Hospital requires staff be vaccinated
WINONA, Minn. – Winona Health is bracing for a serious Covid comeback. Employees were [...]
Plan: Calibrate school masking, avoid online classes
WINONA, Minn. – Under a proposal laid before the School Board, Covid precautions in [...]
More Winona County Covid shot popup sites
WINONA, Minn. – With Covid infections rising, the Winona County Health Department has scheduled [...]
Governor lays out plan to cut Rx costs
WAUSAU, Wis. – An elaborate pan to reduce medication costs in Wisconsin was unveiled [...]
Winona Health expands podiatry staff
WINONA, Minn. – A third podiatrist, Jason LaPorte, joined Winona Health staff. LaPorte earned [...]
Not vaccinated yet? How about $100?
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state will offer a $100 gift card to anyone [...]
Mayo to employees: Vaccinate or mask
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic is tightening Covid vaccination requirements for employees. All must [...]
Hospital busy even if Covid beds empty
WINONA, Minn. – Although the Covid’s ferocious Delta variant is present in Winona, the [...]
Winona Covid infection rate 9%
WINONA, Minn. – Three new Covid cases were confirmed in the latest Winona County [...]
About Tyson ready-to-eat chicken: Don’t
DEXTER, Mo. – Giant fowl butcher Tyson Foods recalled 4,500 tons of ready-to-eat chicken [...]
Mid-year tally: Winona Covid in full retreat
WINONA, Minn. – At the June 30 mid-point of 2021 Winona County had recorded [...]
Johnson panelists relate vaccine horror stories
Maskless and socially distanced. Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, led the panel. He’s nearest [...]
Covid Delta mutation appears in Winona
WINONA, Minn. – State health trackers reported three cases of the potent Delta variant [...]
Report: Teen drinking in 11-19% range
WINONA, Minn. – Underage alcohol consumption remains a problem locally, according to the Winona [...]
Pet dies after dip in algae-toxic lake
MENOMONIE, Wis. – A Menomonie man suspects toxic algae killed his dog Bing after [...]
40 Covid jab-takers at Steamboat Days
WINONA, Minn. – The Public Health Department pop-up Co-vid vaccination clinic at Steamboat Days [...]
WSU to urge, not require Covid shots
WINONA, Minn. – Winona State University decided against requiring students, faculty or staff to [...]
Toxic blue-green algae here with June heat
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A hot June has accelerated the arrival of potentially toxic [...]
Johnson sees right to share his medical ideas
WASHINGTON – Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., didn’t respond to reporter queries about being banned [...]
YouTube bans Senator Johnson quackery
SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The video-sharing site YouTube banned Senator Ron Johnson from uploading [...]
County moves to stand-by status for vaccinations
WINONA, Minn. – The need for county-sponsored mass Covid inoculation clinics has passed, said [...]
Winona Health goes wholly walk-in for vaccine
WINONA, Minn. – Covid vaccine is in sufficient supply at Winona Health to meet [...]
City inks deal for mental health responders
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council unanimously approved a three-year contract for mental-health experts [...]
New labor movement test case: Meatpacking
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Tension intensified at the giant Smithfield slaughterhouse where workers have [...]
Lanesboro live theater eases Covid limits
LANESBORO, Minn. – With relaxed federal and state guidelines, the Commonweal Theatre has opened [...]
Jensen firm stands firm on anti-vaxing views
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Former state legislator Scott Jensen, who is running for governor, [...]
Anti-vaxer candidate links Covid vaccine, Nazism
CHASKA, Minn. – Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen called in courts to stop Covid [...]
Winona Schools keeps kids’ free meal packs
WINONA, Minn. – Winona Schools will continue free meals for children through the summer [...]
Minnesota joins parade of Covid shot incentives
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walzhas joined other governors with prizes for getting [...]
Doctors watch for Covid-asthma link
WINONA, Minn. – Winona Health pediatricians are watching children closely for possible connections between [...]
