WINONA, Minn. –— The search for a Winona woman, now missing 16 days, continued without fresh clues, police said. Neighbors reported that mail for Patricia Sweningson, age 72, had been piling up for several days. This was at her apartment at Main and Second streets downtown.

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CALEDONIA, Minn. — Two persons, both of whom police said had been drinking, were injured when their 2004 Ford Mustang overturned between Caledonia and Eitzen. Taken t6 miles to a LaCrosse hospital were:

> Kevin Charles Cagle, age 44, of La Crescent, the driver.

> Jeannie Mae Lafayette. 65, of Caledonia,

Their injuries were described as non-life threatening. They were northbound toward Caledonia on State Highway 76 about 7:50 p.m. on a sweepingcurve near County Road 17.  Pavement was dry.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Steven Cleveland, age 66, should know the routine by now. For the ninth time the Black River Falls man has been arrested and taken to jail for driving drunk. This was about 7:10 p.m. on County Road K west of Black River Falls near Winnebago Mission.  Jackson County deputies said Cleveland admitted to alcohol consumption, displayed signs of impairment, and refused to participate in field sobriety testing. He was already on felony parole for .an earlier drunk-driving conviction.

Lilac birthing on a bush near Lewiston Thanks to afternoon warmth in the 70s. The question now: Will the flowers bloom as dainty lavender? Soft blue? Gentle pink? Creamy white? Image: Steve Lunde

WINONA, Minn. — A Faribault youth, carrying an open can of Busch Light down the street, was arrested and charged for under-age consumption. Carson Donald Kreager, age 20, was really drunk, according to a police-administered breath test:  His blood was 0.21% alcohol. The legal threshold for impairment is 0.08%. The arrest was about 1:10 a.m. near Johnson and East Third streets in the downtown bar district.

WINONA, Minn. — Two men tried to bar police and medics from tending to a seriously drunk buddy who was experiencing alcohol poisoning. This was about 10:30 p.m. in rented living quarters in the 550 block of East Broadway Street. Despite the interference, the incapacitated man was taken the hospital, where it’s believed his stomach was pumped to bring down his blood-alcohol level. Arrested at the house were:

> Ranell Escho, 35, of Winona, who was charged with obstructing officers with force.

> Kimani Seyoum Ownes, 30, of Winona., who was issued a citation  for hindering officers and medics.

Police described this is what happened: Officers arrived to assist medics with the incapacitated patient. Both Ownes and Escho were drnk. Officers told them to get back. They refused. Officers forced them into another room so the medics could do their work. After the patient  was carried to an ambulance and as the officers were outside comparing notes, Ownes charged at them yellling The officers hadn’t yet identified Ownes and asked for his identification. Ownes became animated, shook his arms arms at one officer, and called him a “stupid ass.” The office told Ownes to stand back to create space. He refused. THE officer Grabbed Ownes, took him to the ground, and cuffed him. His blood- alcohol level tested at 0.17%.

Bood-alcohol chart

> 0.02% alcohol concentration in blood: Light-headed.

> 0.06%: Buzzed.

> 0.08%: Legally impaired.

> 0.11%: Drunk.

> 0.16%: Very drunk.

> 0.20%: Dazed and confused.

> 0.25%: Stupor.

> 0.31%: Coma.

Basketball (boys): Minnehaha RedHawks 81, Goodhue Wildcats 69

WINONA, Minn. — A police officer, who had stopped a Winona man about a cracked windshield, spotted an orange-tip syringe on the curb. “Yours?” he asked. The driver said no. But the officer was suspicious. The man, Dion Edward Wadley, 26, was talking rapidly and sweating profusely despite the cool evening.  This was about 9:45 p.m. The officer, a drug-recognition expert, found indictors of impairment in sobriety exercises. As this was going on, a second orange tip syringe fell from Wadley’s trousers, the officer said. This was near Kraemer Drive and Druery Court on the Far West End. Wadley was taken into custody for driving without a valid license, for no proof of insurance, and for suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance. At jail a urine sample was taken. Test results will determine what charges are recommend to the county attorney.

Protest messages pointed, sharp. A new theme since the previous No Kings demonstration in October: Trump’s risking global war with his ill-conceived and reckless war on Iran without Congressional consent, without consulting allies, without public enthusiasm at home. Images: Helen Nordby

Crowd leaner on chilly, wool cap kind of day

Bagpiper Craig Mann ‘s mournful dirge. Images: Nancy Wagner

< In yellow: “The Difference Between ICE and Gestapo:  Gestapo Didn’t Wear Masks.”

