Candy shop into second century
LACROSSE, Wis. – A North Side fixture, the Sweet Shop, celebrated its 100th anniversary [...]
Tech students in heavy-lifting at Habitat site
WINONA, Minn. – Carpentry and other trades students at Minnesota State College began a [...]
Big auction: Hi-Crush to highest bidders
WHITEHALL, Wis. – The frac-sand mining giant Hi-Crush is liquidating its Whitehall facility, apparently [...]
Refurbishing landmark Rochester corn tower
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Crews have erected rigging on the landmark corn cob water tower [...]
WSU plans carport with sun-catching roof
Location. On Main Street at King, facing the main campus gym to the [...]
Kwik Trip boosts pay to $16 an hour
largest convenience store chain, aims to add 600 jobs and pay $16 an hour [...]
New data: Minnesota jobless rate dropping
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% in [...]
Kwik Trip: internal supply-chain key in pandemic
LACROSSE, Wis. – The Kwik Ttrip convenience store chain weathered the Covid pandemic just [...]
Kwik Trip creates 500 new LaCrosse jobs
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Economic Development agency approved $5 million in new tax [...]
Huge hog farm fire a mere blip on industry
MANKATO, Minn. – The loss of 12,000 hogs in a giant barn fire near [...]
Mayo building new MRI bays in Onalaska
ONALASKA, Wis. – Mayo Clinic broke ground for $8.1 million radiology bays with two [...]
Construction starts at Oxbow park, zoo
BYRON, Minn. – A groundbreaking was held for the new $.5 million nature center [...]
Rail crews neutralize, corral leaked acid
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – The hydrochloric acid that leaked from a Union Pacific derailment [...]
Wabasha bridge joints to be replaced
WABASHA, Minn. -- Lane closures begin Monday on the two-lane Mississippi River truss bridge [...]
Derailed cars lifted from swamp goop
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – By dawn a Union Pacific crew working through the night [...]
Ex-mayor to LaCrosse econ-booster top job
LACROSSE, Wis. – Former Mayor Tim Kabat, who decided against seeking a third ter, [...]
Infrastructure grade: D-plus for navigable waters
RESTON, Va. --The American Society of Civil Engineers graded the national inland navigation system [...]
Dangerous corrosive acid leaks from derailment
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A hazmat emergency team from Rochester determined tentatively that two [...]
Train wreck neighborhood quarantined
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – Authorities told people living near a train wreck in north [...]
Train derails into shallow Albert Lea lake
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – Most of a 50-car Union Pacific freight train derailed along [...]
Lewiston bank has new executive
LEWISTON, Minn. – Redwood Falls-based Minnwest Bank announced the addition of ag and commercial [...]
Barges queued to resume at M Bridge
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A backlog of 62 vessels and 1,062 barges resumed moving past [...]
Grain price prospects slip with bridge fiasco
ANKENY, Iowa -- The shutdown of Mississippi River shipping at the M Bridge at [...]
Port sells bridge land to Fastenal for parking
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Port Authority voted unanimously to sell a small tract [...]
Port OKs Wincraft tax break for new plant
WINONA, Minn. – The Port Authority endorsed an often-used tax scheme to subsidize WinCraft [...]
Unsafe bridge backs up 800 barges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. –Almost 800 barges are tethered at the M Bridge on the Mississippi [...]
Memphis barge block the season’s second
WINFIELD, Mo.— The closing of the Mississippi River to barge and all other river [...]
Ford Explorers have unsafe roof rails
DETROIT, Mich. – Ford Motor Company recalled 661,000 Explorer vehicles that have been been [...]
Metal fatigue stops Mississippi barges at Memphis
Red arrow. Metal parting mid-bridge. Metal cracked. Inspectors found a “significant [...]
Duluth eyes state funds to rescue Spirit Mountain
DULUTH, Minn. –Mayor Emily Larson says the financially troubled Spirit Mountain ski area needs [...]
U.S. pipeline paths a crisis for Canada leadership
Enbridge Line 5. U.S. portion of trans-Canada route. Images: Enbridge Parallels I-75 [...]
100-Mile Garage Sale: Expect more than ever
WINONA, Minn. – The route of the Spring Flood Run of motorcyclists two weeks [...]
City OKs downtown street eating, shopping
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council approved sidewalk and street rule-changes for a second [...]
State firm on saving frog in Trempealeau marsh
MADISON, Wis. – The state endangered species folks and the giant CenturyTel corporation have [...]
Rail vision: Smoother freight flow, more trains
MADISON, Wis.—A proposed railroad project on the main trans-Wisconsin route between Chicago and St. [...]
Merchants Bank outperforms 1Q expectations
WINONA, Minn. – The banking company Merchants Financial Group netted $9.6 million income in [...]
Vaselaar in new dual role at Winona National
WINONA, Minn. – The president of the Winona bank company WNB Financial, David Vaselaar, [...]
Frog habitat at stake in Trempealeau marsh
MARSHLAND, Wis. -- This is a David and Goliath story. Goliath is CenturyLink, the [...]
Chamber honors Behrens Manufacturing
WINONA, Minn. – The industrial metalware business Behrens Manufacturing was named Business of the [...]
Open-air forum for healthy stuff, conviviality
WINONA, Minn. – Thirty vendors were expected Saturday at the end of Main Street [...]
Agency to review minority-only farm aid
WASHINGTON – In response to a lawsuit by white Midwest farmers, the U.S. Department [...]
Clean water lobby hails PolyMet setback
DULUTH, Minn. – Environmentalists who have fought the PolyMet copper mine project are reveling [...]
Court unswayed on PolyMet pollution claims
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's reversal of [...]
White farmers want share of federal loan forgiveness
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Libertysued the federal [...]
PolyMet mine facing new obstacles
Tailings ponds. Swiss-owned PolyMet Mining has built a yet-to-be licensed mill to exploit its [...]
Concerns over mine pollution never passed on
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency messed up in reviewing permits for the [...]
Survey: Regional rural economy perking
OMAHA, Neb. -- Higher grain prices, low interest rates and growing exports are contributing [...]
Canadian railroads embattled to acquire KCS
MONTRAL, Que. – The Canadian National Railroad offered $33.7 billion to buy the Kansas [...]
Contractor selected for Preston vets home
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minneapolis firm, Knutson Construction, has been named general contractor [...]
Amtrak eyes Winona-Rochester route to Cities
WASHINGTON – The national railroad passenger system Amtrak has updated its maps for expanded [...]
Business booster mute at fraud hearing
LACROSSE, Wis. – A not guilty plea was entered into the record for the [...]
Rail upgrades have City Council support
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council unanimously endorsed state spending for railroad infrastructure upgrades [...]
Animal rights group: End Chatfield chinchilla abuse
CHATFIELD, Minn. – The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals escalated its [...]
Remember Red Owls? Kevin Lund hopes so
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Rochester preservationist sees something sacred about a nondescript downtown building [...]
Federal funds OK’d for Preston vets home
State of art. The design is by the architecture and engineering firms of Wold [...]
Pet store chain drops Moulton chinchillas
ROCHESTER, Minn. – After revelations about poor care at a chinchilla mill on the [...]
Rochester vision: A fashionable riverfront at ex-dairy
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The city Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans for a nine-acre [...]
Wisconsin tourism industry foresees growth
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Tourism sees tourism increases in the season [...]
Spring-break visits spiking at Dells
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. --- A spot check of bookings at Wisconsin Dells suggests a [...]
Tons of molasses erupt from rail car
CANNON FALLS, Minn. – A railroad tank car carrying 31,000 gallons f molasses under [...]