Hy-Vee recalls poorly labeled deli taco kits
WEST DES MIES, Iowa – The giant regional grocery retailer Hy-Vee recalled Chicken Street [...]
Déjà vu, Mayo has new regional chief
ROCHESTER, Minn. – An internist who spent 11 years practicing medicine at at Mayo [...]
Rail crews neutralize, corral leaked acid
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – The hydrochloric acid that leaked from a Union Pacific derailment [...]
Dangerous corrosive acid leaks from derailment
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A hazmat emergency team from Rochester determined tentatively that two [...]
Train wreck neighborhood quarantined
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – Authorities told people living near a train wreck in north [...]
Train derails into shallow Albert Lea lake
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – Most of a 50-car Union Pacific freight train derailed along [...]
Winona Schools choose safe route
WINONA, Minn.—Facial masks remain in style -- and required – in Winona Schools. The [...]
Governor lifts mask mandate
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz removed his face mask and, citing new [...]
WSU Covid semester total: Down 540
WINONA, Minn. – Covid infections dropped dramatically during spring semester at Winona State University. [...]
Covid test kits to Winona school teens
WINONA, Minn. -- Winona middle and high school students will be offered free Covid [...]
Walz deal: No masks when vaccine rate is 70%
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz will lift most Minnesota Covid restrictions May [...]
J&J Covid vaccine back next week
WINONA, Minn. – The one-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine will be available again [...]
Fools Five race having post-pandemic revival
LEWISTON, Minn. – An April tradition in Lewiston, the Fools Five foot race, cancelled [...]
Open-air forum for healthy stuff, conviviality
WINONA, Minn. – Thirty vendors were expected Saturday at the end of Main Street [...]
Church risks court if Covid rules flouted
LACROSSE, Wis. – Without naming names, the county Health Department confirmed that it’s aware [...]
Anti-vaxxer priest doesn’t hold back
LACROSSE, Wis. – Preaching from the pulpit, a Catholic priest told LaCrosse parishioners that [...]
Court nixes Evers’ Covid occupancy maxes
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that Governor Tony Evers does [...]
J&J vaccine on hold in Winona too
WINONA, Minn. – The major local Covid vaccination clinics, operated by the county and [...]
Minnesota Covid hospitalizations up steadily
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- State health officials reported 2,500 new Covid infections, the highest [...]
Covid hospitalizations a discomforting sign
ST. PAUL, Minn. –Hospitalizations for Covid have been on the rise in Minnesota. Health [...]
WSU chemistry prof: Minimal danger from landfill
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona State University biochemist, Jeanne Franz, said the polyfluoroalkyl substances [...]
16 or older? Winona Health has walk-in CoVid shots
WINONA, Minn. – Beginning Tuesday the Winona Health walk-in CoVid vaccination clinic will accept [...]
Regulator: Winona landfill poisons seem controlled
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has been containing “forever [...]
Governor sees post-pandemic “brighter days”
MANKATO, Minn. – In his State of the State address, Governor Tim Walz declared [...]
A school nutrition review: 39,000 apples later
WINONA, Minn. – Within two days of when Winona schools closed because of rhe [...]
Mayo CoVid ventilator count: Zero
ROCHESTER, Minn. – For the first time since the opandemic peaked, the Mayo Clinic [...]
Governor in quarantine after Co-Vid exposure
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The governor and lieutenant governor entered a 10-day quarantine. They [...]
Crossed messages lead to vaccine run
WINONA, Minn. – People misheard about a no-appointment Co-Vid vaccine clinic at St. Charles [...]
Winona Health opens therapeutic pool
First in. “To me, the water is healing,” said Rhonda Barnes, who was the [...]
Winona Co-Vid inoculations pass 10,000
WINONA, Minn. – A milestone in the Co-Vid vaccination campaign has been reached -- 10,000 [...]