Pelowski vision: Meshing K-12 and job skills
WINONA, Minn. – State Representative Gene Pelowski has called for re-integrating K-12 school programs [...]
School principal resigns in decades-old sex case
HAYFIELD, Minn. – The Hayfield School Board has accepted the resignation of Grant Klennert [...]
Play about not-yet prime time librarians
WINONA, Minn. – The upbeat one-act play “Caution: Librarians Ahead” goes on stage at [...]
Heisman honors to Winona High scholar-athlete
WINONA Minn. – A Winona High School senior, Claira Jordan, was named a Heisman [...]
Essay contest seeks youth ideas on Juneteenth
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Human Rights Commission is offering $100 in an essay [...]
St. Charles bomb threat reportedly on a dare
ST. CHARLES, Minn. – A 16-year-old girl has admitted writing a threat on a [...]
Arcadia school construction plan dropped
ARCADIA, Wis. -- The Arcadia School Board has decied against a $39 million referendum [...]
Altoona School Board seeks construction taxes
ALTOONA, Wis. – The Altoona School Board has scheduled a $26 million referendum to [...]
Threat scrawled on St. Charles High mirror
ST. CHARLES, Minn. – A message threatening violence on Friday the 13th was found [...]
School staff cuts may lie ahead
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona school district budget director, Sarah Slaby, said the School [...]
School projects: Two-tier choice for voters
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board unanimously approved a two-question referendum for April. [...]
Shrinking enrollment means shrinking budget
WINONA, Minn. – Winona public schools need to tighten the belt next school year, [...]
Ice storm diverts Minnesota band’s two flights
MINNEAPOLIS – Two planes in the air with the Rosemount High School marching band [...]
More Arcadia school taxes? Not so fast
ARCADIA, Wis. – A survey of Arcadia School District voters found only lukewarm support [...]
Weather permitting, back to school Tuesday
ALTURA, Minn. – Just ask the kids: All good things come to an end. [...]
Board ponders Altura school’s market value
LEWISTON, Minn. – Now that the decision has been made to close the [...]
Townspeople sought for curriculum ideas
WINONA, Minn. — The Winona Public Schools curriculum advisory committee is seeking two community [...]
Winona educators honor school advocates
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Education Association, which represents teachers. singled out four persons [...]
New Sparta school chief an insider
SPARTA, Wis. --The Sparta School Board named its high school principal, Sam Russ, as [...]
Cotter soccer leader heads for St. Cloud
WINONA, Minn. -A six-year varsity soccer player at Cotter Schools, Allyssa Williams, signed a [...]
Spanish club inducts 13 at Winona High
WINONA, Minn. – The honorary Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica inducted 13 Winona High School students. [...]
Burst pipe closes Stewartville school
STEWARVILLE, Minn. – A burst pipe forced classes to be cancelled at least for [...]
“Let’s pretend” legislators tackle drug prices
WINONA, Minn. – Some were aspiring politicos, others just interested in good citizenship. Some [...]
Play from book “Lightning Thief” on Winona stage
Cast of thousands. Well, not quite. But the Winona High School cast and crew [...]
Turkey plant ponders action over child-labor issues
MARSHALL, Minn. -- A Marshall meat producer, Turkey Valley Farms, announced it’s tracking U.S. [...]
Gavel falls against keeping Altura school
LEWISTON, Minn. – The Lewiston-Altura School Board voted 6-1 to close the Altura school. [...]
JBS to audit child labor hiring at meat plants
GREELEY, Colo. – The global meat-processor JBS put distance between itself and a contactor [...]
High school calms rumor about shooting plan
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona High School principal, Mark Anderson, sent a message to [...]
Middle School student lets loose physically
WINONA, Minn. – Police were called to the Winona Middle School on a report [...]
Girls gang up, brutalize Stewartville classsmate
STEWARTVILLE, Minn. – A teen-age girl was thrown to the ground repeatedly and punched [...]
