R.I.P.: Patricia Glynn
WINONA, Minn. – Patricia Marie (Riemann) (Wait) Glynn, 76, of Winona, died at her daughter’s home in St. Charles after 6-1/2 years with cancer. She read avidly, almost daily over coffee at Del’s cafei n St. Charles or Hy-Vee in Winona. She graduated from Winona High School. She loved yje the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, and once was crowned and pronounced as Lady Patricia of Three Rivers of Winona Region.
Details: Hoff Funeral Home
1946-2022
Week’s summary: Ending January 21, 2023
GOVERNANCE: Walz rollout 2.0: $4.1 billion for economic growth
GOVERNANCE: Walz: Budget reform for family, home, kids
GOVERNANCE: How they voted: Minnesota abortion reform / 1
GOVERNANCE: Elevating Juneteenth to Minnesota state holiday
GOVERNANCE: Drazkowski frets on Juneteenth fiscal effect
GOVERNANCE: Expert: LEC conversion “highly unachievable”
GOVERNANCE: Funding Winona’s next Riverfront Trail link
HEALTH: Winona Health unveils robotic surgery
SCHOOLS: Pelowski vision: Meshing K-12 and job skills
COLLISION: Car driver badly hurt in school bus collision
CRIME: Mall of America update: Teen arrested in Georgia
CRIME: Report: Drive-by peddling of marijuana to kids
CRIME: Brass knuckles found on man resisting arrest
CRIME: Rochester judges decline Bush murder trial
COLLEGES: How low will WSU go to unload Lourdes
College scores
Basketball (men): Mary 67, Winona State 57
Basketball (men): Saint Mary’s 85, Concordia of Moorhead 81
Basketball (women): Mary 75, Winona State 49
Basketball (women): Concordia of Moorhead 67, Saint Mary’s 61
Swimming-diving (men): UW-LaCrosse 173, UW-Oshkosh 67
Hockey (women): St. Catherine 6, Saint Mary’s 3
Swimming-diving (women): UW-LaCrosse 167, UW-Oshkosh 81
Minnesota prep
Basketball (boys): Dodge Center Triton Cobras 77, St. Charles Saints 67
Basketball (girls): Byron Bears 63, Winona Cotter Ramblers 40
Basketball (girls): Dodge Center Triton Cobras 73, St. Charles Saints 50
Basketball (girls): Lewiston-Altura Cardinals 45, Pine Island Panthers 38
Hockey (boys): Northfield Raiders 7, Winona Winhawks 0
Hockey (girls): Northfield Raiders 9, Winona Winhawks 0
Wisconsin prep
Suburb tackles growing danger: Guns in school
NEW HOPE, Minnesota — Following several incidents of kids bringing guns to school, the Robbinsdale School Board unanimously voted to tighten what is considered a dangerous weapon. The new definition: “Any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great bodily harm.” The policy also requires schools to report violations immediately to the criminal justice or juvenile delinquency system. There have been lapses in contacting police. Among recent incidents in western Minneapolis suburbs:
> Three incidents of students with guns in Robbinsdale.
> An incident in nearby Crystal.
> A BB gun in a student’s backpack at Neill Elementary School in Golden Valley.
> A student with a gun inside a Sandburg Middle School bathroom. in Golden Valley.
Verbatim
New definition: Dangerous weapon means any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great bodily harm, any combustible or flammable liquid or other device or instrumentality that, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is calculated or likely to produce death or great bodily harm, or any fire that is used to produce death or great bodily harm. As used in this definition, “flammable liquid” means any liquid having a flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit and having a vapor pressure not exceeding 40 pounds per square inch \ at 100 degrees Fahrenheit but does not include intoxicating liquor. As used in this subdivision, “combustible liquid” is a liquid having a flash point at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.”
R.I.P.: Bettty Virnig
ST. CHARLES, Minn. – Betty Lorraine Virnig, 93, of St. Charles, who with her husband operated St. Charles Body Shop for 50 years, died at home in hospice care. She sold gladiolus for Noweta Gardens for 30 years. For four years she delivered newspapers. She graduated in 1947 from St. Charles High School.
Details: Hoff Funeral Home
1929-2022
Wild elk roaming southern Winona County
WILSON, Minn. – A moose was reported wandering in grain fields south of Wilson. which would be highly unusual anywhere in Winona County. And it wasn’t quite so. Deputies instead found tracks of an elk crossing Highway 43 near Silo Drive. That too is unusual. A word to the wise: Give the animal berth, lots of it. At 400 to 1,00o pounds, adult males are one of the largest mammals in on the continent.
