WINONA, Minn. — Police stopped a Winona driver who they said committed numerous traffic violations on U.S. Highway 61 through Winona. The arresting officer said that Brandon Lamar Cooks, age 50, smelled heavily of alcohol. Cooks then failed roadside sobriety exercises. At jail his blood tested at 0.12% alcohol, half again as much as allowed by law. . The stop was about 8:45 p.m.at Vila Street near Gundersen clinic.

MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. — One thing led to another when Winona County deputies responded to a disturbance complaint in Hidden Valley. A neighbor called police that a man visiting the trailer house next door was not supposed to be there. It turned out that the man was not unwelcome at the address, but, as it also turned out, as deputies discovered in a records check ,that the man was wanted on a probation violation warrant from Iowa. Records also showed that Jonathan David Jantzen, age 47, of Chester, Iowa, had one of the longest rap sheets ever seen — dozens of felonies and misdemeanors that included theft, forgery, drunk driving, criminally negligent driving, drugs, firearms, harassment, stalking, skipping out, and escaping jail. The list went on, many of the offenses again and again. The arrest was about 6 p.m. Jantzen was taken to the Winona jail to.be to be picked up by Iowa authorities. Records showed Jantzen has drifted a lot. His Iowa  addresses have included Chester, which is on the Minnesota border; Cresco; and Lime Springs. His Minnesota addresses have included Lansing, LeRoy and Rochester.  He also has lived in Alabama, California, Idaho, Kansas and Texas.

CALEDONIA, Minn. — A LaCrescent motorcyclist ran off a crooked section of State Highway 76 climbing up a coulee toward Caledonia and was injured. Aiden Lee Holten, age 18, was taken 18 miles to a LaCrosse hospital with less-than-critical injuries, said Caledonia first-responders. The accident, about 5:05 p.m., involved only Holten’s 2025 Kawasaki ZR900.

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Two persons, including a Norh Dakota state legislator, were killed when their single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed and burned in this northwest Minneapolis suburb. No one on the ground was injured. On the plane was North Dakota Representative, Liz Anne Conmy of Fargo. The second person’s name was not released immediately. A witness said the plane’s landing gear was still extended when it came down. This was a little before noon.

Conmy. Age 67. A Democrat.  First elected to North Dakota House in 2022, re-elected 2924. Co-chair of Audubon Great Plains.

Crystal Airport. The general aviation field in south Brooklyn Park is where the plane had departed just before crashing. The field garages about 150 aircraft.

Beechcraft Bonanza. Bonanzas are a popular light airplane designed in 1947. About 18,000 built in dozens of configurations  through 2024. Model F33A was introduced in 1991.

RIDGEWAY, Minn. — A fire in a semi-truck cab early Saturday originated in a diesel heater in the sleeping quarters, firefighters from Ridgeway said. The truck was parked at an Interstate 90 weigh station that was closed. This was about 2:30 a.m. The driver escaped. Winona County deputies took him to a hotel for the rest of the night.

Baseball: St. Francis of Illinois 6, Viterbo 2

Baseball: St. Francis of Illinois 9, Viterbo 7

Tennis (men): Hamline 7, Saint Mary’s 0

Baseball: Winona Cotter/Winona Hope 8, Caledonia Warriors 7

Baseball: Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights 3, Mabel-Canton Cougars 2

Softball: Goodhue Wildcat s 5, Mabel-Canton Cougars 3

Softball: Arcadia Raiders 15, Fall Creek Crickets 4

WINONA, Minn. — Police arrested a driver whose car smashed into a parked trailer on the Near East Side and who tested positive for intoxication. Arrested was Kaleb James Sorenson, age 23, of Winona. Police responded to the accident about 6:45 p.m. in the 150 block of East Mark Street. Sorensen was not injured but drunk, police said: His movements were awkwardly slow and deliberate, his eyes bloodshot and watery, and his speech slurred. In the car’s center console was a can of Busch Light, its tab snapped open, police said. They said Sorensen smelled of alcohol and failed standard roadside tests for sobriety. At jail his breath was tested and showed 0.18% blood-alcohol content, more than twice the legal max to drive.

MINNEAPOLIS — A former professional basketball player running for the U.S. Senate, Royce White, accused his ex-wife of a vendetta in seeking a court order to keep him away from her and their teen-age son. White said there was no evidence of domestic abuse — no police record, no evidence, no documents. His points were made in an interview requested by Minnesota Public Radio. The vendetta, he said, has “nothing to do with a real fear for her safety.” He blamed dirty politics. White is in a three-way race for the Republican nomination to replace Tina Smith in the Minnesota congressional delegation. His rivals: former Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze and sportscaster Michele Tafoya. In the past Royce has cast himself as victim of a larger social context. In November he made the point this way online:

WINONA, Minn. — Apparently somebody didn’t get the memo that the state prisons office in Winona screens people for drugs at  their appointments.  Police were summoned twice to the office, at 350 West Second Street, for people who showed up and tested positive. Arrested and charged were:

> Cheyenne Marie Ruble, age 35, of Winona., arrested abiutt 8:45 a.m.

