STOCKTON, Minn. — A St. Charles woman was injured when two cars collided on the U.S. Highway 14 bridge over the railroad tracks on a curve just west of Stockton. Ariana Marie Stueve, 31, was taken 18 miles to the Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester with non-life threatening injuries. The other driver, Natasha Ione Miller, 22, of Wausau, Wisconsin, was unhurt. The bridge was slippery with ice and snow. The accident was about 7:50 a.m. Stueve was heading west toward Lewiston in a 2021 Chevrolet Trax, whose airbag didn’t deploy, Winona County deputies said. Miller was eastbound toward Winona in a 2012 Subaru Outback. Its airbag didn’t deploy either.

TAYLOR, Wis. — The person killed in a traffic collision near Taylor eight days ago was a junior at Blair-Tayor High School: 17-year-old Abby Mae Heath. Earlier she attended school in Osseo. At age 15 she started her first job, at Grand View Care Center in Blair, and worked her way up to a certified nursing assistant. Later she was at the Whitehall hospital. At Blair-Taylor High she was on the student council and belonged to several clubs. She held high honors in academics, including college classes. Her family said her goal was to study nursing at May Clinic.

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AUSTIN, Minn.  — A man believed to be a relief driver on an 18-wheeler was killed when the rig left the Interstate 90 pavement and rolled on its side into the median ditch. Killed was Ajish Thomas, age 45, of London, Ontario. The driver, Gemeesh Joseph, 41, of Kitchener, Ontario, was taken six miles to. the Austin hospital with lesser injuries. The accident was about 1:30 a.m. near the Browndale and Rose Creek exit. The men were westbound toward Autinn. The pavement was wet. Mower Conty deputies said Joseph was belted, Thomas not.

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Gymnastics (women): Winona State 188.500, Simpson 187.425

Gymnastics (women): Northern Illinois 193.000, UW-LaCrosse 191.400

LEWISTON Minn. — A southwest Minnesota driver was injured and taken to the Winona hospital after his car struck a guardrail and concrete median bridge abutment on Interstate 90. His injuries were non-life threstening. Haben Amaniel Neguse, age 19, of Rushmore, was headed east toward Wisconsin. The accident was near the Lewiston exit about 8:40 p.m. on snowy and icy surfaces. Neguse was alone in the vehicle, a 2015 BMW 640. The airbag deployed, said Winona County deputies.

ROLLINGSTONE, Minn. — A Lewiston man, who arrived at the hospital on his own after one-car rollover, was arrested — not for the accident but for violating restraining order not to be in contact with the juvenile girl who was in his car The girl wasn’t injured in the rollover.  Arrested for the court order violation, which had resulted from a domestic complaint, was Jose Javier Macuixtle-Sanchez, age 23. The accident was about 4:15 p.m. on curvy and steep County Road 25 outside Rollingstone. Macuixtle-Sanchez, declined an ambulance but was taken by private conveyance 15 miles to the Winona hospital. Per protocol, emergency room attendants notified the sheriff’s office that there had been an accident with injuries. Deputies then linked Macuixtle-Sanchez to the court order violation.

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Basketball (boys): McFarland Spartans 65, LaCrosse Aquinas Blugolds 60

Basketball (girls): Eleva-Strum Cardinals 58, Whitehall Norse 41

Basketball (girls): Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs 69, Independence Indees 61

WINONA, Minn. — A Pleasant Valley man was booked after a woman reported being fearful and threatened at their home. Deputies said that Roger Alan Brennan, age 58, was “extremely intoxicated” when they arrived. This was about 9:40 p.m. Deputies took Brennan the hospital to be checked whether he was medically safe to be jailed. He then was booked on preliminary charges of domestic assault and interference with an emergency call.  The woman said that Brennan had taken her phone when she attempted to call 911. She said she recovered the phone and got through to the police dispatch center.

EYOTA Minn. —  A Lewiston driver was injured when he lost control inside the viaduct under the Canadian Pacific’s South Dakota railroad branch line. This was west of Eyota. Yang Vue, 45, was taken 16 miles to a Rochester hospital with sustainable injuries. The accident was in snowy and icy conditions on U.S. Highway 14 about 6:40 a.m.  His 2024 Subaru Crorsstrk emerged from the tunnel-like underpass and rolled on its side into a tree.

Basketball (men): Winona State 84, Mary 80

Basketball (men): Mary 44, Winona State 58

Hockey (men): Saint Mary’s 3, St. Scholastica 2

Hockey (women): St. Scholastica 3, Saint Mary’s 1

Tennis (men): Concordia of Wisconsin 7, Saint Mary’s 0

Tennis (men): Saint Mary’s 6, Concordia of Wisconsin 1

WINONA, Minn. — Apartment dweller received an email notification that a UPS delivery had just been made to the usual common area where packages are left. Right away she went to the drop-off place. There were no packages. She told police that one package had a $200 phone. The other had medications. There being no security camera, police had little to go on. This was about 2 p.m. in 250 block of Lafayette near Midtown Foods.

WINONA, Minn. —  A home mechanic making repairs on his Jeep left to go buy a part. Twenty minutes later when he came back from the parts shop, the black Jeep Liberty was gone. Yes, he had left the keys in the ignition. This was about 4:40 p.m. in the 750 block of East Second Street. Police spotted the vehicle 1-1/2 hours later and made a stop near Fifth and Zunbro ostreets. At the wheel, officers said, was Bridget Ann Martinson, age 32, who as much as they could figure was homeless. Police said she refused to cooperate. They cuffed her and took her  to jail. She was booked for auto theft.

WINONA, Minn. – A spot check of playlists of radio stations whose signals reach Winona found none with Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-Trump ode “On the Streets of Minneapolis.” The radio silence reflected the aversion of  radio station towner to the risk offending Trump, who can yank their licenses to use federally regulated airwaves. The story online, however, was different. The sing had 3.6 milion onYouTube the first day. Within its first five hours there were 350,000 streams from iTunes, far out-distancing KPop Dem0n Hunters, Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, and Taylor Swift,  Springsteen said he compised the song Saturday and recorded it Wednesday. The 4-1/2 minute song draws stylistically on Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia” for the1993 movie “Philadelphia.” That song won an Academy Award as the year’s original composition for a movie. It also won four Grammys. In both pieces Springsteen opens with a slow-burn acoustic guitar and voice. Both pieces build int a fuller band feel, including a harmonica solo. “Minneapolis Streets” ends with chants of “ICE Out!” Springsteen’s first live puibc performance was set fora street demonstration Friday afternoon in the First Avenue entertainment district in downtown Minneapolis.

Online cover.For new release by activist Bruce Soringsten, who has a knack for tapping suppressed mainstream values.

Minneapoils public premier. At a second Friday of a general strike against Trump’s armed occupation.

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