KELLOGG, Minn. – Three persons found themselves at the Wabasha hospital after a collision at at the notorious Kwik Trip entrance to Kellogg. The injuries all were sustainable. Police said a car driven by Lauren Lizbeth Lafond, 45, of Minneapolis, was entering U.S. Highway 61 from the west. A car driven by Rachel Ann Murphy, 25, of Stillwater, was southbound toward Winona. This was about 3:30 p.m. Lafond was driving, a 2018 Audi A5, and Murphy a 2017 Chevrolet Cruz. A passenger with Lafond, Evelyn Carol Kastner, 20, of Rochester, was also taken six miles to the Wabasha hospital. All were belted, police said.

ST. CHARLES, Minn. – Long-time Winona volunteers Dale and Clara Newcomb are being inducted into the Winona County Fair Hall of Fame. Saturday has been proclaimed Newcomb Day at the fairgrounds. For nearly 50 years the Newcombs have volunteered in 4-H youth activities and fostered thousands of students through St. Martin’s Church and School. Dale was raised on a farm near Nodine, and Clara on a “farmette” in Rollingstone. Dale holds a degree from Winona State and worked at Merchants Bank until retiring in 2017. He served many years with the Fair livestock auction. The Newcombs continue to advise the Pleasant Busy Bee’s 4-H Club. For years at the Fair they have helped set up and tear down exhibits. Since 2017 Dale has a master gardener.

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Newcombs. together they help solve gardening dilemmas for anyone who asks.

LEWISTON, Minn. – A Kellogg driver was arrested after a deputy found meth and traces of heroin in her car during a traffic stop near Farmers Park. The deputy said that Makena Ryle Meyers, 19, admitted to taking the drugs within the hour. The meth was in three small zip-lock bags in a backpack and weighed less than two grams, deputies said. Small foil packs in the backpack had heroin residue, they said. The stop was on U.S. Highway 14 about 9:55 p.m. Her blood was tested at the Winona police station. Some charges were pending test readings  at the state crime lab.

Meyers. Charges so far: Reckless driving, possessing drugs illegally.

ELBA, Minn. – Two people beginning the 110-foot climb up the old fire-watch tower found themselves in a shower of piss from above. They clamored back down, then down the  632-step wooden path to their car and drove off. They called 911. By the time that deputies arrived, there was no one to be found. This was about 5:30 p.m.

Bluff-top tower. Maintained as a recreational challenge at Whitewater State Park.

MINNEISKA, Minn. – A Houston man unfamiliar with an old gravel logging road steered too close to the edge and rode his four-wheeler out of control 40 to 50 feet down the steep embankment smack into the treeline. Gerhardt Carson Eide, 49, suffered only minor injuries, paramedics said. Eide was alone on his vehicle. Companions on two other vehicles called 911. This was about 3:50 p.m. on the steep Taylor Hill Road drop into Minneiska. Deputies suspected alcohol was a factor. They arrested Eide and took a blood draw at the Winona jail 17 miles away. The sample was sent to state crime lab for evaluation.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – Minnesota Vikings draft pick Khyree Jackson and two football buddies died in a two-vehicle collision. This happened about 3 :15 a.m. in this Washington, D.C., outer suburb where he grew up. Jackson, 24, was a fourth-round pick in this year’s draft. Maryland State Police identified the other victims as former college football players Anthony Lytton Jr. and Isaiah Hazel. Hazel and Jackson were dead on the scene. Lytton died at a hospital.

Jackson. In one season at Oregon he earned all-conference honors. Previous two seasons at Alabama.

Accident profile

Hazel was driving a Dodge Charger when an Infiniti Q50 attempted to change lanes at a high rate of speed, The Infiniti struck the Charger and another car. The Charger crashed into several tree stumps. The driver of the Infiniti and two passenger and the driver of the third car were unhurt. Troopers believe alcohol may have been a factor.

Jackson record

In his one season at Oregon he played all 12 games, then opted out of the Fiesta Bowl to prepare for the NFL draft. He led Oregon with three interceptions while recording 34 total tackles, 25 of them solo. Three interceptions tied for second-most in the PAC-12 conference. He led the Ducks with 10 passes defended, tying for fourth in the conference.

ST. CHARLES, Minn. – A retired Altura banker, David Schwantz, will be inducted into the Winona County Fair Hall of Fame at the fairgrounds. Currently he is on the governing board of Peoples State Bank in Plainview. Cindy Timm, Fair president, applauded Schwantz for long service representing business in the county and especially agriculture. Schwantz grew up on a farm north of Altura. He muses that he knew how to drive a tractor before learning to ride a bike. For 40 years he has served as a paramedic on the Altura ambulance team. He has been Altura city treasurer 30 years and a member of the Altura Lions Club.

