WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man driving home from a Pheasants Forever raffle at the Witoka Tavern was stopped by a deputy who reported him straddling the center line, then the fog line, and back and forth. Brian Herbert Eggert, 33, told the deputy he was monkeying with the radio. The deputy quoted Eggert also that had had only one beer. The deputy suspected more because alcohol fumes were  emanating  out the  driver window. Eggert’s blood-alcohol level tested at 0.10% — one-fifth more than allowed for driving. The stop was about 10:35 p.m, up Pleasant Valley on County Road 17 at Clinton Drive.

Baseball: Winona State 9, Northern State of South Dakota 7

Baseball: UW-Oshkosh 6, Saint Mary’s 2

Baseball: UW-LaCrosse 8, Chaman 6

Basketball (men): UW-LaCrosse 88, St. Norbert 67

Gymnastics (women): WIAC Championships: UW-Oshkosh (1ts of 9), UW-LaCrosse (2nd),UW-Whitewater (3rd) Winona Sate 4th)

Softball: Winona State 2, Slippery Rock 0

Softball: Winona State 9, Dominican of Illinois 1

Basketball (boys): Stewartville Tigers 67, Faribault Falcons 53

Basketball (boys): Byron Bears 67, Northfield Raders 45

Basketball (boys): Lake City Tigers 81, Cannon Falls Bombers 77

Basketball (boys): Caledonia Warriors 71, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars 48

Basketball (boys): Rushford-Peterson Trojans 67, Adams Southland Rebels 61

WINONA, Minn. –  A Canton man, 50 miles from home, was arrested outside the Homer Road Kwik Trip off U.S. Highway 61 and booked for impaired driving and possession of a controlled substance. Evan James Richardson, 38, was quoted by the arresting deputy as not having taken drugs in three weeks. That, back then, he said, was meth. The deputy, however, observed a butane lighter on Richardson’s dashboard and also “rocks,” which is street-talk for cocaine. Impairment tests outside Kwik Trip didn’t go well. Richardson couldn’t maintain his balance, the deputy said Also:  His vertical and horizontal gaze lagged. His pulse registered at 120 beats per second, way above the usual 60 to 100. At jail a urine sample was taken and sent the state crime lab for analysis. The deputy had followed Richardson from Mankato Avenue after a record check discovered his driving license was revoked. On. U.S. 61 he tuned into Rogan Shies and proceeded on a back way to Kwik Trip. This was all about 8:45 p.m.

WINONA, Minn. – A neighbor saw smoke in a house and went in and let out dog. The fire was minor — food burning on a stove — but it generated lots of smoke. No one was home besides Bowser. This was about 3:10 p.m. in the 100 block of Mechanic Street on the West Side near the harbor.

WINONA, Minn. – A Level 3 predatory sex offender living in Winona on supervised parole has disappeared. An arrest warrant was for Richard Martin Luers, age 60. He been living in the 500 block of Mankato Avenue on the West End. He failed to check in with his parole supervisor in January. There was reason to believe he relocated to Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota neighborhood, authorities said. This alert alert was issued:

Luers. Age 60, white, 5-foot-10, gray hair, hazel eyes.

LEWISTON, Minn. — Searchers found a 91-year-old woman dead near outbuildings at a rural address southeast of Lewiston. The woman, who suffered dementia, had been reported missing from the family home about 8:30 p.m. the night before. The body was found about 9 a.m. This was in the 26000 block of County Road 25.

GIRDWOOD, Alaska – Unstable snow in the Chugach Mountains prevented a recovery team standing by to search for three Minnesota skiers trapped in avalanche. Caught in the avalanche were Dave Linder, 39; Charles Eppard, 39; and Jeremy Leif, 38. They were buddies from high school in Mankato and later Gustavus Adolphus College in nearby St. Peter.  There was no hope they survived, authorities said.  It was the deadliest U.S. avalanche since 2023, when three climbers died in Washington’s Cascade Mountains. The Minnesotans had been flown eight miles into the Chugach Mountains from Girdwood. The area has no ski lifts but has regular heli-ski visitors. A guide went first and laid down a line for the four skiers in the group to follow and then waited downslope at a helicopter pickup point. The first skier in the group transited he slope and survived, as did the guide. The avalanche began about 3,500 feet elevation. Its path was a vertical 2,800 vertical feet. As the avalanche descended, witnesses saw the three men deploy inflatable vests meant to keep skiers above or near the surface. Other guides in the area called for help, and more helicopters arrived. The first rescue teams picked up signals from emergency beacons the men were wearing but the snow was too unstable do anything. The route is used regularly by heli-ski tour operators from the Girdwood airport. There had been an alert from Chugach National Forest rangers that the avalanche danger was “considerable.” A recent storm had dropped new snow on top of a weak under-layer. More snow after the accident worsened the instability and delayed recovery efforts.

Lifelong Mankato buddies. The Alaska heli-ski adventure was their latest. Here they’re on a deep-sea fishing trip. In the middle with glasses is Lindner, a partner in Mankato Radio as well as Sub Arctic Media, which owns 20 stations across Minnesota. The men had moved around with their careers — to Florida, Montana and elsewhere in Minnesota — but got together regularly for adventure vacations.

Earlier: Mankato broadcaster, others lost in avalanche

Basketball (girls): Lakeville North Panthers 63, Rochester Mayo Spartans 62

Basketball (girls): Stewartville Tigers 68, Byron Bears 64

WINONA, Minn. — The sexual misconduct trial of Winona High School coach Eric Birth has been delayed again, this time at the prosecution’s request. Prosecutor Jason Heaser said a key witness is away on military duty and unavailable. Judge Nancy Buytendorp reset the trial for September. Meanwhile, Birth is free $20,000 bail.

