All leveled. Front-loaders bulldozed the ruins during the morning as firefighters kept watch for flare-ups. Image: Steve Lunde

Nothing left at lively Winona bierkeller

WINONA, Minn. – Fire Chief Joel Corcoran said passersby may see flare-up all day from the fire that destroyed the Black Horse Bar and Grill. With a fire in so large a building of its design and contents, the flare-ups are inevitable, Corcoran said: “Very little can be done to prevent this.”

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not tonight. Pickwick musician Bruce Greenwood had been booked.