State lagged on telling townspeople of benzene hazard
RAYMOND, Minn. – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency found major ground poisoning where an [...]
Rochester moves to outlaw homeless encampments
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Rochester City Council voted 4-2 to ban camping on city [...]
Zumbrota trims police force, OKs pay hike
ZUMBROTA, Minn. -- The Zumbrota City Council voted 5-0 to approve a new contract [...]
Walz in Winona County to mark water conservation
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz chose an Altura farm in Winona. County [...]
Walz ends college as must for many state jobs
ST. AUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz eliminated a college degree a requirement for [...]
Biden due in Minnesota with farm message
NORTHFIELD, Minn. – President Biden plans a Minnesota visit Wednesday to announce $5 billion [...]
How they voted: On House speakership /4
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House elected little-known Louisiana member to wield the gavel as [...]
It’s over: Minnesota’s Emmer tallies votes, not enough
WASHINGTON – Tom Emmer abandoned his campaign to become U.S. House speaker two hours [...]
Emmer to full House in speakership bid
WASHINGTON –The well-connected Minnesota Republican Tom Emmer emerged from a closed-door House Republican caucus [...]
Minnesota’s Emmer now goes for House speakership
WASHINGTON – The third highest-ranking member of the U.S. House, Tom Emmer, of Minnesota, [...]
How they voted: On House speakership /3
WASHINGTON – The US. House failed again to come up with the 217-vote majority [...]
Zumbrota police, city back to negotiations
Mayor Todd Hammnel. Flanked by City Council memoers Bob Prigge, Sara Durhman, Joan Bucher [...]
How they voted: On House speakership /1
WASHINGTON – The US. House failed to come up with the 217-vote majority necessary [...]
Winona fire chief sets retirement
WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona fire chief the past 10 years, Curt Bittle, will [...]
Zumbrota city leaders ponder police shutdown
ZUMBROTA, Minn. – The police officers union was blind-sided that the City Council was [...]
UW campus shutters or disguises diversity projects
WHITEWATER, Wis. – The chancellor at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Corey King, has stricken the [...]
Emmer on House GOP leadership vacuum: Not me
WASHINGTON – Minnesota Congress member Tom Emmer is not actively seeking the House speakership [...]
How they voted: On ousting House speaker
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House speaker, third in succession to the presidency, has been [...]
Walz nixes cannabis appointee: “We goofed”
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Egg’s on the face of Governor Tim Walz. After fanfare [...]
Budget crisis: Federal shutdown delayed 45 days
WASHINGTON – Threats by Republican right-extemists in the U.S. House to shut down the [...]
Walz: Minnesota readies for federal shutdown
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz sees only minimal effects in Minnesota if [...]
Minnesota tax update: Revenue exceeds projections
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State tax collections in August exceeded expectations by 5.8%, the [...]
Walz to lawmakers: Clarify School policing limits
ST PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz is hopeful for an interim solution to [...]
Federal forestry grant toward a greener Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Te city Forestry Division has received a $1 million federal grant [...]
Wisconsin lawmakers to governor: No new spending
MADISON, Wis. – For the 12th time the Republican-controlled Legislature has refused a call [...]
Frac is back: New mine proposed near Utica
UTICA, Minn. – A rural couple petitioned the Winona County Planning Commission to allow [...]
Attorney general launches dialogue on worker abuse
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Everybody knows about the corporate abuse of workers by classifying [...]
Did Democrat legislators abuse their majority power?
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Democrats took control of Minnesota government in the 2022 election, [...]
Wanta swap or gift a gun? Not so fast
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Some of the Legislature’s 2023 gun safety laws went into [...]
Rochester Chamber backs sales tax
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Rochester Chamber of Commerce went on record encouraging voters to [...]
Minnesota minimum wage goes up for 2024
ST. PAUL, Minn. – To help wage-earners meet rising costs of living, the inflation-triggered [...]
State Supreme Court veteran to chief justice
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz promoted Natalie Hudson to chief justice of [...]
Federal funds sought to rebuild Blatnik Bridge
High-rise span. The Duluth-Superior bridge replaced an 1890s swing bridge that stalled truck [...]
Obertons jump-start Winona mountain-bike training
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council accepted a gift of $137,800 to add a [...]
Posthumously recounting a life worth living
WINONA, Minn. – When the long-term Winona activist Joe Morse learned he was dying [...]
GOP plan: Relax Wisconsin child-labor law
MADISON, Wis. – At the urging of Wisconsin employers, Republicans in the Legislature have [...]
Where those “Walz Checks”? Any day now
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Tax rebate checks, as much as $1,300, will be in [...]
Goodhue scraps police, will outsource
GOODHUE, Minn. – The City Council voted unanimously to shut down the city’s police [...]
Mayor to Owatonna gays: I’m sorry
OWATONNA, Minn. – Mayor Thomas Kuntz admitted that his homophobic behavior regarding a Gay [...]
Port Authority OKs funds for Levee docking upgrades
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Port Authority approved $460,000 for a Mississippi riverfront project [...]
City Council punts for now on banning marijuana
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council delayed a decision on whether to ban marijuana [...]
Mayor: New rotaries issue needs to be safety
WINONA, Minn. – Mayor Scott Sherman said he’s received positive citizen feedback to four [...]
Rochester delays local cannabis retailing 19 months
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The City Council created a local cannabis ordinance but don’t expect [...]
Getting serious, really serious about creating legacy
The scourge of Winona. A people are known by what the monuments they leave. [...]
State agency wish list: More Winona roundabouts
Rotaries mushrooming. Winona already has five roundabouts – four on Mankato and one on [...]
Mayor to Owatonna gays: A halfway apology
OWATONNA, Minn. – Responding to call from Owatonna gays to resign for homophobic behavior [...]
Feud over: Army Corps cedes silt disposal to Wabasha
WABASHA, Minn. – The Army Corps and the City of Wabasha have solved years [...]
Court backs up Walz on 2020 face- mask order
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled again that Governor [...]
Governor raises Wisconsin GOP ire with line vetoes
MADISON, Wis. -- Governor Tony Evers signed the Wisconsin state government’s budget for the [...]
Data on Minnesota as magnet for abortion
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Significantly more medically induced abortions were performed in Minnesota in [...]
Higher-ed consensus: Court hurts cultural diversity
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to strike down race-inclusive [...]
Voters to decide on sales tax hike for new jail
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona County Board voted 4-0 to place a sales tax [...]
Vandals mess Rochester park restrooms
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Restrooms at all Rochester city parks with toilet facilities have been [...]
A hotel on the Winona Levee? Still yakking
WINONA, Minn. –The Port Authority would like to see a hotel built at the [...]
Contamination feared in Lewiston water
LEWISTON, Minn. – A failure in the Lewiston municipal water system led to an [...]
Enbridge to appeal Line 5 court ruling
CALGARY, Alberta– The pipeline company Enbridge plans to appeal a U.S. judge’s order to [...]
Klobuchar to carmakers: Keep AM radios
WASHINGTON -- Senator Any Klobuchar signed on to a bill to require auto makers [...]
Judge to Enbridge: Three years to fix Line 5 flaws
MADISON, Wis. – A federal judge ordered Canada-owned pipeline giant Enbridge to shut down [...]
Data on 95,000 Minnesota foster kids lost to cyber-thieves
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Databanks with sensitive information on 95 ,000 Minnesota school students [...]
Zoning variances OK’d for Masterpiece concert hall
WINONA, Minn. – The city Adjustment Board, which enforces zoning requirements, has exempted the [...]