Mayor: Nobody wanted Broadway pedestrian injuries
WINONA, Minn. – Mayor Scott Sherman said it’s imponderable whether a failed city plan [...]
GOP accountability plan a “crushing burden”
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The 86,000-member teachers group Education Minnesota called a proposed Republican [...]
GOP seeks anonymity for parent school protests
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Senate Republicans introduced what they call a Parents Rights Bill [...]
State coffers ran hot in January
ST. PAUL, Minn. – This a moment in a politician’s life when public service [...]
State offers tornado repair funds
ST.PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz issued a disaster declaration for Winona County and [...]
Stockton gives $1,500 to sheriff operations
STOCKTON, Minn. – The Stockton City Council appropriated $1,500 for Winona Council sheriff’s programs [...]
City manager hunt moves into a fishbowl
WINONA, Minn.— The City Council scheduled a public job interview with Acting City Manager [...]
Could Broadway have been made safer?
WINONA, Minn. – The question is being asked whether the City Council bears at [...]
State aims to broaden, to better asthma care
ST. PAUL, Minn. --The state Health Department has established a 10-year plan to help [...]
Top Wisconsin Senate Democrat retiring
MADISON, Wis. – The leader of Senate Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature is leaving. [...]
Study leans to East Rec for new police, fire HQ
WINONA, Minn. – Consultants favor the site of the East Recreation Center for a [...]
Osseo seeks $5.8 million for city well issues
OSSEO, Wis. – The City of Osseo has applied for $5.8 million in state [...]
Pelowski proposes waiving police tuition
WINONA, Minn. – To address short-staffing in police departments, Representative Gene Pelowski, D-Winona, is [...]
State seeks help to broaden food supply
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Agriculture Department is accepting grant applications technical assistance [...]
Briefing set on relocating police, fire units
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council plans to update citizens on options to replace [...]
Stauber lambastes Biden over mine permits
HERMANTOWN, Minn. --Second-term Congress member Pete Stauber, R-Minn., who views mining as economic asset, [...]
Evers favors $150 rebates to offset inflation
MADISON, Wis. – Governor Tony Evers has announced an election year plan that would [...]
Eyden: Better late than never to mask
WINONA, Minn – City Council member Pam Eyden said she’s prepared to propose a [...]
Biden to PolyMet: Pack your shovels, go home
WASHINGTON – The Biden Administration cancelled mineral leases for a giant copper-nickel mine proposed [...]
GOP: Not much nice to say about Walz Checks
ST.PAUL Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz’s proposal to send Walz Checks from surplus state [...]
Rochester ponders future of city sales tax
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The City Council may be on the cusp of renewing the [...]
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 [...]
Council moves gently on city manager hiring
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council voted 6-1 to create a search process for [...]
County Board lacks majority for a mandate
WINONA, Minn. – The chair of the Winona 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 [...]
Might Ubl be next city manager?
WINONA, Minn. – The name of the acting city manager, Chad Ubl, comes up [...]
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 [...]