WINONA, Minn. – With the abandoned Lourdes dorm on the West End a financial drain just to keep the pipes from freezing, Winona State has examined the possibility of selling the mammoth structure at less than its assessed value. To do so would require state-level approval, university spokesperson Andrea Northam told the Winona Post. The assessed value: $3.3 million. The university shut down Lourdes in 2021.

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