Tight race: Reynolds next LaCrosse mayor
LACROSSE, Wis. – A long-time radio news director, Mitch Reynolds, was elected mayor. Reynolds [...]
Teachers-backed Underly to top school job
MADISON, Wis. – The superintendent in the tiny 400-student Pecatonica School District in southwest [...]
Baseball (men)
St. Cloud State 8, Winona State 3 Winona State 5, St. Cloud State 1, [...]
Softball (women)
MSU-Mankato 3, Winona State 1 MSU-Mankato 11, Winona State 2, doubleheader St. Cloud State [...]
Soccer (women)
St. Thomas 4, Saint Mary’s 0 Bethel 1, Concordia of Moorhead 0 [...]
Two bluff fires scorch almost an acre
WINONA, Minn. – Firefighter extinguished two wildfires in the wooded bluffs – one three-quarters [...]
Walmart: Shoplifter took $420 watch
WINONA, Minn. – Police investigated a report that a Walmart customer had taken a [...]
New LaCrescent schools chief from Waubun
LACRESCENT, Minn. -- The La Crescent-Hokah School Board has appointed Eric Martinez of Waubun, [...]
Cops: Not nice to kick, key a squad car
WINONA, Minn. -- Assault and damage to property charges were prepared against a person [...]
Police find stricken person alone in house
WINONA, Minn. -- Police responding to a request to check on the welfare of [...]
Cop checks on truck smacking car
WINONA, Minn. --A Hyundai parked in the 650 block of West Third Street was [...]
Child nearly drowns in retaining pond
STEWARTVILLE, Minn. – A toddler wandered off from his yard into a nearby retention [...]
Tires slashed in Pleasant Valley
WINONA, Minn. -- Two tires were slashed on a Hyundai sedan parked in the [...]
At the Arches: The grass is riz
LEWISTON, Minn. – After a brief overnight shower and a morning of sun, the [...]
Bicycle stolen from West Side apartment house
WINONA, Minn. – A black Next-brand bicycle valued at $90 was reported stolen from [...]
Tire-slashing on West End
WINONA, Minn. -- A resident in the 150 block of North Baker Street in [...]
Woman gigged for auto insurance lapse
WINONA, Minn. – A Goodview woman, Bianca Denise Martin, 29, was cited for having [...]
R.I.P.: Diane Schuth
WABASHA, Minn. – Diane M. Schuth, 79 of Wabasha, who for 22 years was [...]
Safe missing from car; $500 too
WINONA, Minn. – A safe and $500 and a safe were reported taken from [...]
Bright idea: Fluorescent paint to deter thieves
ST. PAUL, Minn. – After 560 catalytic converter thefts from car exhaust systems this [...]
R.I.P.: Jude Goetting
GALESVILLE, Wis. -- Jude A. Goetting, 57, of Galesville, formerly of Independence, died at [...]
Covid hospitalizations a discomforting sign
ST. PAUL, Minn. –Hospitalizations for Covid have been on the rise in Minnesota. Health [...]
Baseball (men)
St. Cloud State 8, Winona State 3 Winona State 5, St. Cloud State 1, [...]
Softball (women)
MSU-Mankato 3, Winona State 1 MSU-Mankato 11, Winona State 2, doubleheader, 5 innings St. [...]
City helps Tree Friends with $10,000 grant
WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona City Council pledged $10,000 to a private group, Friends [...]
Shakespeare festival OK’d for river site
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council approved a permit to Great River Shakespeare Festival [...]
Rail upgrades have City Council support
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council unanimously endorsed state spending for railroad infrastructure upgrades [...]
Run-away truck T-bones car; injuries serious
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. – A run-away logging truck coming down the Highway 95 dugway [...]
Biker got away at 130 mph — for a while anyway
CANNON FALLS, Minn. – The Minnesota State Patrol has added a Cannon Falls incident [...]
Anti-abuse group wins $500,000 federal grant
WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention received a $577,000 [...]