Altura consensus on losing school: Sad but necessary
ALTURA, Minn. – Amid disappointment, a consensus seemed to emerge at a public hearing [...]
Century High student waves gun from car
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Century High School student pointed a BB gun out of [...]
Teacher of Year: 22 years at Jefferson
WINONA, Minn. – A 30-year classroom veteran, Kirstin Schultz, was named Teacher of the [...]
Bonfire explosion victims still in hospitals
PULASKI, Wis. – Four teenagers remained hospitalized with severe burns from a bonfire explosion [...]
Cotter enrollment edges up to 988
WINONA, Minn. – Enrollment at the Cotter Schools in Winona grew slightly this fall [...]
From whence the dollars for school HVAC upgrades?
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board has a line-of-credit, so to speak, to [...]
Winona High accepts Fastenal gift
Today’s lesson: A place for everything, and everything in its place. Nicole Danfield and [...]
School Board OKs costlier-than expected refits
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board voted 6-1 to proceed with dehumidification projects [...]
Pulaski High School mourns bonfire injuries
PULASKI, Wis. – The superintendent of Pulaski schools, Allison Space, arranged mental health and [...]
Homecoming bonfire explodes into teen party-goers
PULASKI, Wis. – As many as 40 teenagers were burned at a loosely organized [...]
Trial ahead over school broomball injuries
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A July trial date has been set for a personal injury lawsuit [...]
Footballers – Herky too — visit Winona grade schools
WINONA, Minn. —The beloved Winona schools mascot Herky joined the high school football team [...]
LaCrosse school chief: Please disentangle budget, merger
LACROSSE, Wis. – Schools Superintendent Aaron Engel said that merging Logan and Central high [...]
New school restrooms: Uni-sex but private
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Restroom visits at the new Dakota Middle School need not be [...]
Board seeks options for school cooling
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board is casting nets widely for ideas to [...]
“Hey, Sparky, how’s the weather up there?”
Sparky the Giraffe. Reigns in Marjorie Van Cleve’s class. Image: John Casper [...]
Yikes: School upgrades 60% over budget
WINONA Minn. – A multi-million plan to improve air quality at Jefferson and Washington-Kosciusko [...]
Cashton school hit-list author cops plea
CASHTON, Wis. – A Cashton school classroom aide decided to accept punishment without a [...]
40 years of Winona classroom service honored
WINONA, Minn. -- Two classroom veterans were honored for 40 years service in Winona [...]
Major upgrades proposed for Lewiston Altura schools
LEWISTON, Minn. – Consultants have recommended multi-million dollar upgrades to the Lewiston-Altura School Board. [...]
North LaCrosse merchants: No to school merger
LACROSSE, Wis. — The North La Crosse Business Association announced opposition to a proposal [...]
Cotter chooses fundraising chief
WINONA, Minn. – A fundraising veteran, Mike Swanson, has been named vice president of [...]
Non-trad Winona school targeted for low performance
WINONA. Minn. -- Three Winona school programs with substandard performance scores will receive new [...]
Downsizing proposal: Close Altura school
LEWISTON, Minn. – A Lewiston-Altura school task force recommended closing the Altura grade school [...]
Winona parents to have bus-tracking app
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board voted to supply an app for parents [...]
School vandals unleash corrosive chemicals
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Vandals who released fire extinguishers in the Forrest Street [...]
Rollingstone: A school to call their own
ROLLINGSTONE, Minn.— Sixteen years after the Winona School Board shut down its Rollingstone school [...]
Incumbents among choices for School Board
WINONA, Minn. – Voters chose School Board veterans Nancy Denzer and Karl Sonneman to [...]
For attorney general: It’s Ellison, Schultz
ST. PAUL, Minn. – As expected, Attorney General Keith Ellison won the Democratic primary [...]
Stewartville school referendum loses
STEWARTVILLE, Minn. -- Voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed $38.5 million school bond referendum. The [...]