Merchants Bank recovering from Covid setbacks
WINONA, Minn. – Merchants Financial Group reported net income of $18.2 million through the [...]
Payouts end in Tom Petters Ponzi racket
MINNEAPOLIS – The largest Ponzi scheme in Minnesota history came to a close. Judge [...]
Future: Remote-control crop-dusting
Agri-drones. Not as exciting as watching dare-devilish monoplane, biplane and chopper sweeps but, say [...]
Winona municipal bus routes being rejiggered
WINONA, Minn. – Revised city bus routes, proposed in 2019 but never implemented, have [...]
Navigation channel being dredged near Dresbach
DRESBACH, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers has began moving 50,000 cubic yards [...]
Senator at bat to keep Caledonia jobs
WASHINGTON – Senator Tina Smith, D-Minn. appealed to the Major League Baseball commissioner, Rob [...]
Drought effect: Northern lake levels lower
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of engineers, which operates dams in the [...]
Proposal: Hike Winona dial-a-ride fares
WINONA, Minn. – The next City Council agenda for Monday includes higher fares for [...]
Winona to see 2,000 river cruise tourists
America. Making inaugural 2021 visit. Built 2016. 98 rooms and 188 guests. [...]
Red Lake outflows slowed to save water
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The flows out of Red Lake have been cut at the [...]
PolyMet: We’ve done everything by the book
ST. PAUL, Minn. – PolyMet Mining expressed disappointment at the Minnesota Court of Appeals [...]
State recognizes 260-cow Winona dairy farm
WINONA, Minn. – The Sobeck Brothers Farms up Gilmore Valley has been named the [...]
Huge miter gates being installed at Hastings lock
HASTINGS, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has halted daytime navigation through Lock [...]
Solons stymied in call to save Caledonia factory
CALEDONIA, Minn. – Two state legislators whose districts include Caledonia called on the equity-fund [...]
Pollution agency told: Dig deeper: Did PolyMet lie?
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Acting on instructions from the state Supreme Court, the state [...]
Remember when: Happy Chef
Trademark statue’s grin. “Come on in.” WINONA, Minn. – Although without a [...]
Up in air: Future of Caledonia softball bat plant
CALEDONIA, Minn. – The word around this southeast Minnesota town, population 2,700, is that [...]
Rosy Minnesota jobs report sputters a bit
ST. PAUL, Minn. – After five straight months of jobs growth, Minnesota experienced a [...]
Rent-a-scooter firm seeks Winona site
WINONA, Minn. – The California e-scooter rental company Bird has proposed a fleet of [...]
Line 3 appeal goes to state Supreme Court
MINNEAPOLIS – Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline across northern Minnesota appealed [...]
Subway sandwich option: BelGioioso mozzarella
DENMARK, Wis. – The Subway sandwich chain has added a Wisconsin cheese, BelGioioso fresh [...]
CenterPoint: Ellison wrong about gouging
HOUSTON – The giant Texas-based CenterPoint Energy, which services Minnesota and six other states, [...]
Helicopters ain’t black, nor they looking for you
EAU CLAIRE, Wis -- The utility Xcel Energy will be using helicopters to examine [...]
Pipeline 3 mishap looses drill mud into river
AITKEN, Minn. – A spill of drilling mud got away from an Enbridge Energy [...]
Burger King readies “help wanted” signs
WINONA, Minn. – Finishing touches are going on the new Chicago-owned Burger King across [...]
City lifts limits on food truck sites
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council unanimously relaxed limits on where food trucks can [...]
Amtrak updates fleet but not Winona trains
WASHINGTON – The national passenger train entity Amtrak awarded a $3.4 billion contract for [...]
Chatfield chinchilla farm still in trouble
CHATFIELD, Minn. – One of the last remnants of the once-thriving Root River fur [...]
More passenger trains through Winona in 2024
WASHINGTON. – A second daily passenger train through Winona can be expected by 2024 [...]
$436,000 order: Mexican café workers due backpay
MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Labor Department fined the owners of Rancho Loco Mexican grill [...]
