Red ink threatens nursing homes’ future
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Many Minnesota nursing homes and assisted -living facilities are in [...]
Merchants on payroll tax relief: Great
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Independent Business Federation scored a lobbying victory with [...]
Massive K-12 funding bill on its way
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A $5.3 billion education bill for K-12 schooling over [...]
Walz adds voice for U.S. abortion law
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz joined governors of 17 other states calling [...]
Flag update hangs limp in Minnesota Senate
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate has expressed no interest in setting [...]
Walz on abortion ban: “Not on my watch”
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz pledged to resist any new attempts to [...]
Senate health bill, as amended, clears House
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The two-year $768 million health bill passed the Minnesota House 69-64 [...]
Anti-abortion GOP moves fail in Minnesota House
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The day after it was leaked that the U.S. Supreme [...]
Police chief lays out bodycam plans
WINONA, Minn. – With one exception, all of the built-in activation triggers available in [...]
City OKs repairs on ritzy streets
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona City Council approved a $348,000 bid for resurfacing eight [...]
Walz exhibits ambidexterity, signs relief bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz stepped out of his son’s high school [...]
$3.2 billion to frontline workers, businesses
ST. PAUL, Minn. – House Democratic and Senate Republican leaders reached a deal to [...]
DFL on Walz address: Close to sliced bread
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, called Governor Tim [...]
Republicans: Walz address on wrong course
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House minority leader, Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, called Governor [...]
Walz: Let’s do right things with budget surplus
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Walz pressed the Legislature in his annual State of [...]
Second thoughts on small business CoVid aid
WASHINGTON – Further federal CoVid relief grants for small businesses, such as distributed by [...]
Mississippi River threats: Pollution, habitat loss
WASHINGTON – The Mississippi River is the sixth most endangered river in the United [...]
City Council to prioritize federal aid projects
WINONA, Minn. – City Manager Chad Ubl listed projects for which $2.8 million in [...]
Minnesota legislators gone wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The 134 members of the Minnesota House have introduced almost [...]
There will be no Meteor frac-sand mine
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to consider a Georgia company’s plan [...]
County rolls dice on Pickwick fire safety
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona County Board voted unanimously to revise plans for a [...]
Right-wingers: Don’t mess with us
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A right-leaning Golden Valley-based activist organization, the Center of the American [...]
Legislature OK’s $1 million against bird flu
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Senate and House rushed $1 million in emergency [...]
Slur “squaw” being erased on federal maps
WASHINGTON – The U.S Interior Department is seeking suggestions for new names for places [...]
Inside-the-vest body cams for Winona cops
WINONA, Minn. -- The City Council approved $330,000 to buy police bodycams. Police Chief [...]
State spent $100,000 to fight Trump lawsuits
MADISON, Wis. – The state Legislature has spent $160,000-plus to fight lawsuits stemming from [...]
Avian flu found in North Dakota chickens
BISMARCK, N.D. – Farmers have been alerted to put additional biosecurity in place against [...]
Minnesota high school graduation rate slips
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota public high schools are graduating fewer students by a [...]
State commits funds to Lou Gehrig’s research
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz signed a $25 million bill for research [...]
Date set for governor’s annual update
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz is returning to tradition for his State [...]
State vets chief, accused of child porn, finally quits
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The state military veterans policy director, Curtis Schmitt Jr., an appointee [...]
Legislature ordering Russia, Belarus divestments
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota House voted 126-0 to require the state to [...]
Preston vets home clears funding hurdle
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Senate Veterans Committee approved additional funding for construction [...]
$1.7 million Baker Street project OK’d
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council approved reconstruction of seven blocks of South Baker [...]
City manager title bestowed on Ubl
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council made it official. The appointment of 25-year City [...]
Chamber silent on Russia business deals
WINONA. Minn. – The Winona Chamber of Commerce has declined to recommend to its [...]
Walz revamps budget: Bigger rebates, more services
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The unexpected surge in state tax revenue has prompted Minnesota [...]
Minnesota jobless rate at 20-year low
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Joblessness in dropped below 3%for the first time in more [...]
How they voted: On banning Russian oil
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted 414-27 to suspend energy imports from Russia in [...]
Blue and yellow rally: Winonans protest war
WINONA, Minn. – Nearly 1 00 people gathered at Windom Park to show support [...]
Solon: Insurance must cover cancer screening
ROCHESTER, Minn. – State Senator Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, is working on a bill to [...]
Walz axes state contracts with Russia
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz directed state agencies to terminate contracts with [...]
Port upgrades on State Senate agenda
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A proposal for major upgrade of Minnesota ports, including Winona, [...]
Hagedorn burial at Blue Earth hometown
BLUE EARTH, Minn. – Congressman Jim Hagedorn will be buried at Riverside Cemetery in [...]
Senators in partisan split on Biden address
WASHINGTON – Here are excerpts from responses by U.S. senators go President Biden’s State [...]
GOP plan: Halve state taxes for low brackets
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Republicans in the Minnesota Senate have proposed the largest tax [...]
New broadband to five rural neighborhoods
WINONA, Minn. – The broadband and cable company HBC announced a $2.6 million expansion [...]
Opioid settlement funds on their way
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that local governments in [...]
House passes bill to protect hair preferences
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House voted 104-25 to outlaw discrimination against someone [...]
Minnesota budget news better and better
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The projected Minnesota budget surplus has grown more than $1.5 [...]
Wisconsin updating walleye strategies
Resources has solicited public comment on a plan for walleye management being developed with [...]
Solidarity: I-35W bridge lit in blue, yellow
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Department of Transportation illuminated the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi [...]
Merchants: We need unemployment funding
WINONA, Minn. – Legislation to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance fund has the support [...]
Winona businesses exhaust $1 million relief fund
WINONA, Minn.—Winona businesses cashed in on a second of $1 million in federal CoVid [...]
City ponders “open mic” for citizens
WINONA Minn. – The City Council voted 6-0 to develop rules for a new [...]
Legion leader praises Hagedorn role for vets
WAITE PARK, Minn. – Congressman Jim Hagedorn, who died last week, was heralded by [...]
Isle la Plume for cruise ship mooring?
LACROSSE, Wis. – The state Natural Resources Department has called a public meeting about [...]
Governor: Lower flags to honor Hagedorn
ST.PAUL, Minn. –Governor Tim Walz ordered United States and Minnesota flags to be flown [...]
Ubl is offered city manager job
WINONA Minn. – The Winona City Council voted unanimously for City Hall veteran Chad [...]
First things first: Don’t disturb the bats
WINONA, Minn. – Crews began clearing trees as Stage One of construction of four [...]