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An early arrival. In time to find a prime parking place on Broadway was this five-passenger sedan from Veterans for Peace. Their message to President Trump: Stop the carnage. Stop your bombing. Image: Steve Lunde

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Supposedly to curb voter fraud, a problem that doesn’t exist, Trump is pushing for election reforms that would discourage voting. Demonstrators at No Kings Day made the point that Trump reforms would tilt future elections his way.

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Multigeneration camaraderie. A young percussionist tries his wrists with drumsticks . A veteran bagpiper blows familiar songs from the Highlands. There were contagious renditions of the “Star -Spangled Banner,” “We Shall Overcome”  and other legacy testaments from American history. The event had shades of a campfire outing. Vietnam veterans saluted at a somber moment as a trumpeter played taps.

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WINONA, Minn. — A man was arrested inside a parked semi-truck where he wasn’t supposed to be. Shawn Albert Hawley, age 49, of Winona, was charged with tempering with a motor vehicle and told not to come back. This was about 6:50 a.m. at the trailer csrapyard at 370 West Second Street behind Burggraf’s Ace Hardware. Police quoted Hawley that a friend gave him permission to be there and that the friend had permission to clean up the truck interior. The truck’s owner told police he had given no such permission.

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No one reported injured. Near Canada border six miles north of Warroad. Image: Graham Scher

Heavy equipment on way to clear wreckage

WARROAD, Minn. —  A Canadian National freight train derailed on frozen scrub pine flatlands near the Canadian border. Of 42 cars off the rails, two carried hazardous cargo, the railroad said from its Montreal headquarters. There were no injuries or environmental risk, the railroad said. As a precaution, seven homes were evacuated. Local authorities called in hazmat experts from International Falls, 90 miles way, and from Grand Rapids, 180 miles away. A thorough evaluation of environmental effects might take three days, said Warroad Fire Chief Damien McMillin. The National Weather Service sent began special monitoring of air quality. The derailment was about 4:50 a.m. on a single track along State Highway 313. There  passenger trains use the route. The line runs south 370 miles from rom Winnipeg to Duluth, then through Wisconsin to Chicago and the Gulf Coast. The line carries lots of oil from Manitoba’s Bakken fields.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Police were gearing up for as many as 150,000 citizens at a massive anti-Trump rally on the State Capitol grounds and on feeder streets extending spoke-like into surrounding neighborhoods. Deputy Polie Chief Kurt Hallstrom said 300 law enforcement officers would be on hand to protect the crowd. Organizers of the No Kings Day event were using a more modest crowd projection of 80,000 as their target for planning. There will be three marches converging at the Capitol from different directions in the Twin Cities. Attractions include A-list Trump critics like Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, actress Jane Fonda, singer-songwriter Joan Baez, and blue-collar champion Bruce Springsteen. The event is among 3,100 No Kings Day demonstrations coordinated nationally but organized by local grassroots organizations. All were expected to be in the news, but the St. Paul rally was expected to have the most attention because Minnesota has become a poster child for the anti-Trump movement for forcing the President into an embarrassing withdrawal of his  3,000-man military-style occupation force in February.

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Basketball (boys): Goodhue Wildcats 76, Albany Huskies 74

WINONA, Minn. — Police asked for citizen help to locate a Winona woman who was last reported seen two weeks ago. Missing: Patricia Sweningson, age 72. She was described as white-skinned, 5-foot-6 and 110 pounds. Police couldn’t find her at her apartment after being asked to check on her welfare.

Sweningson. The last that neigbors reported seeing her was March 14.

DECORAH, Iowa — Bail has been upped to $100,000 for a Decorah man accused of knowingly helping deliver a pan of drug-laced of lasagna to an unsuspecting pregnant woman to induce an abortion. Matthew Louis Uthoff, age 35, was arrested March 26 — two weeks after his wife Amber Dena Snow, 36, was arrested in the case. Originally his bond was $38,000, then raised to $100,000. His wife Ambeer is held also for $100,000. The intended victim didn’t lose the unborn child, according to court documents. A complex family history is multi-generational and inter-twined.

Uthoff. Investigators say he had been aware of his wife’s ploy to crumble oxycodone, a powerful pain-killer, into the lasagna.