Derailment aftermath: What to do with debris
FERRYVILLE, Wis. – The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad contracted 12 trucking companies to [...]
Broken rail possible cause of train wreck
RAYMOND, Minn. – Federal investigators have analyzed a section of fractured rail from a [...]
Swabbing the decks for summer cruises
Winter berths. The Julia Belle and her big sister City of Peoria wait out [...]
About that country twang at Kwik Trips
SAUK CITY, Wis. – The people who run Kwik Trip couldn’t resist when they [...]
Winona greeters again on duty daily
WINONA, Minn. – The tourist information station at the Huff Street entrance to downtown [...]
Presto lands $80 million deal for war ammo
WASHINGTON – The Defense Department awarded an $80 million contract to a subsidiary of [...]
Airlines out of LaCrosse? Only way is to Chicago
LACROSSE, Wis. – Mayor Mitch Reynolds said the city will keep working to maintain [...]
Feds to railroad: You wreck, you pay
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sued Norfolk Southern railroad over its February [...]
Delta drops its lone LSE flight
LACROSSE, Wis. – Delta Airlines is furloughing its LaCrosse service on June 4. The [...]
Mississippi bridges among 1,120 on checklist
WINONA, Minn. – State highway inspectors begin their annual spring bridge inspections Monday. These [...]
Walz scopes scopes ethanol train wreck
Governor at Raymond. In a jacket loaned him by a Homeland Security investigator, Walz [...]
Corn farmers weigh in: Top yield 303
WINONA, Minn. – No one doubts the prowess of Gary Sobeck as a corn [...]
New leak found, fixed at Monticello nuclear station
MONTICELLO, Minn. – A second leak at the Monticello nuclear plant has been fixed, [...]
Iowa plan: Use kids to solve workforce shortfall
DES MOINES, Iowa – Republicans in the Iowa Legislature have advanced a bill to [...]
Nuclear waste at Monticello enters groundwater
MONTICELLO, Minn. – The massive leak of radioactive water at the Xcel nuclear-power station [...]
Daley’s state lawsuit to expand herd still on
LEWISTON, Minn. – The Daley family is still pursuing its goal of a 6,000-animal [...]
Seeing Winona through a Wisconsin lens
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The folksy Wisconsin day-tripper John McGivern crosses the border into Minnesota [...]
Bobcat workers go with Steelworkers union
ROGERS, Minn. – Workers at the Bobcat factory in Rogers that produces skid-steer loaders [...]
Target shutters poor-performing stores
MINNEAPOLIS – The Target retail chain announced it will close one of its smaller [...]
Monticello nuclear plant leaks tritium-tainted water
MONTICELLO, Minn. – The giant energy company Xcel failed to report a leak of [...]
Madelia meat-packer accused of exploiting minors
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State investigators went to court against Mankato-based Tony Downs Food [...]
Corps honored for small-craft safety training
ST.PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers has received an award for training [...]
Daleys yield on suit against feedlot foes
MINNEAPOLIS – The Daley dairy farm family withdrew its federal law suit against opponents [...]
With ice on prow, first tow passes Hastings
HASTINGS, Minn. -- The Motor Vessel Phillip M. Pfeffer with six barges locked through [...]
State OKs mega-solar farm near Byron
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Public Utilities Commission voted 4-0 to approve construction [...]
Summer target for new Winona train
WINONA, Minn. – Details are coming together for a second daily round-trip train service [...]
Insider news: Best Buy closing 30 stores
RICHFIELD, Minn. –The Minnesota-based Best Buy chain of 1,000 tech stores plans to close [...]
Army Corps: Pepin ice beginning to yield
LAKE CITY, Minn. – The ice pack on Lake Pepin’s navigation channel remains as [...]
Storm’s effect on drought yet to be written
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Last week’s winter snowstorm could help alleviate the drought that’s [...]
Report: Bird flu losses staggering
WASHINGTON – The national turkey and chicken trade organizations reported that the ongoing avian [...]
