New zombie deer case in Wabasha County
WABASHA, Minn. – The deer disease CWD short for “chronic wasting disease,” has been [...]
Daleys to appeal new judgment on feedlot caps
LEWISTON, Minn. – The primary litigant in the protracted Daley dairy farm battle against [...]
Right-wingers pile on against EPA groundwater order
WINONA, Minn. – Two southeast Minnesota legislators accused federal agents of showing up unannounced [...]
Farm lobbyist: Feds have cart ahead of horse
EAGAN, Minn. – The federal order for Minnesota to push ahead rapidly to mitigate [...]
State lagged on telling townspeople of benzene hazard
RAYMOND, Minn. – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency found major ground poisoning where an [...]
More pre-emptive fowl slaughters
BUFALO, Minn. - Nearly 1 million chickens on a Wright County egg farm have [...]
Opening day: Walz in Lanesboro to hunt deer
LANESBORO, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz, one of 400,000 Minnesotans with a state deer-hunting [...]
Army Corps plans Big Lake habitat rehab
WABASHA, Minn. -- The Army Corps of Engineers, scheduled a meeting for Wednesday for [...]
Walz in Winona County to mark water conservation
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz chose an Altura farm in Winona. County [...]
New Deer Zombie disease found near Strum
STRUM, Wis. – A deer infected with chronic-wasting disease has been found in northern [...]
A dry season on Apple Blossom Drive
NODINE, Minn. – Apple-picking has been as much fun as ever in pick-your-own orchards [...]
Manure company fined for Altura fish kill
ALTURA, Minn. -- A manure disposal company, Brett Dankers Pumping, has been fined $15,100 [...]
Como’s new snow leopard in center stage
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A furry bundle of joy, the 5-month-old snow leopard Willow, [...]
No Wisconsin rescue planned for dislocated flamingos
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. – State wildlife experts said they have no intention at the [...]
Autumn colors coming early, may linger longer
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona bluffs have begun their early fall shift to yellow [...]
Winona dry spell into sixth week
WINONA, Minn. -- It’s been 40 days since any meaningful rain has fallen in [...]
Federal forestry grant toward a greener Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Te city Forestry Division has received a $1 million federal grant [...]
Lanesboro, other cities order watering cuts
LANESBORO, Minn. -- Lanesboro citizens were asked to conserve water because of worsening drought [...]
Autumn color show edging our way
WINONA, Minn. – The early autumn foliage maps are showing up. This one is [...]
Northern Lights: Consider staying up late
Southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. At the southern edge of a display expected to be [...]
Drought grips 99% of Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Almost the entire state of Minnesota is now in a [...]
Land Stewards plan come-listen biogas session
LEWISTON, Minn. -- Although a Danish company has withdrawn plans for a biogas plant [...]
Frac is back: New mine proposed near Utica
UTICA, Minn. – A rural couple petitioned the Winona County Planning Commission to allow [...]
Plan scuttled for Lewiston biogas factory
LEWISTON, Minn. -- A Danish energy-production company that had scouted Lewiston as a site [...]
Drought tightens grip on southeast Minnesota
WINONA, Minn. – The southeast Minnesota extreme drought has spread to nine counties. This [...]
DNR: Take care which bears you shoot
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state wildlife agency asked hunters to avoid shooting bears [...]
Weather moderates; bye to 100-plus heat
WINONA Minn. – Winonans woke up to light mist and a break in a [...]
State re-licenses Monticello nuclear storage area
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Public Utilities Commission granted a 17-year extension to [...]
Why moose dying off? Research points to snails, slugs
GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. – The plunging Minnesota moose population may be due to a [...]
102 degrees matches Winona record
WINONA, Minn. – The weather monitoring station at Lock and Dam 5A hit 102. [...]
Utility to consumers: Cut back afternoon electricity use
RUSHFORD, Minn. –The heat wave has moved the regional electrical grid near capacity, prompting [...]
Due to heat, more hours at Winona pool
WINONA, Minn. –Due to triple-digit temperatures, the Bob Welch municipal swimming pool on Winona’s [...]
Heat dome slides north into our backyard
Drenching scorcher. Heat index to climbing to highest for the season. Triangular Winona [...]
Posthumously recounting a life worth living
WINONA, Minn. – When the long-term Winona activist Joe Morse learned he was dying [...]
How busy this rattlesnake season? Expert: Typical
WINONA, Minn. – Wildlife biologist Stephen Winter said the frequency of rattlesnake encounters in [...]
“Party Cove” on Crater island closed to boaters
Massive machine. The Goetz is 225 feet long with a five-foot draft. A 22-inch [...]
Regional Red Cross aides to Hawaii crisis
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota-Dakotas region of the Red Cross dispatched 10 volunteers, all trained [...]
Wildlife Refuge honors Winona volunteer
WINONA, Minn. – A retired Winona outdoors-lover, John Lyons, has been named volunteer of [...]
Hospital opens lobby as cooling center
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona hospital has opened the clinic lobby as a cooling [...]