Cops break up brawling kids, parents at East Rec
WINONA, Minn. – The staff put the East End Recreational Center on lockdown after [...]
Hotel elevator goes kerplunk; guests trapped
WINONA., Minn. – Guests at the four-story AmericInn hotel on the Far West End [...]
College scores
Baseball: Winona Sate 11, Wesleyan of West Virginia 5 Softball: Winona State 4, Alderson [...]
Wisconsin prep
Basketball (boys): West Salem Panthers 112, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks 43
Outburst: Angry Byron solon loses it
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Short-fused State Representative Duane Quom, R-Byron, disrupted a House committee [...]
Truck retrieval closes Mississippi River route
Mired in corn field. Just north of Nelson. Driver [...]
Emergency, fire crews make 39 calls
WINONA, Minn. – The Fire Department reported 28 emergency medical calls plus 11 fire [...]
How they voted: Minnesota infrastructure / 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House voted 91-43 to spend $1.9 billion for [...]
Lake Pepin ice firm at thickest points
LAKE CITY, Minn. – Ice remained at 22 inches on parts of Lake Pepin [...]
Petty wreck: Police car bumps pickup
WINONA, Minn. – A police sergeant pulled into a traffic lane on Mankato Avenue [...]
Storm watch issued: Perhaps 10 inches
WINONA, Minn. – A winter blast with seven to 10 inches of snow was [...]
College scores
Softball: Winona State 3, Lewis 2 Softball: Winona State 6, Cedarville 1 [...]
Minnesota prep
Basketball (boys): Winona Winhawks 79, Kasson-Mantorville Komets 53 [...]
Thief apparently traverses Midwest for calculators
WINONA, Minn. – The latest stop of a traveling shoplifter who specializes in hand-held [...]
Mystery messages slipped under car wipers
WINONA, Minn. – Two days in a row people parked at the Winona hospital [...]
An end to limits on immigrant driver licensing
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz signed a new law that qualifies 80,000 [...]
Burglary: $8,000 in copper scrap
WINONA, Minn. – A contractor reported $8,000 worth of copper scrap and fittings missing [...]
Insider news: Best Buy closing 30 stores
RICHFIELD, Minn. –The Minnesota-based Best Buy chain of 1,000 tech stores plans to close [...]
Hospitality award to Winona food entrepreneur
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Winona restarateur Amy Jo Marks won the Minnesota Tourism award for [...]
MSP leads mega-airport rankings
MONTREAL, Quebec – For the second year the Minneapolis-St. Paul has been ranked the [...]
College scores
Tennis (women): Winona State 6, Seton Hill 1
Minnesota prep
Basketball (boys): Lake City Tigers 60, Rochester Lourdes Eagles 49 Basketball (boys): Goodhue Wildcats [...]
Rochester City Council member’s behavior condemned
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Rochester City Council voted 4-1 to censure Council member Molly [...]
Walz back in saddle after colonoscopy
ST. PAUL, Mnn, -- Governor Tim Walz emerged A-OK from brief surgery even though [...]
Driver survives but loses tons of corn
WESTBY, Wis. -- A truck driver suffered minor injuries when his rig went off [...]
A tale of blackberry brandy, a Glok, a car-jacking
MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. – Police ended a 107 mph chase with spike strips – [...]
A new place to see owls hoot, toot, trill
HOUSTON, Minn. – The International Owl Center in Houston is moving. Karla Bloem, director, [...]
“Sondheim” marks dismantling of SMU fine arts
WINONA, Minn. – The grande dame of Saint Mary’s theater, Judy Ann Myers, is [...]
Police solve two thefts from unlocked cars
WINONA, Minn. – Brett Dennis’ Nautica jacket was a clue. It matched a jacket [...]
Truck overturns: 4,000 chickens on board
EITZEN, Minn. – A semi-truck and trailer hauling 4,000 chickens overturned in a ditch [...]
