No insurance on vandalized school solar units
LEWISTON, Minn. — Replacing solar panels that were vandalized beyond repair at the Lewiston [...]
$100,000 damage to Lewiston solar array
Lewiston-Altura High School. On County Road 25 on the Lewiston East End. Enrollment: 360 [...]
$50,000 Fastenal gift to Winona tech training
Touring Fastenal. Principals in the Winona Schools’ initiative Forging a Future on a tour [...]
Caps everywhere: Joy at Winona High
156th commencement. The wind made it difficult keeping hair, tassels and stoles in place. [...]
WSU graduates 900-plus in spring ceremonies
WINONA, Minn. — The president of Winona State, Ken Janz, shook hands with 906 [...]
Winona Schools nets $100,000 for tech courses
WINONA, Minn. –A campaign to raise money for career and technical education programs in [...]
New Winona High football coach: Travis Steine
WINONA, Minn. — A 20-year veteran with the Winona High School football program, Travis [...]
Schools chief accused of vile threats for Rx
INDEPENDENCE, Wis — The Independence School Board president has posted bail on a charge [...]
Rushford school improvement plan fails
RUSHFORD, Minn. — Voters turned down $24 million prposal for school upgrades for Rushford-Peterson [...]
Standoff on weaponizing school aid: Trump blinks
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Under legal pressure, President Trump has backed off his threat [...]
Flawed online chatter faulted for school panic
PLAINVIEW, Minn. — A lot of bad information that flooded social media lWednesday evenjng [...]
Mystery threat closes Plainview schools
Sprawling rural district. The consolidated Plainview-Elgin-Millville School District has 1,460 students in four buildings. [...]
Galesville school locked down in police call
GALESVILLE, Wis. — Police ordered a lockdown at the Galesville elementary school while they [...]
Minor busted for chat group threat
LAKE CITY, Minn. — Investigators traced an anonymous online threat to a Lincoln High [...]
Tragedy pauses Stewartville wrestling season
Schedule hiatus. Stewartville High School has cancelled wrestling events until after Christmas. The decision [...]
Stewartville readies post-trauma student aid
STEWARTVILLE, Wis. — The Stewartville school counseling staff and teachers have been summoned to [...]
Athlete shot at Stewartville school; suicide follows
STEWARTVILLE, Minn. — A high school wrestler was shot and seriously wounded while the [...]
St. Mary’s parish eyes future without school
WINONA, Minn. –The St. Mary’s Catholic congregation has launched a $2.5 million fund drive [...]
Permission granted for bison imagery
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Dakota Middle School in Rochester received tribal consent to continue with [...]
St. Charles school idled for specious gun report
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — The St. Charles High School went into a brief lockdow [...]
Major projects pondered for Rushford schools
RUSHFORD, Minn. — The Rushford-Peterson School Board voted 5-1 to proceed with plans to [...]
School and local funding elections
ST. PAUL, Minn. — School bonding bills to raise taxes, always a tough sell, [...]
Flu vaccination for school kids coming up
WINONA, Minn. —Parents have until Monday to file documents authorizing flu shots for their [...]
Cotter eyes expanded early childhood program
WINONA, Minn. — The private Cotter Schools sees growth ahead for its early childhood [...]
Cotter slipping as magnet for foreign students
WINONA, Minn. — The number of foreign students boarding at Cotter Schools in Winona [...]
Cotter Schools enrollment edges higher
WINONA, Minn. — Enrollment in Cotter Schools, which has completed the consolidation of the [...]
Pupil science scores slip “expectedly”
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota school children’s test scores in science have dropped significantly [...]
Charge ahead: Lewiston schools go solar
LEWISTON, Minn. — Lewiston schools have leaped into the renewable energy era with newly [...]
Gas smell prompts brief school evacuation
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — Teachers and 480 students evacuated the St. Charles Elementary school [...]
Lake City leader’s gift: $1.2 million to school
LAKE CITY, Minn. — A former City Council member, Andru Peters, who died [...]
Sports memories: New Winona High honorees
WINONA, Minn. — A Winhawk boosters spokesperson summed up the 2025 choices for the [...]
