How to pay for clean air at Winona schools
WINONA, Minn. – At its January 6 meeting the Winona School Board will consider [...]
New regimen before holidays: A Covid test
WINONA, Minn. – Concern about the especially contagious Omicron virus has people flocking to [...]
Covid strikes Minnesota First Family
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz, the First Lady Gwen Walz and their [...]
Grim news: Covid fatalities back in Winona
WINONA, Minn. – Three more Covid deaths occurred in Winona County in recent days, [...]
Winona hospital wait-lists for Guard help
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona hospital, which is anticipating a patient overload because of [...]
Health-care vaccine mandate partially lifted
NEW ORLEANS, La. – A federal appeals court upheld a lower-court decision that blocks [...]
Fauci to Wisconsin senator: Preposterous
WASHINGATON – The leading global immunologist Anthony Fauci is dumbfounded by the claim of [...]
Wisconsin senator: Auschwitz awaits non-vaxxers?
JANESVILLE, Wis. – Senator Ron Johnson continued his rant against public health campaigns for [...]
No Covid shot? No test? Let us show you out
MINNEAPOLIS –The Fair State Brewery taproom has gone where few merchants have. Demonstrating a [...]
Ham, pepperoni recalled for fear of taint
ST.CLAIR SHORES, Mich. – About 234,000 pounds of fully cooked ham and pepperoni products [...]
WSU Covid cases drop further
WINONA, Minn. – During its latest seven-day reporting period, ending November 28, Winona State [...]
Minnesota drops ban on importing farmed deer
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state wildlife agency has lifted its ban on the [...]
Covid Omicron reaches Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. – The new Omicron Covid variant is in Wisconsin. The state Health [...]
Winona Health pauses staff vaccination mandate
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona hospital and clinic requirement for employees to be vaccinated [...]
Mayo delays shoot-or-leave vaccine order
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Unvaccinated Mayo employees have been granted one more month to get [...]
Omicron virus arrives in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota traveler, just back from a New York convention, [...]
Winona hospital braces for Covid surge
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona hospital has had a surge of patients and is [...]
WSU Covid infections drop from recent highs
WINONA, Minn. – Fifteen new Covid cases were diagnosed at Winona State University 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 [...]
WSU Covid cases: 151 since August
WINONA, Minn. – So far this academic year Winona State has had 151 student [...]
Nursing homes turn away the sick, the infirm
WINONA, Minn. – The number of beds available at Winona Health’s nursing home has [...]
Two schools to be retrofitted for air quality
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona school Board voted 5-2 to borrow $16 million to [...]
30 new WSU Covid cases: Seasonal uptick?
WINONA, Minn. – Thirty new Covid cases were diagnosed among Winona State students in [...]
Hospital ready for winter Covid surge
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona hospital has reactivated its Covid isolation ward in response [...]
Mayo plan: Demolish hotel, build fancy loading dock
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic asked the city Building Commission for permission to raze [...]
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 [...]
Mayo doctors fix evangelist’s heart
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Christian evangelist Franklin Graham underwent heart surgery at Mayo Clinic. [...]
Researchers: Covid rampant among Iowa deer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Data extrapolated from a Pennsylvania State University study of Iowa [...]
WSU Covid tally: Seven new infections
WINONA, Minn. – New Covid cases stabilized at seven in the latest weekly reporting [...]
Mayo lauded for surgical patient follow-up
CHICAGO — The American College of Surgeons cited Mayo hospitals in Eau Claire, LaCrosse [...]
County plans kid Covid vaccinations at schools
WINONA, Minn. – The county Health Department is offering Covid inoculations for children 5 [...]
Covid vaccine on hand for kids 5-11
WINONA, Minn. – Winona Health has started to administer Pfizer’s Covid vaccines for children between 5 and [...]
Oat-based protein bar recall: Maybe peanuts inside
MINNEAPOLIS – The Target retail chain has recalled Bobo’s protein nut bars after the [...]
100 pounds of drugs that won’t get to the streets
WINONA. Minn. -- Almost 100 pounds of old prescriptions and drugs were donated in [...]
Not yet had a Covid jab? How about $50?
WINONA, Minn. -- In hope of improving Winona’s Covid vaccination rate, the county Health [...]
Federal Covid grants open for rural hospitals
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has approved $19.5 million [...]
UCare to Winona Health: A-OK
WINONA, Minn. – The Minnesota nonprofit insurance carrier UCare has cited Winona Health for [...]
WSU Covid infections climbing
WINONA Minn. –Winona State University reported seven student Covid cases in the week ending [...]
LaCrosse bishop diagnosed with Covid
LACROSSE, Wis. – The bishop of the LaCrosse Catholic diocese, William Patrick Callahan, has [...]
Lieutenant governor contracts “breakthrough” Covid
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan tested positive for Covid, apparently catching [...]
Fall Covid death toll among school staffers: 7
ST. PAUL, Min. – Two more school staff members n Minnesota have died from [...]
Winona Schools Covid count: One new case
WINONA, Minn. – Winona Schools reported a single Covid infection in the past week, [...]
Winona Covid cases near 6,200
WINONA, Minn. – Three Covid deaths this month pushed the Winona County total for [...]
County offers Moderna booster vaccine
WINONA, Minn. – The county Health Department will have the recently approved Moderna booster [...]
Covid pace eases at WSU: Only six new cases
WINONA, Minn. – The Covid spread has slowed at Winona State. In its weekly [...]
Research: Nurses especially suicide-prone
ROCHESTER, Minn. –A Mayo Clinic study shows nurses have suicidal thoughts more frequently than [...]
Teachers implore schools to honor Covid guides
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Responding to the state’s first student Covid death of the [...]
Weekend Covid vaccine shots at Levee
WINONA, Minn. –The county Health Department will offer Covid shots Saturday at a pop-up [...]
Walz lures kids to get jabbed: Cash, college aid
ST, PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz calls it “Kids Deserve a Shot” – [...]
Now doctor facing three molestation charges
LACROSSE, Wis. – A second and third child have come forward with molestation allegations [...]
Staff-short nursing homes squeeze hospital capacity
WINONA Minn. – A severe shortage of nursing home workers is delaying transfers of [...]
First 2021 student Covid fatality
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Health Department reported the first Covid death of [...]
WSU Covid cases climb to 16
WINONA, Minn. – Sixteen positive Covid cases were reported among Winona State students the [...]
Mayo disavows doctor after child abuse allegation
LACROSSE, Wis. – The LaCrosse Mayo clinic placed pediatrician Joseph Poterucha on administrative leave [...]
Walz attacks Covid spike on several fronts
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz is sending National Guard soldiers to Crookston, [...]
Pediatrician accused of molesting girl child
LACROSSE, Wis. -- A La Crosse pediatrician was charged with reaching under the dress [...]
Winona records 53rd Covid death
WINONA Minn. – The Covid pandemic death total in Winona County reached 53 with [...]