2021 Tornado touchdown: Trempealeau homes damaged
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. – Survey teams from the National Weather Service have declared more spots [...]
Meteorologists have a word for it: “Derecho”
O’FALLON, Mo. -- The severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across Nebraska, Iowa and [...]
Next Daley move: “All cards on table”
LEWISTON, Minn. – The Daley dairy family has been to the county, to the [...]
State needs to further thin deer herd
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Natural Resources Department has extended the deer season [...]
Beginning to look like Christmas in Galesville
GALESVILLE, Wis. – Mild afternoon flurries were precursor to a forecast one-inch coating overnight [...]
Attorney defends Daley motives for variance bid
WINONA, Minn. – The attorney for Daley Farms of Lewiston faulted the county for [...]
A long ways from any Mississippi flood danger
WINONA, Minn. – Going into winter, the Mississippi River is at 5.84 feet on [...]
Daley expansion critics go door to door
LEWISTON, Minn. – Opponents of Daley Farm’s proposal to triple its dairy herd knocked [...]
Land stewards rally ahead of new Daley talks
WINONA Minn. – Opponents of the Daley dairy herd expansion rallied at a tailgate [...]
A gentle twirl rising from mown corn field
LEWISTON, Minn. – A pair of wind turbines outside Lewiston were built by Gundersen [...]
For several hours the moon narrowed
LEWISTON, Minn. – Skywatchers saw the longest partial lunar eclipse in more than half [...]
No snowbirds these: Geese in winter residence
WINONA, Minn. – The Lake Park geese are carrying lots of stored-up fat on [...]
Winter forecast: El Nina a possible wildcard
SIVER SPRING, Md. — The U.S. Climate Prediction Center’s monthly update on what to [...]
Deer time: Outdoors soon ablaze in orange
MADISON, Wis. – Roughly 600,000 hunters are expected to be out in the woods [...]
Deer Zombie disease seen more pressing than Covid
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – The executive director of the Minnesota Hunters Association, Craig Engwall, [...]
Scientist unsure on deer-human Covid contagion
MINNEAPOLIS – A University of Minnesota veterinary professor who studies infectious diseases said there [...]
New role for deer checkpoints: Covid testing
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Veterinary scientists from the University of Minnesota are testing deer [...]
Researchers: Covid rampant among Iowa deer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Data extrapolated from a Pennsylvania State University study of Iowa [...]
Army Corps hires trucks to move Homer muck
ST. PAUL, Minn. –Next week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin trucking [...]
Baby beaver’s paw better by the day
BRODHEAD, Wis – To folks around Brodhead it looked like the neighorhood beaver was [...]
Walz joins 400,000 deer hunters for opener
PINE CITY, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz took to the field, rifle in hand, [...]
Where are all the pleasure craft?
WINONA, Minn. – Despite an unseasonably warm start for November, recreational boating has pretty [...]
Hunters reminded of deer carcass rules
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state wildlife agency altered deer hunters to mandatory chronic [...]
Olmsted County closes Chester Woods for deer hunt
EYOTA, Minn. – The 1,300-acre Chester Woods county park along U.S. Highway 14 will [...]
Cal Fremling on 55 cruises this season
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona State University floating classroom and tour boat, the Cal [...]
WSU helps fund Garvin Heights trailhead project
WINONA, Minn. – Crews have completed a stone stairway from the Garvin Heights trailhead. [...]
Iowa rail wreck dumps corn syrup, poly-pellets
CARLISLE, Iowa – A Union Pacific freight train derailed one mile east of Carlisle, [...]
Nature’s brilliant light show beckons
WINONA, Minn. – In scientific -sounding Latin with roots in ancient Greek mythology, they’re [...]
Warm, dry days leave Winona area dried out
LACROSSE, Wis. – After some late summer drought relief, southeast Minnesota and adjacent Wisconsin [...]