Governor into colorectal day-surgery
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz informed legislative leaders that his reins [...]
Wisconsin pair charged as urban terrorists
ATLANTA, Ga. – Police arrested 35 protesters, including two Wisconsin women, in an urban [...]
College scores
Baseball: Winona State 7, Missouri-St. Louis 5 Baseball: Winona State 8, Missouri-St. Louis 4 [...]
Dozing driver found with 88 pain-killer pills
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A police officer spotted a woman slumped over the steering wheel [...]
Pepin ice breaks up around ice-fishers
RED WING, Minn. – Rescuers in airboats ferried six adults and three children to [...]
Prisoner found dead in Rochester cell
ROCHESTER, Minn. – An inmate at the main Olmsted County jail was found dead [...]
Storm nearby: Winter’s last hurrah?
WINONA, Minn. – An incoming sloppy late-season snow storm prompted the National Weather Service [...]
Lil’ tykes pass bad $20 bills
WINONA, Minn. – Two youngsters picked up some goodies at their neighborhood Kwik Trip [...]
Punch lands Utica bar patron on floor
UTICA, Minn. – Deputies found and ticketed a St. Charles man at home for [...]
Mayo leads global hospital ranking
NEW YORK – The magazine Newsweek ranked Mayo Clinic in Rochester as the best [...]
“Yes, ociffer, I’ve had a few”
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man, MD Mahmood, Khan, 23, had enough problems when [...]
Drunk driver fesses up also to “powder”
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona driver admitted the obvious to police who had stopped [...]
College scores
Baseball: Missouri-St. Louis 13, Winona State 3 Baseball: Missouri-St. Louis 10, Winona State 5 [...]
Minnesota prep
Basketball (girls): Goodhue Wildcats 57, Winona Cotter Ramblers 53 [...]
Wisconsin prep
Basketball (boys): Galesille-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks 80, Elk Mound Mounders 48 [...]
Teen killed in three-car pile-up near Hastigs
HASTINGS Minn. – A 17-year-old driver was killed, apparently instantly, when his car was [...]
Spring Break with snow still on the ground
Washington-Kosciusko. The 278 PK through fourth-grade pupils have packed their pencils and crayons [...]
Sheriff: Don’t read too much into raid frequency
WINONA, Minn. – Police have mounted four large-scale operations on suspected drug houses in [...]
College scores
Baseball: Grove City 9, Saint Mary’s 5 Baseball: Grove City 2, Saint Mary’s 0 [...]
Minnesota prep
Basketball (boys): Winona Winhawks 75, Faribault Falcons 52 Basketball (boys): Rochester Mayo Spartans 100, [...]
Wisconsin prep
Basketball (boys): Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks 76, Colby Hornets 67 Basketball [...]
Driver bumps gas pump: No fire
WINONA, Minn. – What every Kwik Trip attendant fears happened at Huff and Sarnia. [...]
How not to shop-lift a bean-bag chair
WINONA, Minn. – A Rochester woman who craved Mountain Dew and longed to sip [...]
Car into median; Winona driver hurt
PICKWICK, Minn. – A Winona driver was injured when went into the median. Catherine [...]
Sheriff: Jail construction on schedule for October
"Looking good." After preliminary walk-through reviews. Interior carpentry, plumbing in progress WINONA, Minn. – [...]
Dumpster treasures lead to fraud arrest
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Brookyn Park woman in town for her husband’s treatment at [...]
impregnated teen: I feared him
LACROSSE, Wis. – A LaCrosse man was arrested on a complaint from a 15-year-old [...]
R.I.P.: Alice Topness
ST. CHARLES, Minn. – Alice J. Topness, 85, who with her husband once owned [...]
Cars crash in failed U-turn; one driver hurt
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Two cars traveling together and carrying several Winona County people collided [...]
Coming soon: Corned beef, cabbage and owls
Root River shamrocks. Kelly and Mike Beckman have been busy with a jigsaw and [...]