Mammoth Minneapolis hotel in foreclosure
MINNEAPOLIS – The 826-room Hilton Minneapolis. the state’s largest hotel , will go on [...]
Wincraft wins tax favors to expand at Riverbend
WINONA, Minn. – The Port Authority gave final approval a nine-year tax-waiver for trinket [...]
New locomotives on Empire Builder
WINONA, Min. – The passenger rail service Amtrak has been integrating new locomotives, the [...]
Keystone pipe bursts; sludge into Kanas creek
WASHINGTON, Kansas – The Keystone Pipeline burst and spewed 558,000 gallons of Alberta crude [...]
LaCrosse car dealer wins state honor
TYSNS, Vi. -- The giant Dahl car dealership in La Crosse, which also has [...]
State budget surplus passes $17 billion
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota revenue surplus has swelled to $17.6 billion, the [...]
Bye to Stumpy’s: Owners’ retirement ahead
RUSHFORD, Minn. – A fixture in Rushford for 40 years, Stumpy’s restaurant and bar, [...]
Uber, where are you? MSP ups parking fee
EAGAN, Minn. – Flying out of the Minneapolis airport soon will cost more if [...]
How they voted: Railroad strike / 2
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted 80-15 to avert a railroad workers’ strike that [...]
How they voted: Railroad strike / 1
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted 290-137 to avert a railroad workers’ strike that [...]
Last barges of 2022 head downriver
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The 2022 Upper Mississippi shipping season has ended. The Army [...]
Hooray! Mankato rotary finally working fully
WINONA, Minn. – After months of setbacks, confusion and countless bumper-thumpoers, the new rotary [...]
Expert: Gas prices soon below $3
DALLAS, Texas – Gasoline prices have dropped below $3 a gallon at scattered stations [...]
Faribault mill praised for “plenty warm” blankets
FARIBAULT, Minn. – In a review in the New York Times, blankets woven by [...]
Minnesota farm, mine, manufactured exports soar
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota companies exported a record $7.3 billion of goods in [...]
Mayo’s summer finances a mixed bag at best
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Bean-counters at Mayo Clinic are struggling to make sense of the [...]
Gundersen-Bellin merger on track
LACROSSE, Wis. – Merger-hunting Gundersen Health of LaCrosse confirmed that that it will begin [...]
New U.S. infrastructure projects in region
WASHINGTON – In the year since President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill [...]
River dredging continues at Prairie du Chien
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $6.9 contract to [...]
Turkey plant ponders action over child-labor issues
MARSHALL, Minn. -- A Marshall meat producer, Turkey Valley Farms, announced it’s tracking U.S. [...]
JBS to audit child labor hiring at meat plants
GREELEY, Colo. – The global meat-processor JBS put distance between itself and a contactor [...]
Minnesota job data up but not for blacks
ST.PAUL, Minn. – In a modest sign of a slowly improving economy, Minnesota's labor [...]
National rail strike averted — for now
OMAHA, Neb. – A key railroad union, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, [...]
Delta again flying Minneapolis-Korea nonstop
MINNEAPOLIS -- Without much fanfare, Delta Airline has reinstated its nonstop trans-Pacific Minneapolis-Seoul service. [...]
Lawsuit: Kids hired illegally at slaughterhouses
LINCOLN, Neb. – A contractor has been accused in federal court of illegally hiring [...]
D&D dairy plans to grow herd 50%
WINONA, Minn. -- A request to expand its herd was approved by the County [...]
A diminishing Catholic presence on Main Street
Still flying for now. The Diocese flag waves at the diocesan offices just off [...]
Aerosol product smells fine but can explode
PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- The Anglo-Dutch household products giant Rickett has recalled certain AirWick air-fresheners [...]
SMU student loss 13%: Curriculum overhaul to blame?
WINONA, Minn. – Amid a struggle to reinvent itself as a career-oriented undergrad university, [...]
Catholic headquarters to leave Winona
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Catholic Diocese for southern Minnesota, headquartered in Winona since 1889, [...]