PolyMet vows to fight Biden order delay
MINNEAPOLIS— The Swiss-owned mining company PolyMet announced it will appeal a Biden Administration decision [...]
Rare barn owl family reunited
HOUSTON, Minn. – A young barn owl that fell from a nest high in [...]
First hard frost: Garden beauty hangs on one more day
Cold, cold trellis. A pair of jackmanni clematis petals survive even with ice [...]
Bull elk roams into Wisconsin Rapids
WISCONSIN RAPIDS. Wis. – A rare bull elk was seen on Eighth Street in [...]
Climatology update: Warmer, wetter winter ahead
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Climatologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expect a [...]
Biden to PolyMet: Not so fast on Babbit mine
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Interior Department ordering a study that could lead to a [...]
Huge Crenlo factory fined for pollution
Factory campus. Crenlo has two Rochester facilities, together with 600,000 [...]
Enbridge: We’re cooperating over Line 3 damage
EDMONTON, Alberta. – The Enbridge pipeline company claimed to be “fully cooperating” with Minnesota [...]
Enbridge pipeline mess at Clearbrook not fixed
CLEARBROOK, Minn. – Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge missed a deadline [...]
First frost on the pumpkins – and windshields
LEWISTON, Minn. – In isolated pockets up deep coulees people woke up to the [...]
Who would choose October anywhere else
From Garvin Heights. A cross-town bluff-top view over Lake Winona. [...]
Greens into ambers, golds, maroons, crimsons
WINONA, Minn. – This weekend will approach fall’s most glorious colors in southern Minnesota. [...]
Brace for much, much higher heating bills
DES MOINES, Iowa – The electricity and natural gas provider MidAmerican Energy advised its [...]
Plea to hunters: Help track deer zombie disease
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Natural Resources Department urged deer hunters to test their [...]
Wisconsin hires law firm to sue PFAS polluters
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice has hired a law firm to [...]
Avoid messed-up Butterball ground turkey
GARNER, N.C. -- About 14,000 pounds of Butterball brand ground turkey has been recalled [...]
Lilacs blooming in fall? What’s going on?
WINONA, Minn. – An unusually warm fall has confused the flowers. Yes, usually spring-blooming [...]
How much longer until a hard frost?
WINONA, Minn. – You may hear the weather before the day is out – [...]
Wisconsin to allow wolf-hunting — with limits
MADISON, Wis. – A four-month wolf hunt will begin November 6 in Wisconsin despite [...]
State worries that deer disease inside preserve
PITTSVILLE, Wis. – The state wildlife agency has scheduled a public hearing to discuss [...]
Elba-St. Charles Whitewater road open again
ELBA, Minn. – The Highway 74 route through Whitewater State Park from St. Charles [...]
Caution to hunters: Don’t mistake elk for deer
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- Deer hunters need to be extra careful not to [...]
Whitetail deer disease found near LaCrosse
LACROSSE, Wis. – A mortal deer disease that overheats and kills the animals has [...]
WSU recognized for tree program
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. – The Arbor Day Foundation recognized Winona State in the foundation’s Tree [...]
Regulators fine EnbrIdge $3.3 million for Line 3 breach
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fined Enbridge $3.3 million [...]
Corps closes damaged Gull Lake boat ramp
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers, which administers the Upper Mississippi, [...]
When sunlight earns better than soybeans
STOCKTON, Minn. – A new solar array has been “planted” and is producing electricity [...]
Prof: Fall’s brilliance to be tad early
LACROSSE, Wis. – Fall colors should peak in the first or second week of [...]
Southeast Minnesota farms weather drought
DOVER, Minn. – A dry spell and hot weather have hurt the state’s crop [...]
Corps OKs license for bigger Iron Range tailings dump
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers, whose authority includes safeguarding water [...]
Tribes object to Wisconsin wolf hunt
MADISON, Wis. -- Six Chippewa tribes, which regard wolves as sacred, sued the state [...]