Hy-Vee catches cheats, ends employee discount
WEST DES MOINES Iowa –Because of fraud and abuse, the 285-store Hy-Vee grocery chain [...]
Ice at typical 20 inches on Lake Pepin
LAKE CITY, Minn. – The Army Corp, which controls Upper Mississippi navigation, found the [...]
Fillmore County edges toward factory-scale herds
PRESTON, Minn. – The Fillmore County Planning Commission voted at a packed hearing to [...]
House passes bill making paid leave a law
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Democrat-controlled Minnesota House voted vote 69-54 to require employers, [...]
Death claims vacuum-cleaner genius Oreck
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Minnesota-reared David Orleck, who invented, built and marketed world-class vacuum [...]
Moralists on LaCrosse drag venue: Protect the kids
LACROSSE, Wis. – A handful of protesters waved homemade posters across the street from [...]
Chamber award to Riverside electronics plant
WINONA, Minn. – The custom-contract manufacturer Riverside Integrated Solutions, whose main business is circuit [...]
Oshkosh truck-maker loses $8 billion Army deal
OSHKOSH, Wis. – The truck manufacturer Oshkosh, which has built 15,000 JLTV armored vehicles [...]
Hot market for southeast Minnesota house-sellers
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The year 2022 was good for southeast Minnesota home-sellers, according [...]
Merchants Bank surpasses own earnings record
WINONA Minn. –The Winona-based Merchants Financial Group, known mostly for its Merchants Bank, reported [...]
Walz budget: $10 million for new Winona train
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz has included $10.2 million in his two-year [...]
In time for Super Bowl: Hormel’s chili beer
AUSTIN, Minn. – Wall Street investors and beer aficionados alike have been scratching their [...]
Walz rollout 2.0: $4.1 billion for economic growth
ST. PAUL, Minn. – In a second peek at his budget plan for the [...]
Organic farming pair accused of faking purity
MINNEAPOLIS – Two southwest Minnesota organic farmers have been charged for a $46 million [...]
Five retailers into old Onalaska Shopko
ONALASKA. Wis. – The Shopko big box in Onalaska, empty since the 2019 meltdown [...]
WSU moves toward track-side Dorm Row
WINONA, Minn. – Winona State University has cleared another hurdle in expanding its row [...]
John Deere frees farmers to fix own equipment
PEORIA, Ill. -- A long-running battle between tractor manufacturer John Deere and farmers has [...]
South Dakota expands tuition bargain
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota colleges’ governing board has approved in-state tuition for Wisconsin [...]
UM Board again in ethics imbroglio
MINNEAPOLIS – The brouhaha over University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel taking a second [...]
New Minnesota minimum wage for 2023
ST. PAUL, Minn. – An inflation adjustment has kicked in for the Minnesota minimum [...]
UM president: No conflict moonlighting
MINNEAPOLIS –The president of the University of Minnesota, Joan Gabel, denied an ethics complaint [...]
Charge: UM president has conflicting interests
MINNEAPOLIS – Former Governor Arne Carlson and two University of Minnesota leaders want UM [...]
Federal agencies in new water quality accord
WASHINGTON – The muddle between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps [...]
Score one for sweets from home kitchens
MADISON, Wis. – A county judge ruled that baked foods and shelf-stable goods from [...]
Mega-mall reopens to shoppers post-shooting
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Mall of America management announced that the mall would re-open at [...]
Clark dairy at Rollingstone OK’d to expand
WINONA, Min. – The County Board voted to allow a dairy west of Rollingstone [...]
Johnson’s pork products in Wisconsin recall
RIO, Wis. – Ham, bacon and pork chops from Johnson’s Sausage Shoppe in Rio [...]
Minnesota job report: Better and better
ST. PAUL, Minn.— For 14 months straight, Minnesota had continuing job growth, the state [...]
Financial reverberations of Keystone pipeline break
CALGARY, Alberta – A massive oil pipeline break in Kansas, the largest in the [...]
Barges through Winona in drastic 2022 drop
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Barge traffic on the Mississippi River fell 13% through Winona [...]