R.I.P.: Bob Willcox
RUSHFORD, Minn. – Robert “Bob” Willcox, 91, who retired to Rushford in 1995, died at the Winona hospital after a career as an apple orchardist in Vermont. He was in the U.S. Air Force 20 years, including duty in Germany. Later he worked as a prison officer in Vermont. His apple orchard had 50 trees. He sold cider to grocery stores and directly to the public. He donated apples to his local grade school and food bank.
Details: Hoff Funeral Home
1931-2022
R.I.P.: Helen Henry
WASECA, Minn. – Helen Marilyn (Baer) Henry, 90, formerly of Fremont, who worked in food service at Oakdale Elementary School, died at a nursing home in Waseca. She also was a hostess many years at he 3M executive dining room in Oakdale.
Details: Hoff Funeral Home
1932-2022
Hamline president backtracks on Islam art issue
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Amid growing criticism, the president of Hamline University, Fayneese Miller, admitted to mishandling a complaint about a drawing of the Islam prophet Muhammad that a faculty member showed in an art class in October. The faculty member was told not to come back spring semester. A debate ensued over balancing academic freedom with respect for religion. In exchanges after the complaint the instructor, Erika Lopez Prater, was characterized as engaging in Islamophobia.
Verbatim
Miller: “Like all organizations, sometimes we misstep. In the interest of hearing from and supporting our Muslim students, language was used that does not reflect our sentiments on academic freedom. Based on all that we have learned, we have determined that our usage of the term ‘Islamophobic’ was therefore flawed.”
Author-actor McCurdy adds WSU to tour
WINONA, Minn. –The child actor Jennette McCurdy, now an author, will speak March 22 at Winona State University. Tickets: $20 starting Tuesday. Her memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” recounts struggles including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother. The book led the New York Times bestsellers for 18 weeks. Among her screen credits: Playing Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom “Carly” from 2007 to 2012.
McCurdy. An “Evening with Jennette McCurdy” to include audience questions and answers.
Speaker fees
McCurdy’s contract with Winona State is $43,500. The contract specifies at least 60 minutes on stage but no more 75. All American Entertainment, a booking agency based in North Carolina, represents McCurdy. The agency says her appearances range from $50,000 to $100,000. The fee is negotiable based on the speaker’s schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location.
Earlier: Bill Nye honorarium at WSU: $72,000
Earlier: WSU paid record $55,000 for Che gig
WSU mini-course: What’s up with Supreme Court?
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona State University political scientist, Matt Bosworth, is offering a four-week community class beginning Thursdays on the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court and the Constitution. Classes are Fridays from 2:30-to 4:30 p.m. Tuition: $40. Among issues: Affirmative action, gay rights and religion, abortion, and election law. Details.
mailto:jkauphusman@winona.edu
Apartment house now off-limits to uninvited “guest”
ROLLINGSTONE, Minn. – After some sleuthing, deputies found a person camping out in an apartment building common space. The person was told to leave and issued a citation not to come back. There had been two cases recently of someone doing drugs overnight in the space. New surveillance cameras are in place.
College scores
Basketball (men): Winona State 67, Minot State 58
Basketball (women): Minot State 66, Winona State 58
Gymnastics (women): UW-Whitewater 185.775, Winona State 179.875
Hockey (women): Saint Mary’s 5, St. Catherine 0
Wrestling: UW-LaCrosse 26, UW-Platteville 10
Minnesota prep
Basketball (boys): Rochester Mayo Spartans 77, Winona Winhawks 55
Basketball (girls): Rochester Mayo Spartans 64, Winona Winhawks 53
Wisconsin prep
Basketball (boys): Gilmanton Panthers 62, Independence Indees 60
Basketball (boys): Alma/Pepin Eagles 71, Cochrane-Fountain City Pirates 70
Basketball (boys): Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs 62, Independence Indees 43
Basketball (girls): Westby Norsemen 63, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks 18
Basketball (girls): Hammond St. Croix Central Panthers 59, Arcadia Raiders 45
Driver hurt in blazing Rochester collision
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Rochester woman was injured in a fiery two-vehicle collision at a north Rochester intersection. Inez Mae Strahl. 87, was taken to a nearby hospital. Her injuries were non-life threatening, a state trooper said. Strahl was making a left turn from westbound Civic Center Drive to go south on Highway 52. The other driver, William Joseph Fogarty, 55, of Rochester, who was eastbound, was unhurt. The accident weas about 5:40 p.m. Stahl was in a 2002Ford Escape, Fogarty in a 2020 Jeep Cherokee.
