Amtrak cancels trains blocked by Montana wreck
WASHINGTON – The Amtrak train wreck in Montana has stopped both passenger and freight [...]
Three dead in Amtrak derailment in Montana
JOPLIN, Mont. – The Seattle-bound Empire Builder passenger train, which departed Winona at 8 [...]
Passenger hurt fatally in overturning Jeep
PINE ISLAND, Minn. – A Texas woman was injured fatally in a one-vehicle rollover [...]
Cops: Speeding, boozing not good mix
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man, Adam Richard Peterson, 45, was arrested and a [...]
Covid resurgence squeezes hospital capacity
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Covid is rebounding. The state Health Department reported 800 people [...]
Crews ready to raze Albert Lea water tower
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – The central water tower in Albert Lea, a lakefront landmark, [...]
Winona Schools short of bus drivers
WINONA, Minn. – School bus drivers are in short supply in Winona, as elsewhere [...]
College scores
Soccer (men): Gustavus 1, Saint Mary’s 0 Soccer (women): St. [...]
Wisconsin high school scores
Football: LaCrosse Central Red Raiders 52, Tomah Timberwolves 0 Football: [...]
Minnesota high school scores
Football: Mankato East Cougars 20, Winona Winhawks 7 Soccer (boys): [...]
Hunter rescued after remote ATV mishap
ARKANSAW, Wis. – A hunter was airlifted out of a remote area off St. [...]
Southeast Minnesota farms weather drought
DOVER, Minn. – A dry spell and hot weather have hurt the state’s crop [...]
Car hits school bus; injuries less than serious
AUSTIN, Minn. – A!7-year-old driver en route to school swerved over the center line [...]
Ex-cop appeals George Floyd murder conviction
MINNEAPOLIS – Acting as his own attorney, convicted murderer Derek Chauvin filed documents that [...]
United Airlines pulls out of Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. – SkyWest Airlines is ending its lone remaining United-branded flights to Rochester. [...]
CMX Chateau theater showing films again
ROCHEST$R, Minn. – The CMX Chateau multi-screen movie house on the North End reopened [...]
Rochester man survives rollover near Wanamingo
WANAMINGO, Minn. – A Rochester driver was injured but not seriously when his 2013 [...]
Afghan refugees focus now: Where to resettle
FORT MCCOY, Wis.— The 12,000 evacuated Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy mostly have completed [...]
College scores
Soccer (women): UW-Platteville and Loras, postponed
Minnesota high school scores
Football: Randolph Rockets 50, Winona Cotter Ramblers 12 Soccer boys): [...]
Wisconsin high school scores
Soccer (boys): Onalaska Hilltoppers 3, LaCrosse Aquinas Blugolds 1 Soccer [...]
Cops find 100 grams of meth, make arrest
GALESVILLE, Wis. – Deputies arrested a La Crosse man after a drug investigation found [...]
20 hogs dead in truck rollover, 150 survive
ROSE CREEK, Minn. – A semi-trailer loaded with 170 hogs rolled into a ditch [...]
A cross-generation Winhawk tailgater
WINONA, Minn. – A group of Winona High School football players gave four young [...]
College scores
Soccer (men): St. Scholastica 2, Saint Mary’s 0 Volleyball (women): [...]
Motorcycle impact propels driver 50 feet
NELSON, Minn. – A Minnesota woman was seriously injured when she lost control of [...]
Assault charges filed against two McCoy refugees
MADISON, Wis. – Two recently arrived Afghan refugees were charged in federal court in [...]
Chauvin seeks lawyer to appeal murder conviction
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, asked [...]
Her Nanodropper wins $50,000 innovation prize
MINNEAPOLIS -- Rochester woman who designed a new kind of eyedropper won the $50,000 [...]
Rural Hastings man in custody after “standoff”
HASTINGS, Minn. – Deputies took a 38-year-old man into custody at a rural house [...]
Cops separate battling women, make arrest
WINONA, Minn. – Police broke up a fight between two women on the 750 [...]
Court document reveals murder details, background
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – The criminal complaint charging a Brockway woman with first-degree [...]
GOP eyes ban on certain history view in schools
MADISON, Wis. – A Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly committee approved a bill to ban public [...]
WSU ranks well for tuition value — kinda, sorta
WINONA, Minn. – In a news release, Winona State proclaimed, a bit misleadingly, that [...]
Target yields to worker shortage, cuts seasonal hiring
MINNEAPOLIS – The giant retailer Target, anticipating a continuing tight labor market through the [...]
McCoy project: 12,000 inoculations in six days
FORT MCCOY, Wis. – A six-day project to inoculate Afghan refugee at Fort McCoy [...]
Hackers demand $60,000 ransom for city data
LEWISTON, Minn. – Cyber-criminals hacked into the City of Lewiston’s computer network, blocked access, [...]
College scores
Volleyball (women): Winona State 3, MSU-Mankato 0 Soccer (men): Macalester [...]
Minnesota high school scores
Soccer (boys): Rochester Century Panthers 3, Winona Winhawks 1 Soccer [...]
Hog-barn fire triggers evacuation near Adams
ADAMS, Minn. – Police evacuated a rural area south of Adams for fear that [...]
Two cars westbound on Sarnia collide; injuries slight
WINONA, Minn. – Two Winona residents were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash at Sarnia [...]
Clues build in quadruple St. Paul slaying
ST. PAUL, Minn. – These are early clues that police uncovered in the slaying [...]
Tornadic storm leaves damage; no injuries reported
WINONA, Minn. – A severe weather from the southwest swept through southeast Minnesota into [...]
Injury collision blamed on wrong-way driver
CANNON FALLS, Minn. – A Red Wing man was seriously injured in a head-on [...]
Stepfather on quad-murders: Son “snapped”
ST. PAUL, Minn. – An Arizona man being held in Phoenix for a quadruple [...]
Culprit found in Lakeville school bomb threat
LAKEVILLE, Minn. – A juvenile on a home computer made the bomb threat that [...]
College scores
Soccer (women): Loras 5, Bethel 0 Soccer (women): UW-Platteville and Saint Mary’s, postponed [...]
State-level recognition for boulder array
WINONA, Minn. -- the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association presented an award to the Wioina [...]
City taps Engage group to tap city pulse
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council unanimously approved a $48,000 contract for the community [...]
Cops: Quadruple slayings occurred in St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. –- Police said that it was in St. Paul where young [...]
Woman charged with murder in manfriend stabbing
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – A woman from nearby Brockway was charged with homicide [...]
Accomplice in Monique Baugh murder guilty
MINNEAPOLIS -- A former probation officer was found guilty for her role in the [...]
Death claims retired Winona banker at 102
WINONA, Minn. – Word reached Winona that retired banker Neil Sawyer died in March [...]
Despite water-ski mishap, Thompson on job again
MADISON, Wis. – Former governor Tommy, Thompson now acting University of Wisconsin president, resumed [...]
College scores
Soccer (women): Loras 5, Bethel 0 Soccer (women): UW-Platteville and Saint Mary’s, postponed [...]
Why was Chris in that backyard?
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man, Christopher James Ozmun, 38, was arrested after a [...]
Motorists: Expect diversion on Huff Street
WINONA Min. – Detour signs are going up on Huff Street just north of [...]
College scores
Soccer (women): Winona State 2, Southwest Minnesota State 1 Soccer [...]
Biker rescued after spill on bluffs
LACROSSE, Wis. – An injured biker was rescued by firefighters from the bluffs overlooking [...]
Week’s summary: September 18, 2021
COLLEGES: SMU edges out Winona State as value leader WEEKEND: As expected, tiny Nelson [...]