Winona school numbers slip, notably in lower grades
WINONA, Minn. — Winona public schools have 150 fewer students this year, which puts [...]
WSU Hall of Famer to coach at Winona High
WINONA, Minn. — A former Winona State basketball player whose pedigree includes two national [...]
Teacher suspended for post calling Kirk a Nazi
OSCALOOSA, Iowa — An Oscaloosa high school art teacher, Matthew Kargol, was ordered not [...]
Crisis protocols at Catholic schools in review
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The southern Minnesota Catholic diocese has begun a review of safety [...]
Vet back coaching Winona High boys soccer
WINONA, Minn. — Back coaching boys soccer at Winona High School is Pete Wakins, [...]
Teacher-coach to Winona High leadership
WINONA, Minn. — A veteran social studies teacher, Steve Gilbertson, has been appointed assistant [...]
Cotter tries calming protest over razing Lourdes
WINONA, Minn. — Responding to intense community anger, the president of Cotter Schools said [...]
Teacher de-licensed over student touching, kiss
STEWARTILLE, Minn. — The state teacher licensing agency revoked the credentials of a Stewartville [...]
School Board chooses high school principal
WINONA, Minn. —The new principal at Winona High School, Nahan Warneke, is a familiar [...]
Cotter buys, to raze WSU’s Lourdes dorm
Site to be indoor sports complex WINONA, Minn. – The Italianesque Lourdes Hall, once [...]
Judge blocks Trump anti-school moves
BOSTON -- A federal judge stopped President Trump from dismantling the U.S. Education Department [...]
Lawsuit: Keep transgender girls off teams
MINNEAPOLIS – A Texas-based conservative advocacy group, Female Athletes Unted, wants a federal judge [...]
Comment: On transgender girls in sports
Some teen-age girls are amazons physically – big, brawny and not to be messed [...]
Winona High principal leaves for LaCrosse
WINONA, Minn. – The principal at Winona High School, Luke Madsen, is moving on. [...]
No wonder Winona school meals so good
WINONA, Minn. –The Winona Schools nutrition director, Jennifer Walters, has been named the state [...]
So sorry: Red Wing re-invites Ellison to speak
RED WING, Minn. – Red Wing’s red-faced Powers-Who-Be have invited Attorney General Keith Ellison [...]
Minnesota to Trump: Don’t mess with our culture
AT. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota’s attorney general. Keith Ellison, sued the Trump administration for [...]
Students flee Onalaska school after gas line break
ONALASKA, Wis. – A gas line punctured by a construction crew forced 660 students [...]
LaCrose principal to lead LaCrescent schools
LACRESCENT, Minn. – The principal of Logan High School in LaCrosse, Walter Gnewikow, has [...]
Gleason leaving Winona High basketball role
WINONA, Minn. -- After 31 years coaching basketball at Winona High School, Tim Gleason [...]
Schoolgirl cut in minor bus accident
WILSON, Minn. – A rural 9-year-old girl suffered minor cuts when a school bus [...]
Trump yanks school food aid, also related projects
ST. PAUL, Minn. – People who run school meal and childcare programs, as well [...]
What Trump school cuts mean locally
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A survey of southeast Minnesota schools by Rochester television station KTTC [...]
Teacher: “I heard that!” Student: Oops
WINONA, Minn. – A marijuana-loaded vaping pen fell out of an eighth grader’s pocket [...]
Ellison defiant to feds on transgender sports
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Attorney General Keith Ellison called it morally repugnant for President [...]
Trump to Minnesota: Conform or lose federal funds
WASHINGTON -- The new U.S. attorney general, Trump-appointee Pam Bondi, threatened to cut off [...]
Camera catches school marijuana transaction
WINONA, Minn. – In these days of video surveillance, it’s hard to pull off [...]
Kindergarten preview for little people, their folks too
Kindergarten adventure. Future kindergarteners and their families are invited to Goodview Elementary open house [...]
Principals shifts due in Winona schools in fall
WINONA, Minn. – School Superintendent Brad Berzinski has lined up principals for the Winona [...]