WINONA. Minn. – An interim switch of Winona police calls to Rochester on Sunday morning went smoothly, said Sheriff Ron Ganrude. For four hours while power was out for police station construction, Gandrude had sent two dispatchers to Rochester to field calls patched in from Winona. The Winona outage related to work at the new county jail, which is scheduled to be operational in October.
Earlier: Power outage planned at Winona police HQ