Farmers: Corn, soybeans need rain
WINONA, Minn. – The June drought has left Winona County farmers looking to the [...]
Tourism booster: Cruises mean dollars
WINONA, Minn. – Tourism chief Pat Mutter called on merchants to spruce up and [...]
What recourse for Line 3 opponents?
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The clock is ticking for opponents of the Enbridge Line [...]
Enbridge claims trans-Minnesota Line 3 victory
CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian oil pipeline giant Enbridge welcomed the decision of the Minnesota [...]
State court sides with Enbridge for Line 3
STPAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Appeals Court voted 2-1 to allow Enbridge Energy to [...]
What the heck is wrong with mega-ramp?
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Questions coursed through Rochester grapevines about whether the state-of-the-art Ramp 6 [...]
Setting “natural cheese” apart from other stuff
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rion Kind, from Wisconsin, naturally, proposed a federal law to bar [...]
Walz to Legislature: Time’s right to invest
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz said the state’s rapidly improving economy should [...]
Co-op breaks $1 billion sales threshold
LAFARGE, Wis. – The Organic Valley co-op, headquartered in southeast Wisconsin, recorded $1.2 billion [...]
Port OKs riverview apartment plan
WINONA, Minn. – The Port Authority unanimously approved a tax exemption for a 60-unit [...]
Judge stalls loan relief for minority farmers
MLWAUKEE, Wis. – White farmers who oppose a federal loan forgiveness for minority farmers [...]
Ecology leader welcomes Keystone XL demise
TUCSON, Ariz. – A senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, Jared Margolis, [...]
State revenues up two times over
ST. PAUL, Minn.— State tax revenue was $3.3 billion in May, double projections according [...]
MSP shuts down to wait out storm
Storm avoidance.The Rochester airport had a full tarmac of storm-diverted flights. Image: Tiana O'Connor [...]
Keystone XL: Deader than a doornail
CALGARY Alberta -- The Canadian company TC Energy confirmed its defeat to environmentalists and [...]
Cops use bolt-cutters, sonic weaponry on protestors
SOLWAY, Minn. – These were among policing tools used in the first day of [...]
How many Line 3 arrests? Sheriff mum
SOLWAY, Minn. – Police moved selectively to remove groups of protesters a few at [...]
Fonda: With one stroke, Biden can stop Line 3
SOLWAY, Minn. – Actress-activist Jane Fonda called on President Bien to pull the plug [...]
Fastenal puts Winona on Fortune 500 map
NEW YORK – The business magazine Fortune added Winona-based Fastenal to its annual ranking [...]
Environment activists scare off Enbridge crew
SOLWAY, Minn. – Faced with a massive protest, the oil pipeline company Enbridge evacuated [...]
Tribes plan anti-pipeline march to headwaters
SOLWAY, Minn. – Tribes planned a last stand before the Canadian oil pipeline Enbridge [...]
New labor movement test case: Meatpacking
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Tension intensified at the giant Smithfield slaughterhouse where workers have [...]
Ashley refits old factory for upholstered line
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – Furniture manufacturer Ashley announced plans for a grand-opening of its [...]
MiEnergy honored for annual report design
RUSHFORD, Minn. – The power co-op MiEnergy Cooperative received a communication excellence award for [...]
Tourism stop open all days for season
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Visitor Center on the Lake Winna causeway resumed summer [...]
Russian hackers blamed for JBS cyberattack
WASHINGTON – The ransomware attack on the global meat-packer JBS came from Russia, the [...]
JBS: Global headquarters spared in cyberattack
SAO PAULO Brazil – The global meat processor JBS said a cyberattack on its [...]
Cyberattack closes JBS packing plants
GREELEY, Colo. – The largest meat-packing company in the nation, Brazilian-owned JBS, confirmed that [...]
Doors open at North Country Steak Buffet
LACROSSE, Wis. – The last all-you-can-eat traditional smorgasbord in town, North Country Steak Buffet, [...]
Verso unloads shut-down Duluth paper mill
MIAMISBURG, Ohio – The giant but bankruptcy-plagued paper manufacturer Verso announced it has sold [...]