LACROSSE, Wis.  – The week will start with highs in the 70s in the Coulee region, the Weather Service meteorologists at the LaCrosse airport reported. Records show the earliest frost in Winona historically was September 17. More typical is mid-October.

Happy begonias. Robust white begonias border line the portals at the Saint Mary’s main entrance, although for some reason their red partners were overwhelmed during the summer and receded. So a wag asked: How now can the college still claim both red and white as its colors. Image: Steve Lunde