> Anthony Martin Arrieola, 39, of Winona, arrested about 3:30 p.m.

WINONA, Minn. — A courthouse employee showing up for work spotted a baggy on the floor where people have secured lockers to store their things before their scheduled visits with their probation officers. Police were called. This was on the fifth floor of the courthouse. Sure enough, the baggy held drugs — 1.4 grams of meth and fentanyl. Police viewed surveillance video from the afternoon before and saw a woman — someone with whom they were familiar — emptying her pockets. In the process a baggy fell from under her shirt. Apparently unaware of what she was leaving behind, the woman walked out of camera range to her probation appointment. Police located Heather Lynn Meinke, age 34, of Winona, the next mornging in the 900 block of West Sarnia Street. They took her to jail.

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A motorcycle and a dump truck collided on U.S. Highway 52 through Rochester. Icess India Adams, age 19, of Byron, as taken to a nearby hospital. Her injuries were described as sustainable. The truck driver was unhurt. The accident was about 6:20 a.m. near Sixth Street. Adams’ Kawasaki EX500 was southbound, as was the truck, police said. Adams was helmeted.

Faulty air-conditioning system. At 17,000 square feet, the rink is just short of being Olympic size. For varsity games the arena can seat 850. Seating also can be configured for 1,500 persons for large campus events.

No injuries in three-alarm campus fire

WINONA, Minn. — A fire broke out in the Saint Mary’s University hockey arena and dropped air-conditioning ductwork 18 feet to the floor. The arena was not occupied at the time. There were no injuries. The fire generated temperatures exceeding 190 degrees where the ducts burned off at a 90-elbow. This was about 10:20 p.m. Firefighters entered a rear door and immediately smelled something burning. Firefighters climbed a 35-foot extension ladder inside the arena to access a toggle switch near the air-conditioning unit. The unit was still operating. Power off, temperatures dropped rapidly. A second firefighting crew used a ladder to reach a valve to shut off natural gas. A third crew on an aerial ladder surveyed the roof for additional ductwork and appliances before deciding there was no further danger.

Arena 36 years old. The 30,000 square foot facility replaced an inflatable dome for varsity hockey in 1990.

Baseball: Lyle/Austin Pacelli 12, Mabel-Canton Cougars 1

Baseball: Spring Grove Lions 13, Harmony Fillmore Central Falcons 4

DRESBACH, Minn — A fire in a truck cab was extinguished on Interstate 90 near the Wisconsin border. This was about 4:45 p.m. No injuries resulted.

WINONA, Minn. — A Fire Department crew and a police officer found a missing hiker on a Sugar Loaf trail on the bluffs about noon. The hiker was assisted down.

CENTERVLLE Wis. — Three people were hurt seriously in the collision of a car and a truck-semi trailer rig 1-/2 miles east of Centerville on U.S. Highway 93. Trempealeau County deputies said the persons all were taken to hospitals. Without explanation, acting Sheriff Erica Koxlien declined to release names. Deputies said an eastbound car heading toward Arcadia was making a U-turn into the path of the truck. This was about 10:40 a.m. at a Highway 93 straight stretch near Bortle Road.

WINONA, Minn. — A Winona man was back in jail on a new complaint of beating his disabled girlfriend, this time as she was in bed eating toast and eggs he had made for her. Arrested and booked again for domestic assault was Ronald Ray Vickery, age 68. The woman, who is 58 and can’t get around without a wheelchair, told officers that Vickery struck her with a glass jar. She showed officers a large lump on her head. The wound was painful, she said. In the first incident, on Monday, she said Vickery hit her with a rolling pin. This time, she told officers, this is what happened:

> As she was eating in bed, the lights went out. This was about 2:20 a.m. Vickery entered the dark room and muttered: “Nobody’s recording, right?” Vickery then stuck her head with the glass jar.

> Vickery flipped on the lights on and acted surprised,  as if he didn’t know what happened

> She told him to get out. He did.

> She yelled for her brother, who lives in the house, to bring her phone. She called police.

Police found Vickery out back in the alley in the 550 block of Hamilton Street. They said he refused to answer questions. He was arrested and booked on an identical domestic assault charge as three days earlier. Usually a second offense means an elevated level of criminality, but there has been no conviction on the first case. The  first case hasn’t been adjudicated yet.

Earlier: Disabled woman: He beat me with rolling pin

PRESCOTT, Wis — Two Twin Cities motorcyclists were injured fatally when they collided from opposite directions on State Highway 35 east of Prescott. Tamitha Thein, age 27, of Maplewood, was dead on arrival at Regiona Hospital in St. Paul. Evan Jorgenson, 26, of Cottage Grove, was alive at but too far gone to save. The accident was about 6:15 p.m. near 1050th Street.