheme
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Surface Transportation Board unanimously rejected the Canadian National bid to [...]
State Fair crowds thin, very thin
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. – The Great Minnesota Get-Together, otherwise known as the State Fair, [...]
Week of Indians’ Line 3 protests end at Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota troopers moved in on Native American demonstrators protesting Enbridge [...]
New mask mandate called government overreach
WINONA, Minn. – Predictably the Winona mercantile community is unfriendly to Mayor Scott Sherman’s [...]
Computer failure closes Ho-Chunk casinos
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- The Ho-Chunk nation closed its casinos temporarily to fix [...]
State Supreme Court OK with Enbridge Line 3
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by [...]
Richest Minnesotan: Mankato’s Glen Taylor
NEW YORK – The richest person in Minnesota is Mankato billionaire Glen Taylor, according [...]
This Menard guy has sold lots of nuts and bolts
NEW YORK – The richest person in Wisconsin, according to a new Forbes magazine [...]
Rail fans, environmentalists rally for trains
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Two dozen advocates to restore long-abandoned passenger trains to Eau [...]
United deletes Rochester-Chicago flight
ROCHESTER, Minn. – United Airlines is abandoning its Rochester-Chicago service for want of customers. [...]
Winona Post goes spiffy with new web site
Quaint shop. Nameplate still features the familiar 64 East Second Street storefront. [...]
Open house to avert Mankato upgrade surprises
WINONA, Minn. – The state Transportation Department is arranging an open house with displays [...]
Southeast Minnesota eases out of drought
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The drought in Winona County has ended with a series of [...]
How they voted: Infrastructure upgrades / 1
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted 69-50 to for an eight-year $1.2 trillion program [...]
Army Corps showboat Mississippi’s ports of call
LACROSSE, Wis. – The 241-foot towboat Mississippi, the Army Corps' largest vessel on the [...]
Ritual marks Preston vets home construction
PRESTON, Minn. – With shovel in hand, the state Veterans Affairs commissioner, Larry Herke, [...]
Marketer to head Lee newspaper group
LACROSSE, Wis. – The marketing director for Lee Enterprises’ Lacrosse-based newspapers, Paul Pehler, has [...]
News company paying 9% on loans
DAVENPORT, Iowa – The once high-flying investor darling Lee Enterprises, owner of the Winona [...]
Second Street deli , sandwich place re-opens
WINONA, Minn. – The Blue Heron coffee klatsch place and locally sourced deli bar [...]
State aid for Caledonia water upgrade
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Public Facilities Authority issued a $1.3 million low-interest [...]
Spirit Airlines calamity in fifth day
MIRAMAR, Fla. – Spirit Airlines, which has canceled more than 1,300 flight since Sunday, [...]
City OKs tranfers for outlying bus routes
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona City Council approved new transit routes effective September 7. [...]
City to pretty-up Mankato roundabout route
WINONA Minn. – The City Council approved $250,000 for aesthetics to make Mankato Avenue [...]
Disembarking tourists stay in cruise line’s orbit
Steamboat or bus? The clever livery on American Cruise Line buses may leave [...]