Gymnastics (women): Winona State 182.625, Hamline 181.375, Simpson 180.500

LAKEVILLE, Minn. – A 31-year-old pregnant woman was shot and wounded fatally in the parking lot an Amazon distribution center that serves two states. Doctors saved the baby but not the mother. Arrested at the scene was Dontae Rapheal McCray, 32, of Minneapolis. He was booked at the Dakota County jail. Police said McCray was an Amazon employee. His relationship with the deceased woman was not immediately clear. The shooting was about 7 p.m.

McCray. Woman was in parked car, police said.

WINONA, Minn. – Police tasered a Winona man in a leg when, they said, he became belligerent when being transported to the hospital for detoxification evaluation. Nathaniel James Moritz, 28, had been arrested in the 400 block of East Ninth Street about 8:30 p.m. The resident complained that Moritz was trying repeatedly to get inside. The woman locked the doors and called 911. When police arrived, Moritz was still around and “very intoxicated,” officers said. With his blood-alcohol at an especially high 0.28%, officers cuffed him for his own safety He resisted belligerently, at which point he was tased, officers said. At the hospital, after officers had departed, Moritz was released to a friend. Police said they would mail a disorderly conduct and resisting arrest citation to him.

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Officers entering a southeast Rochester apartment found themselves in the crosshairs of a gun held by a man in a shooting stance. The lead officer ducked behind the door expecting gunfire. No shots rang out. The officer peeked around the door. The man had discarded the gun and raised his hands. Robert Barnes, 61. was taken into custody. The weapon, it turned out, was a black air-soft handgun made to look like a semi-automatic. In the apartment police also recovering an air-soft weapon made to look real. Police had gone to apartment, near Mayo High School in the 1400 block of 10th Avenue Southeast, after a neighbor reported overhearing a man telling a woman in a nearby unit that he would kill her. They were denied access but entered anyway for fear of a woman’s safety. This was shortly before 3:30 p.m.

Barnes. An affinity for real-looking soft-air guns.

THEILMAN, Minn. — A 12-year-old boy, Blaze Himle, was killed, apparently instantly, when his snowmobile crashed into a tree. . The accident was about 1 p.m. on private property near the Zumbro River hamlet of Theilman in central Wabasha County.

WINONA, Minn. – A seasonal and sunny Sunday will have afternoon highs in the mid-20s, forecasters said. Mostly to partly sunny skies will start the start the work week in the low 30s. The temperature trend will continue with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s through the week. Isolated precipitation, possibly a few snow showers, are possible Thursday

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Time and again police thought they had located Terry Moon, but he kept getting away. The hunt for Moon, 21, of Rochester, began after a woman reported Friday that a man was banging on her door and attempting to break in. Police gave this account: From the description provided by the woman at the attempted break-in, police spotted Moon a few blocks away at the Broadway Avenue McDonald’s. When approached, Moon pulled a glass bottle from somewhere and took off running. Shortly thereafter another officer spotted Moon trying to get into the backdoor of a house in the 100 block of 10th Street Northeast. He fled again, crossing to another home and checking the doors before taking off on foot again. This all began about 3:30 p.m. Later in the weekend officers located Moon a final time — and made the arrest.

Moon. Foot chase after foot chase after foot chase.

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — A St. Paul man was injured critically when his vehicle and a semi-trailer truck collided south of Spring Valley. Winston Derryl Parson, 48, was rushed 35 miles to a Rochester hospital. His condition was described as life-threatening. The accident was about 4:25 a.m. on U.S. Highway 63 at County and 14. The State Patrol said that Parson, in a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox, was not wearing a seat belt. The truck driver, Jerry Lee Nagel, 63, of Cresco, Iowa, was unhurt. Nagel was headed north toward Spring Valley in a 2018 Freightliner, and Parson south toward the Iowa border, police said. Pavement was dry.

WINONA, Minn. – An Iowa man was charged with drunken driving after a traffic stop on Bruski Drive on the Far East End. Timothy Daniel Dylan, 50, of Peoria, refused several opportunities for a blood-alcohol tests. Why? “I am fine,” police quoted him as saying. Officers thought otherwise, noting bloodshot, watery eyes and slurred speech and body odor. This was about 2 a.m. Charges also included several traffic violations.

CAMERON, Wis. – A bus carrying a college wrestling team home from a tournament erupted in flame in an engine fire. Everyone scrambled out unhurt. The rented bus had been at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, on an overnight trip with Milwaukee School of Engineering wrestlers. The team was 185 miles into a 480-mile trip home. The fire was at the Highway 53 and Highway 8 cloverleaf south of Cameron about 7:45 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies took the driver and wrestlers to a county office to warm up and have snacks while waiting for a new bus. Traffic blocked southbound Highway 53 nearly two hours.

Unexpected northern Wisconsin stop. U.S. Highway 53 was blocked two hours. The highway links LaCrosse, Eau Claire, Duluth and International Falls. Image: Barron County sheriff

Basketball (men): Southwest Minnesota State 65, Winona State 63

Basketball (men): Saint Mary’s 89, Saint John’s 57

Basketball (men): UW-LaCrosse 62, UW-Stevens Point 51

Basketball (women): Winona State 76, Bemidji State 63

Basketball (women): Saint Benedict 65, Saint Mary’s 58

Basketball (women): UW-LaCrosse 47, UW-Stevens Point 45

Hockey (men): UW-Eau Claire 4, Saint Mary’s 1

Hockey (women): Saint Mary’s 2, UW-Stevens Point 1

Wrestling: Augsburg 23, UW-LaCrosse 13

RIDEGEWAY, Minn. – Winona County deputies responded to a report of an assault at The Shed bar in Ridgeway and found a drunk teen-ager. The kid said an assault never happened. Surveillance video showed otherwise. He was cited for under-age boozing and endangering conduct — and told not to come back.

The Shed. A rural gathering spot. At 35960 County Road 12.

GILMANTON, Wis.— A dairy tank truck lost traction climbing a steep hill, slid backwards out of control, and overturned. The driver was unhurt. This was on County Road KK west of Gilmanton.  The truck landed upside-down in a deep ravine. The scraping impact on the way down the slope ripped the giant stainless steel milk tank from the truck’s frame.

On the farm rounds. Dropping temperatures turned the road to ice. Image: Buffalo County sheriff.

ST,PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota Air National Guard flight nurse has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the nation’s highest recognition for aerial achievement, In August 2021 Major Katie Lunning led a team that evacuated 22 patients who were critically injured by a suicide bomb at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. All the injured survived the eight-hour flight to Germany. The citation noted that hadn’t slept for 50 hours before the flight.

Lunning. And her C-17. First Air Guard flight nurse to receive the honor. From Hastings.