Basketball (boys): Caledonia Warriors 58, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars 55

Basketball (boys): Lewiston-Altura Cardinals 71, Wabasha-Kellogg Falcons 58

Basketball (boys): Austin Packers 75. Stewartville Tigers 66

Basketball (boys): Farmington Tigers 70, Rochester Mayo Spartans 55

After a 50-degree day the Winona Ice Park overlooking Lake Winona is losing its winter crown. Soon the bluffs will be green again. Image: Steve Lunde

DEERFIELD, Ill. — The pilot who died in a crash of his light plane in a northwest Chicago suburb has been identified as Chester Wojnicki, age 75, of nearby Mount Pleasant. Wojnicki was a veteran with the Illinois Civil Patrol and was well-known in local aviation circles. He had been president of the American Polish Aero Club in Chicago. He was alone in his six-passenger Cesna 210M on a short hop from Wisconsin. Visibility was about one mile when he began his descent to the Wheeling airport and crashed in low fog. He disappeared from radar about 700 feet.

In townhouse backyard. No injuries on ground.

Earlier: Wisconsin-Chicago pilot dies in foggy crash

LEWISTON, Minn. — A Lewiston driver was arrested after a deputy spotted a variety of marijuana items in his car during a traffic stop. Taken to jail 20 minutes away in Winona was Julius Lee Jones, age 36. This was about 12:40 a.m. During the stop a deputy said he spotted a large bag of marijuana hanging from the glove box. There was also a partially smoked roach on the center console, which Jones said was from day before. Also: An empty container of marijuana-infused gummies and one ounce of marijuana were also in the car, the deputy said. In roadside test for impairment, Jones didn’t do well, the deputy said. At jail a blood sample was taken and sent to the state crime lab. Until results come back, Jones was charged on suspicion of impaired driving.

Baseball: Winona State 9, Davis and Elkins 1

Baseball: Illinois College 9, Saint Mary’s 4

Baseball: Saint Mary’s 5, Illinois College 9,

Basketball: Wisconsin Lutheran 65, Saint Mary’s 47

Softball: Winona State 2, Charleston 1

Softball: Winona State 28, Davenport 1

Softball: Saint Mary’s 2, Pomona-Pitzer 0

WINONA, Minn. — A person was rescued after being trapped in an elevator between the first and second floors of the AmericInn hotel on the Pelzer Steet on the Far West End. Firefighters went into shaft from above, dropped a footstool into the car, and hoisted the trapped occupant up through a trap door. This was about 12:15 p.m. A front-desk clerk said that power bad failed and that the hotel was without a back-up generator.

Mid-quality hotel. Built 2017. 70 rooms at $120 a night.

ZUMBRO FALLS, Minn. — A Duluth driver was hurt in a rollover on U.S. Highway 63 south of Zumbro Falls. Grant Jung Gilman, 27, was taken 19 miles to a Rochester hospital with injuries that appeared non-life threatening. The accident was about 1:40 a.m. Police suspected alcohol. Gilman’s 2010 Mazda 6 left the roadway and rolled, landing in the ditch, Olmsted County deputies said. Gilman was alone and not belted. The airbags deployed.

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LACROSSE, Wis. — Building inspectors ordered Barnes & Nobel to close its Valley View Mall store because its roof might collapse. The city condemnation order said roof leaks rendered the large retail structure unsafe for human occupancy.  At corporate offices in New York, the company promised to reopen the store as soon as repairs are completed. The store is one of only two anchors at the once vibrant Valley View regional destination mall in suburban Onalaska. The mall has fallen on bad times with changing lifestyle and shopping trends. In 2020 the Philadelphia-based mall management company PREIT lost ownership in a court-ordered foreclosure.

Chain store. Banes & Nobel is the largest U.S. book retailer with 700 locations.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz encouraged Minnesotans to lower flags to half-staff to to honor the state’s first fatality in the Iran war. Sergeant First Class Nicole Amor of White Bear Lake was killed when an Iranian drone struck her logistics unit. Walz asked that flags remain half-staff through the day of her internment.

Baseball: Saint Mary’s 9, Concordia of Chicago 3

Softball: Northeast Iowa Community 17, Rochester Community 0

Softball: Northeast Iowa Community 4, Rochester Community 3

Volleyball (men): Viterbo 3, Trinity of Illinois 1

Basketball (girls): Stewartville Tigers 61, Byron Bears 50

Basketball (girls): Rochester Mayo Spartans 50, Lakeville North Panthers 48

Basketball (girls): New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers 64, Hayfield/Rochester Schaeffer 62

Basketball (girls): Rochester Lourdes Eagles 60. Red Wing Wingers 56

Basketball (girls): Rice Lake Warriors 69, LaCrosse Central RiverHawks 60

Basketball (girls): Independence Indees 47, DeSoto Pirates 40

Basketball (girls): Pardeeville Bulldogs 52, Onalaska Luther Knights 40

Basketball (girls): Wisconsin Dells Chiefs 76, LaCrosse Aquinas Blugolds 52

LEWISTON, Minn — A Lewiston man was arrested leaving a Harrison Street address after an assault call to police. The charge against Osman Javier Melendez, age 25, was driving while intoxicated. Lewiston police and Winona County deputies, who cooperated in the stop, said the man’s blood tested as 0.13% alcohol. Further, they said, he exhibited poor balance and speech, a slow demeanor, and watery eyes. He was too drunk to perform field sobriety ty tests, they said. This was about 3 :55 p.m. in the 100 block of Harrison Street. At jail 20 minutes away in Winona his blood-alcohol concentration was still 0.12%, four points more than what’s allowed for driving

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — The Valleyfair amusement park, which has a regional fan base, is being sold. The owner, the national chain Six Flags, announced the sale to Florida-based Enchanted Parks Properties for $331 million. The sale was among several properties in a Six Flags realignment of its portfolio to concentrate on its other parks. EPR promised to keep 2026 prices the same.

Ninety acres. Opened in 1976. Rides: 75. Rollercoasters: 8.