WINONA, Minn. – Eight years of high hopes, fundraising and construction culminated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony the new YMCA at the east end of Lake Winona. Chief executive Janneke Sobeck called the $22 million project “an incredible community accomplishment,” especially with the added obstacle of the pandemic.

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Celebratory snip. Janneke Sobeck, chief executive, cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of the new Winona Y.