Earlier: Date set for Winona coach’s sex trial

Earier: Earlier: Coach’s bail softened in teen sex cases, now $20,000

No matter how stormy outside. Edweirdo the cat inspects a blooming amaryllis. Image: Andy Frank

LACROSSE, Wis. — Nobody is answering the phone at the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Service Center in LaCrosse. Nor does anybody come to the door when the buzzer’s pressed. The place, downtown at 425 State Street, is dead as a doornail, the apparent victim of President Trump’s sudden government efficiency cuts. The President’s cost-cutting lieutenant, Elon Musk, has terminated leases on 748 government sites nationally. These decisions came without warning and were executed immediately. The 2,200-square-foot LaCrosse office space was leased at $36,000 a year. Meanwhile, Musk has drafted notices to rid the Internal Revenue Service of half its 90,000-person workforce through dismissal, buy-outs and attrition. The first 7,000 were locked out last week. The nearest surviving IRS Taxpayer Assistance Service Centers, still surviving as of yesterday, are in Rochester, 70 miles away, and Eau Claire, 86 miles away. Among Trump lease terminations and the annual lease:

His chainsaw glee. Musk wields chainsaw at national convention of right-wing conspiratorialists. He loved it. They loved it.

Wisconsin

Ashland: Bureau of Indian Affairs, $649,000.

Stevens Point:  Rural Housing Service, $448,000.

Milwaukee: National Labor Relations Board, 258,00.

Madison: Federal Highway Administration, $204,000.

Madison: Food and Drug Administration, $187,000

Milwaukee: Federal Contract Management Agency, $186,000.

Green Bay: U.S. attorney’s office, $71,000.

Madison: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service $58,000.

Madison: U.S Motor Carrier Safety Administration $50,000.

Madison: Inspector general, $37,000.

LaCrosse: IRS Taxpayer Assistance Service, $36,000.

Shawno: Bureau f Indian Affairs, $36,000.

Wausaw: Social Security Administration, $34,000.

Green Bay: Social Security Administration, $26,000.

Wauwatosa: Food and Drug Administration, $11,000.

Madison: Food and Drug Administration, $11,000.

Merrill: Federal Contract Management Agency, $6,000.

Minnesota

Bloomington: Internal Revenue Service, $653,000.

Minneapolis: Employment Standards Administration, $136,000.

St. Paul: National Park Service, $211,000.

Bemidji: Indian Health Service, 134,000.

St. Paul: Federal Highway Administration, $115,000.

Minneapolis: Employment Standards Administration, $99,000.

St Cloud: Internal Revenue Service, $82,000.

Hibbing: Mine Safety Health Administration $48,000.

South St. Paul: Animal and Heath Service, $48,000.

Crane Lake: National Park Service, $44,000.

Baudette: Farm Service Agency, $22,000.

WINONA, Minn. – A driver doing doughnuts on a slick street hit a fire hydrant. The driver, Mitchell Lee Schroeder, 27, wasn’t hurt, nor was the hydrant damaged, but the car wouldn’t move no matter how much Schroeder revved. He was still there when police arrived. They said Schroeder admitted a couple of  doughnuts. He was charged with recklessness. This was about 10 p.m. under Sugar Loaf at West Burns Valley Road and Glen Echo Lane.

Baseball: Concordia of Chicago 4, Saint Mary’s 2

Lacrosse: IW-LaCrosse 16, Wesleyan of Illinois 4

Softball: Moravian 6, Saint Mary’s 5

Softball: Saint Mary’s 6, Eastern of Pennsylvania4

Basketball (boys): Stewartville Tigers 94, Red Wing Wingers 41

Basketball (boys): Rochester Marshall Rockets 71, New Prague Trojans 34

Basketball (boys): Farmington Tigers 57, Rochester Mayo Spartans 52

Basketball (girls): Eleva-Strum Cardinals 64, Blair-Taylor Wildcats 51

Basketball (girls): LaCrosse Aquinas Blugolds 53, Neillsville Warriors 38

Basketball (girls): Durand-Arkansaw Panthers 57, Colfax Vikings 22

Basketball (girls): Onalaska Luther Knights 79, Mondovi Buffaloes 57

LAKE CITY, Minn. – Ever so slowly, the ice pack on Lake Pepin is shrinking. The latest borings by the Army Corps found the thickest point at 20 inches at River Mile 769 south of Lake City. For shippers eager to start the 2025 season, it may be still awhile before navigation can resume. The ice is enirely the thicker sort — what’s called “blue ice.” It’s solid, in contrast with air-infused “white ice,” which yields sooner. This winter there’s no white ice.

Earlier: Pepin ice thinning; still too thick for barges

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he will cut off electricity exports to three border states, including Minnesota, if President Trum slaps a 25% tariff surcharges on Canadian goods. Ford was firm: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything, including cut off their energy, with a smile on my face.” Michigan, Minnesota and New York rely heavily on electricity generated in Ontario. “They want to come at us hard, we’re going to come back twice as hard,” Ford said. “They need to feel the pain.”

Trump belligerence

Trump has blamed Canada for illegal traffic of the drug fentanyl into the United Sates and resulting thousands of overdose deaths, although he’s never produced supporting data about the quantity. Nor has he explained why U.S. border guards don’t intercept shipments. Trump has claimed that Canada treats the United States badly, claiming falsely, among other  thnigs, that Canada forbids U.S .banks from doing business in Canada. He also has suggested the annexation of Canada as a 51st state, irritating Canadians to no small degree. Aside from negotiation bluster and bluff, it’s unclear why Trump has been picking at Canada. The countries have been trading partners and geopolitical allies historically.