Walz: Let’s share state surplus all around
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz, eyeing what to do with a $7.7 [...]
How they voted: Voting rights / 3
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate voted 52-48 to defeat Senate filibuster reforms, in effect killing proposals [...]
Walz puts record construction plan to Legislature
MINNEAPOLIS – Governor Tim Walz unveiled a plan to borrow a record $2.7 billion [...]
County Board lacks majority for a mandate
WINONA, Minn. – The chair of the Win=ona County Board, Chris Meyer, does. not [...]
Rochester Council backs mayor’s mask order
ROCHESTER, Minn.-- The City Council voted 6-1 to support Mayor Kim Norton’s emergency order [...]
Mayor defers to county on masking
WINONA, Minn. – Gun-shy after being overruled on a mask mandate in August, Mayor [...]
Duluth mayor invokes indoor masking
DULUTH, Minn. – Mayor Emily Larson issued an executive order for a mask mandate [...]
How they voted: On federal voting standads
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate voted 52-48 to defeat a filibuster reform bill, in effect killing [...]
CoVid sidelines Simon; quaranting at home
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Secretary of State Steve Simon has come down with CoVid. [...]
Now kindergarteners eligible for $200 for a jab
‘ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz announced that the state’s “Kids Deserve a [...]
Ellison positive for CoVid at Europe airport
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Attorney General Keith Ellison learned he was infected with CoVid [...]
County’s attorney: Dead-end ahead for new Daley suit
WINONA, Minn. – The attorney representing Winona County in the continuing Daley Farm litigation [...]
Search for Winona County exec on hold
WINONA, Minn. – The County Board narrowed the search for a new county administrator [...]
Congressman tests positive for CoVid
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Congressman Jim Hagedorn, his immune system already compromised by cancer, has [...]
Winona County risk management lauded
WINONA, Minn. – The Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust awarded Winona County the best in [...]
Lot by lot, Winona nibbles to annex outskirts
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona City Council voted unanimously to annex a half-acre lot [...]
Not giving up: Daleys persist for 4,500-cow farm
WINONA, Minn. – The Daley farm at Lewiston is back in court in a [...]
Proposal: End excessive jail phone charges
MADISON, Wis. – A bill to stop jails from charging exorbitant rates for inmates [...]
Austin police chief: Body-cams need funding
AUSTIN, Minn. – In the aftermath of the police shooting of Kokou Fiafono, Police [...]
Police chief: Officers struggle with countless variables
AUSTIN, Minn. – After an apparently deranged man was killed last week by Austin [...]
Ex-city manager seeks top county job
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona city manager for 5-1/2 years, until October when the [...]
How to spend $2.9 million federal aid to city
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona City Council voted to hire the Minneapolis accounting firm [...]
Winona hospital wait-lists for Guard help
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona hospital, which is anticipating a patient overload because of [...]
County Board holds line on its own pay
WINONA, Minn. – Winona County Board members decided unanimously to forgo a pay increase, [...]
Windfall money for cities: But how much?
WINONA, Minn. – Mayor Scott Sherman isn’t counting any chickens before they hatch. But [...]
City awaits news in opioid compensation
WINONA, Minn. – Acting City Manager Chad Ubl said the city will share in [...]
Economists’ crystal ball: Happy days here again
ST. PAUL, Minn. – When Minnesota legislators convene in January, they will have the [...]
City cancels policing reforms – for a year anyway
WINONA, Minn. -- The City Council voted unanimously to formally terminate its agreement with [...]
Farm subsidies to 534 Winona County farms
WASHINGTON – Federal farm subsidies went to 534 Winona County famers in 2020, according [...]
Minnesota drops ban on importing farmed deer
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state wildlife agency has lifted its ban on the [...]
Winona Health pauses staff vaccination mandate
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona hospital and clinic requirement for employees to be vaccinated [...]
Daley expansion critics go door to door
LEWISTON, Minn. – Opponents of Daley Farm’s proposal to triple its dairy herd knocked [...]
Biden to Minnesota to talk up construction jobs
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden plans to tout his $1 trillion infrastructure plan in [...]
Tech fast-tracks soldiers for nurse duty
RED WING, Minn. – Southeast Tech is gearing up intense training for National Guard [...]
Will police reform return to front burner in 2023?
WINONA, Minn. – The director of Hiawatha Valley Mental Health expressed disappointment that the [...]
City Council chooses to slash jobs, services
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council tentatively approved a 2022 budget with $409,000 in [...]
How they voted: House shames Gosar
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted 223-207 to censure Paul Gosar, R-Arizona, stripping him [...]
Wheels in motion for $28 million jail loan
WINONA, Minn. -- The County attorney, Karin Sonneman, has drafted a request for state [...]
County chair sees uphill challenge for jail loan
WININA, Minn. – The chair of the Winona County Board, Marcia Ward, recognizes the [...]
Winona jail status: Many hurdles remain
WINONA, Minn. – Crews are poised to start preliminary work on a long-overdue new [...]
Ex-U.S. attorney Luger nominated to return
WASHINGTON – It’s déjà vu for Minnesota’s former U.S. attorney Andrew Luger. He served [...]
Historic state appellate judge choice
Sarah Wheelock to the State Court of Appeals – the first Native American to [...]
County sidesteps jail bidding mess, starts over
WINONA, Minn. – The County Board decided to scrap the two original bids to [...]
Winona County seeks voter OK to hike sales tax
WINONA, Minn. –The Winona County Board voted unanimously to seek permission from the state Legislature to [...]
Minneapolis activists: Police reform still alive
WASHINGATON – Proponents of a failed ballot initiative to reform the Minneapolis Police Department [...]
Walz joins 400,000 deer hunters for opener
PINE CITY, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz took to the field, rifle in hand, [...]
Omar on paired Biden bills: Both or neither
WASHINGTON – In a break with the House Democratic majority, Congress member Ilhan Omar, [...]
How they voted: Biden infrastructure I / 2
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted 228-206 for $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending over [...]
Whitewater park closing to reduce deer herd
ELBA, Minn. – The 2,700-acre Whitewater State Park will be closed to visitors November [...]
Hunters reminded of deer carcass rules
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state wildlife agency altered deer hunters to mandatory chronic [...]