Parking OK’d for Zumbro apartment project
ROCHESTER, Minn. –The City Council approved a parking plan just west of the Zumbro [...]
Daleys accused of spiteful political attack
WINONA, Minn. – An attorney accused the Daley dairy family of “political revenge” in [...]
Tourism stop shifts to winter hours
WINONA, Minn. —With seasonal tourism past its peak, the Winona Visitor Center on Huff [...]
Good luck finding a seat on Winona train
WINONA, Minn. – The Amtrak passenger rail service has such a shortage of coaches [...]
Finale for 2022 riverboat cruise season
WINONA, Minn. – The riverboat American Melody is scheduled for one upstream and one [...]
Four Mississippi locks closing for repair
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Although the Upper Mississippi shipping season usually ends when locks [...]
Daleys back in quest to grow herd exponentially
WINONA, Minn. – The Daley dairy farm upped legal pressure on opponents of its [...]
Just flash insurance card at downtown med site
WINONA, Minn. – Winona Health’s downtown Main Street Clinic, which opened in 2020 as [...]
Low water risk: Cruise ship skips Winona
WINONA, Minn. – The scheduled Winona stop of the cruise boat American Splendor on [...]
WSU to cut ribbon on new solar project
Bird’s-eye view. Eleven clusters of sky-facing solar panels atop roofs on campus east side [...]
Landlords win delay on Disorderly Use law
WINONA, Minn. – At the request of landlords, the Winona City Council voted unanimously [...]
Stuck-in-mud barges block Mississippi cruise ship
GREENVILLE, Miss. – A Minnesota-bound river cruise ship, the Viking Mississippi, cancelled its voyage [...]
Low water stalls 2,200 barges on Mississippi
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Barge traffic has been stalled on the lower Mississippi because river [...]
October launch for Hy-Vee mega-store
ONALASKA, Wis. – At 105,0000 square feet, the new Hy-Vee grocery store at Valley [...]
Charge: Fleet Farm engages in sham gun sales
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison took the giant Fleet Farm [...]
Winona Habitat’s House 54 takes form
WINONA, Minn. – Volunteers from the financial advising firm Edward Jones turned a chilly [...]
Hormel pledges food for Ian relief
AUSTIN, Minn. – Austin-based Hormel Foods announced immediate food for victims of Hurricane Ian [...]
270 Xcel line workers to Ian disaster
MINNEAPOLS – Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy sent 270 contract workers to Florida to help with [...]
October busiest season for Winona riverboat dockings
WINONA, Minn. – Nine riverboat visits to Winona are scheduled for October – the [...]
Walz moves to expedite diseased turkeys disposal
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz waived restrictions on truck weights and driver [...]
Freight railroads, unions reach tentative accord
OMAHA, Neb. – A union that threatened to idle the nation's freight railroads until [...]
Upper Lake Pepin dredging proceeds
BAY CITY, Wis. – The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $7.7 million contract [...]
Third Street closes to complete new jail
WINONA, Minn. – You might say that Sheriff Ron Ganrude is chomping at the [...]
Goodview tower: Facelifting outside, scrubbing inside
GOODVIEW, Minn – The 60-year-old water tower at the Winona-Goodview city line is being [...]
Message to Walz: Please solve Rush Creek fishkill
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Land Stewardship Project delegation delivered 135 signatures asking Governor [...]
Master plan taking form for Masterpiece Hall
WINONA, Minn. – A troubling question about the 700-seat Masterpiece concert hall and art [...]
Corps proceeds with Lake McGregor dredging
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $5.5 million contract [...]
Mankato rotary work closes left turns
WINONA, Minn. – Left turns on Mankato Avenue remain verboten for the installation of [...]
Winona train from West Coast resumes
WINONA, Minn. – Amtrak’s Train Number 7, the Empire Builder, resumed Winona service from [...]
Forbes: Mayo a good place to work
NEW YORK – The business magazine Forbes reported its nationwide survey of employees and [...]