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Schwantz. Friday will be  David Schwantz Day at Fair.

ALBERT LEA, Minn. – the Freeborn County Government Center was evacuated after police discovered what looked like a pipe bomb in a locked gunbox. Officers themselves had brought the gunbox into building after recovering it in a car in a traffic stop. After the box was opened, all non-essential employees were told to evacuate. A bomb squad from St. Paul, 110 miles away, took possession of the box. This began about 1:25 p.m.  An all-clear was issued 5-1/2 hours later. The police account if what happened:

> Officers attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding on the Northeast Side near Hammer Road and Sorenson Road.

> The driver failed to yield to the officer’s emergency lights and siren.

> The vehicle proceeded a few blocks toward the airport, finally pulling onto Paradise Road and coming to a stop.

> The driver was arrested for driving after revocation and fleeing.

> Officers searched the vehicle and located the locked gunbox.

> Officer took the gunbox to  the Government Center, obtained a search warrant,  and opened the box.  Inside was a bag of suspected controlled substance and what appeared to be a pipe bomb.

The driver, Adam Alan Penhollow, 48, of Albert Lea, was booked on numerous charges:

> Possessing an explosive device.

> Fleeing in a motor vehicle.

> Possessing methamphetamine.

> Refusing a blood test for  alcohol or drugs.

> Being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.

> Driving after evocation.

Penhollow. From a wanted poster in an earlier case.

ARCADIA, Wis. – One driver was injured in a three-car pile-up on a slight curve south of Arcadia on State Highway 93 near Holcomb Coulee Road. Santos Rivera Rugama, 27, was triaged on-site for a minor injury. Nobody else was hurt. Trempealeau County deputies said one vehicle vehicle traveling south crossed the center line and struck two northbound vehicles. This was about 11:55 a.m.

WINONA, Minn. – The sheriff’s dive and rescue team was dispatched to the Latsch Island campground for a child who, it was feared, had disappeared at the spillway. Good news: The boy already had been pulled from the water. Paramedics checked him out. He was wet but OK. This was a little before noon.

ORONOCO, Minn. – Two Twin Cities men were injured when their car and a truck hauling  a semi-trailer collided south of Oronoco northbound on U.S. Highway 52. Denzel Merrel Wright, 24, Fridley, and Anthony Taylor Mykleby, 27, of Minneapolis, were taken 12 miles to a Rochester hospital. Their injuries were described as non-life threatening. Their car, a 2016 Toyota Camry, went into a ditch and rolled. The truck driver, Rabin Feramarzi, 36, of Rochester, was unhurt. Both vehicles were headed toward the Cities on the four-lane divided highway. This was about 7:15 a.m.

CARRINGTON, N.D. – A freight train hauling flammable anhydrous ammonia, sulfur and methanol derailed on a soggy railbed and exploded into flames. The village of Bourdulac, population 20, was evacuated. So were nearby farms. The derailment was about 3:45 a.m. The train’s conductor and engineer in the lead locomotive jumped to safety and ran. There were no injuries, said Andrew Kirking, the county emergency manager. Wind swept fumes and smoke upward and away. Emergency crews set up a command post across a bog half a mile from the tracks. In all 29 tanker cars derailed. It could take a day, maybe more,  for the derailed cars to burn out, Kirking said. The train was about 80 cars on the 210-mile Canadian Pacific line from Minot to Valley City. The line connects Manitoba and Minneapolis with connections south through Winona and points east and south. The initial CP statement about the accident failed to cite train’s origin and destination. The derailment was 10 miles south of Carrington in central North Dakota. Access to the burning cars was difficult because of soggy ground between a  road and the tracks. An emergency  road needed to be laid for heavy equipment to reach the site, Kirking said. Removing the derailed cars could take a week or more, he said.

ST. CHARLES, Minn. – A 37-year veteran as Warren Township treasurer, Shirley Francis, has been named to the Winona County Fair Hall of Fame. In her honor, Thursday will be Shirley Francis Day, said Fair President Cindy Timm. Francis also has been treasurer of the Winona County Association of Township Officers for 22 years. For 30 years she has been an election judge. She lives on a farm with herd Guernsey cows, beef cows, chickens, horses and turkeys. She wroked at the Lewiston Villa nursing home for 24 years, first as a part-time dishwasher, then dietary manager.

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Francis. Winona High School graduate.

WINONA Minn. – The Minnesota Hospital Association has recognized Winona Health with its annual state Partnership and Improvement Award. The citation said that Winona Health had been instrumental in embedding a culture of continuous improvement and innovation and sharing the results with other organizations nationally. Cited specifically was a presentation by Winona Health’s quality executive, Rod Baker, at a Baltimore conference of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.