More enlisted barracks rising at Fort McCoy
FORT, MCCOY, Wis. – Griud has been broken for another new barracks at Fort [...]
UM expands Immersion living in native tongues
MINNEAPOLIS — A dorm will open this fall at the University of Minnesota for [...]
Merchandise missing at East End shop
WINONA, Minn. -- -- Employees at the busy Kwik Trip convenience store at Sixth [...]
To speeder, cop asked: “Been drinking?”
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man, Eric Michael Buck, 21, was arrested and referred [...]
Driver hits parked car, tree; arrested
WINONA, Minn. – Houston man, David Paul Thunborg-Valentine, 24, was arrested on suspicion of [...]
Bill would drop state tax on Social Security
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State Senator Jeremy Miller, R-Winona, signed on as a co-sponsor [...]
Cabbie runs into truck; passengers hurt
WINONA, Minn. --Two passengers were injured when a cab driver crashed into a parked [...]
Farmyard fire takes 170,000 gallons to quell
ALMA CENTER, Wis. – Fire crews spent all afternoon into the evening at a [...]
Boozing complaint leads to arrest
WINONA, Minn. -- A Rochester man, James Wesley Wilder, 48, was arrested in the [...]
Collision injures three near Independence
INDEPENDENCE , Wis. -- Three people were injured in a head-on collision two miles [...]
Package delivered on porch then missing
WINONA, Minn. -- A package was reported taken from a front porch in the [...]
Not so fun: Two fun vehicles smash up
HOUSTON, Minn. – A Rushford motorcyclist was injured in a collision with a four-wheeler [...]
Teen dies after I-90 rollover at Bangor
BANGOR, Wis. – A Northfield, Minnesota, teenager was fatally injured when her vehicle overturned [...]
Families to be asked about future online schooling
WINONA, Minn. -- Winona school leaders are assessing lessons from the pandemic and considering [...]
Barricaded man tear-gassed, gives up
ONALASAKA, Wis. – A man who had barricaded himself in a relative’s house with [...]
Fire scorches eight acres on two farms
JIM FALLS, Wis. – A grass fire burned through eight acres, jumping from one [...]
Axial toy car stolen at Sugar Loaf base site
WINONA, Minn. -- A cliff-climber at Sugar Loaf reported his high-end remote-control Axial toy [...]
Auto dealer missing maroon motorcycle
WINONA, Minn. -- Employees at Doug Ferguson Motors reported that a south-facing garage door [...]
Fire danger: State denying burn permits
MADISON, Wis. – The state Natural Resources Department has stopped issuing burn permits for [...]
Notable journalism
Josh DeLaRosa (Winona Daily News, April 4, 2021): Elevated PFA levels at closed landfill [...]
Driver killed in Cannon Falls rollover
CANNON FALLS, Minn. – A Rochester teenager, Haya Ambreen Mahmood, was killed in a [...]
A sunny, warm Easter sunrise
WINONA, Minn. – Easter dawned with brilliant skies and temperatures poised to set a [...]
Weaving across lanes can do this
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona driver, James Allen Rondeau, 32, was cited for drunken [...]
Illinois driver pinched for speeding, drinking
WINONA, Minn. – S Country Club Hills, Illinois Ventress Bernard Herrom, 21 was arrested [...]
Baseball (men)
Northern State of Iowa 6, Winona State 1 Southwest Minnesota State 4, Concordia of [...]
Softball (women)
Winona State 10, Northern State of Iowa 9 Northern State 10, Winona State 3, [...]
Tennis (men)
UW-Superior 7, Hamline 2 Washington of Missouri 4, Gustavus 1
Tennis (women)
Hamline 9, UW-Superior 0
Volleyball (women)
Macalester 3, North Central of Minnesota 0
WSU chemistry prof: Minimal danger from landfill
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona State University biochemist, Jeanne Franz, said the polyfluoroalkyl substances [...]