Erupts in flames. AT Civic Center Drive and U.S. 52. Then smolders in steam and smoke. Images: Siera Garcia andState Patrol
Railroad loses trackside ties to thief
LEWISTON, Minn. – Somebody stealing creosoted railroad ties in a pickup truck drove off before deputies could stop him. The ties are ideal for landscaping and expensive at a lumber yard. To a railroad they’re essential for keeping tracks at their precise 4-foot 8-1/2 inch gauge. The ties had been stacked trackside for routine repairs at the Canadian Pacific’s arched stone viaduct on an embankment above Farmers Park. The theft was about 5 p.m. There also had been earlier sightings of the thief making hauls.
R.I.P.: Roger Brosnahan
WINONA, Minn. – Roger Paul Brosnahan, whose law career was mostly in Winona, died at age 87. He was in retirement in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He was elected the youngest president of the Minnesota State Bar Association. He served many years as Minnesota’s delegate to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates. He was certified to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a graduate of the Michigan Law School. His clients included sovereign government halfway around the world, corporations, African royalty, famous athletes ,and regular people, many of whom had been injured and couldn’t afford to hire a lawyer. Burial was planned for summer at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Winona.
1934-2023.
How they voted: Minnesota abortion reform / 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House voted 69-65 to delete a list of prohibited abortion-related practices rom state statutes. The bill goes next the state Senate. Here’s how southeast Minnesota representatives voted:
To delete
Tina Liebling, D-24B (Rochester)
Kim Hicks, D-25A (Rochester)
Andy Smith, D-25B (Rochester)
Against
Pam Altendorf, R-20A (Red Wing)
Steve Jacob, R-20B (Elba)
Duane Quam, R-24A (Byron)
Gene Pelowski, D-26A (Winona)
Greg Davids, R-26B (Preston)
Earlier: Biden emissary shows flag on abortion
Earlier: Abortion rights clear Minnesota House hurdle
Earlier: Bishops call abortion bill’s pace destructive
Earlier: Pelowski sits out abortion bill; foresees passage
Earlier: Minnesota DFL looks to enact reproductive reforms
Earlier: Prinsburg mystery: Outgoing anti-abortion solon did it
I-90 at Eyota: Pickup, trailer overturn
EYOTA, Minn. – A Wisconsin woman was hurt when her pickup truck and a trailer-in-tow hit an icy patch and overturned near the Interstate 90 interchange to Eyota. Barbara Joyce Nyenhuis, 63, of Waupaca, was rushed 26 miles to a Rochester hospital. Her injuries appeared non-life threatening. The accident was about 9:30 a.m. Nyenhuis was westbound toward Rochester and just beyond the Eyota ramps. She was 190 miles into her trip.
Wreckage in median. Tow-truck driver positioning to recover pickuo and trailer. Image: Minnesota State Patrol
48-hour update on latest snow
WINONA, Minn. – The latest snow storm added 8.4 inches to what was already in the ground in Winona. There were scattered reports of as much as 12 inches in parts of Wabasha County and 10 inches in Fillmore County. No new storms have been forecast for the coming two weeks.
Earlier: New snow worries school officials
Expert: LEC conversion “highly unachievable”
WINONA, Minn. – The construction contractor Market & Johnson, whiich is building the new county jail, says that updating the current Law Enforcement Center as a city police headquarters is not a workable idea. Police space requirements would require stacking a new third floor on top of the existing structure, said Tyler Schulz, project manager at Market & Johnson. This, he said, would be “highly unachievable.” New foundations and columns would be needed, he said. Also, construction would necessitate shutting down the joint sheriff-police dispatch center because dust generated by construction would jeopardize sensitive communication and computer equipment. Inside garaging needed for police vehicles would be problematic, Schulz said: Insufficient space. Then too would be an exacerbation of parking problems in the already cramped county office campus, not to mention reducing the functionality of the whole campus. What about the 3,900-square foot workout and training on the police list of needs? Again, no space, Schulz said.
Days numbered? So many negatives speak against finding future uses for the cramped Law Enforcement Center. How cramped is it? Not enough stalls to park police vehicles inside. What about adding a third floor on top. Engineering problems, say experts. Any reason to preserve the building? Certainly not the bland if not ugly architecture that visually crowds the grand 1888 Courthouse next door.
Minnesota prep
Basketball (boys): Rushford-Peterson Trojans 71, St. Charles Saints 34
Basketball (boys): Lewiston-Altura Cardinals and Caledonia Warriors, postponed
Basketball (girls): Rushford-Peterson Trojans 57, St. Charles Saints 31
Basketball (girls): Lewiston-Altura Cardinals ad Caledonia Warriors, postponed
Hockey (boys): Winona Winhawks and Faribault Falcons, postponed
Hockey (girls): Winona Winhawks and Waseca Blue Jay, postponed
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