WINONA, Minn. — A Red Wing man was charged with terrorizing and attacking a girlfriend physically because, as she told police, she wouldn’t mute her music. Arrested was Gabriel Read Lamere, age 19. He acknowledged the incident but denied anything more than a verbal exchange.  The girlfriend’s roommate quoted Lemer: “I’m going to dump a clip in that bitch’s head” and “I’m going to beat the shit out of that bitch.” Lamere wasn’t in the house when police but was found nearby. The girlfriend, age 18, said she was hurting but didn’t want medical attention. This was about 6:45 p.m. in the 500 block of West Fifth Street.

Lamere. Police relied party on witness account to make arrest.

CANNON FALLS, Minn, — An Iowa motorcyclist heading north toward the Twin Cities was injured when he lost control and went into the median on U.S. Highway 52 south of Cannon Falls. Cole Craig Schmidt, 41, of Charles City, was taken 41 miles to a Rochester hospital. His injuries, said first-responders, were non-life threatening. The accident was on dry pavement about 12:46 p.m. on the four-lane divided right-of-way. Schmidt was aboard a 2015 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic. Wearing a helmet? He was not, said first-responders.

HOMER, Minn. – A Winona woman who walked up to a car wreck being by police was arrested as having driven the car and wandering off, apparently to seek help. She was drunk, police said. This was about 3:40 a.n.  on U.S. Highway 61at Black Horse Road just south of Winona. Police said that Sujee Bang, age 39, had walked down the highway shoulder, then, seeing police arrive, decided to walk back. Police tested  Bang’s blood alcohol and found 0.15% almost double what’s allowed to drive. She also failed roadside sobriety exercises.

But is market shrinking? This beautifully mature field near Galesville may be problematic. There are global market uncertainties. In response to the Trump global trade war, China has placed a 15% retaliatory tariff on U.S. corn and shifted its purchases to Brazil, which has a record crop. Other nations also have invoked retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agricultural products. Image: Steve Lunde

Soccer (women): Winona State 1, Northern State of South Dakota 1

Volleyball (women): Winna State 3 , Northern State of South Dakota 0

STOCKTON, Minn. The six-mile U.S. Highway 14 stretch over Stockton Hill is barricaded for major reconstruction at both ends, in Winona and Stockton. Even so, police catch several drivers a week venturing into the dangerous work zone. Running the barricades  can be costly. The crime is a misdemeanor punishable by as much as a $1,000 fine and 90 days jail..  The $14 million project’s status: On schedule be completed by November.

Earlier: What’s going on up Stockton Hill

RED WING, Minn. — The driver of a Freightliner straight truck was injured when he hit a guardrail near the Treasure Island casino entrance to U.S. Highway 61. It appeared that the injuries to Lamont Ordoerick Jones, 51, of Eagan, were sustainable.  Nonetheless he was taken to the hospital. The accident was about 2 p.m. Jones driving south on County 18, also called Prairie Island Boulevard. No other vehicles were involved.

MINNESOTA CITY Minn. — A man told deputies that someone entered his trailer house and stole the equivalent of $46,000 in bitcoin. The theft had been in the past week, the man said. The bitcoin was in a $150 wallet. Missing he said, were 36 bitcoins and 88,900 in XRP currency, which would convert to $252,000. Deputies were unclear about what seemed inconsistencies in the reported crypto value. The theft report came from Hidden Valley about 12:15 p.m.

RIDGEWAY, Minn. — The last of 30-some animals from an overturned cattle truck on Interstate 90 was rounded up. The animal was found grazing off County Road 104 east of Ridgeway. This was about 10 hours after the accident.

Earlier: Cattle truck overturns: Animals dead, injured

WINONA, Minn. — The trial of a Winona woman accused of manslaughter in the Baby Angel case still may come in October. Attorneys now have filed lists of proposed witnesses with Judge Nancy Buytendorp for review at a hearing in early October. The hearing would be preliminary to trial of Jennifer Baechle, now 43 years old. Baechle is accused in the 2011 death of an infant known as Baby Angel, whose body was found floating in the Mississippi River 14 years ago. The new court documents also list proosed evidence. The evidence includes laboratory reports and items like the angel figurines that were cradled around Baby Angel’s body.

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RIDGEWAY, Minn. — A semi-truck hauling live cattle overturned on Interstate 90 with the animals — dead, injured and alive — scattered all over. There was no immediate report on the driver’s condition. The accident happened between the I-90 exit south to Houston and the Nodine exit at the top of the Four Mile Grade. This was about 2:40 a.m. Traffic was routed  around the mess almost six hours while carcasses and wreckage were removed and loose animals rounded up.

WINONA, Minn. — A police officer smelled alcohol coming from a car stopped for a traffic issue and then established why. The driver, Andrew Richard Kranz, age 23, of Minneapolis, showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.15% — more than double what’s allowed for driving. Kranz had bees stopped at Fifth and Winona streets about 1 a.m. He failed roadside sobriety exercises, the arresting officer said. The officer also reported tell-tale blood-shot and watery and slurred speech.

Kranz. Stopped near downtown bar district.

Fungus among us. Fall is a mushroom time of year. They especially like to grow out of decaying wood. This one has emerged to tower over disintegrating mulch near a front door up East Burns Valley. Image: Andy Frank

Soccer (women):  UW-LaCrosse 5, Simpson 0

Football: Eau Claire Regis Ramblers 35, Durand Arkansaw Panthers 6

ROCHESTER, Minn. — An estimated 1,500 people, in collapsible lawn chairs and many standing, gathered on the green turf at Soldiers Field in a remembrance vigil for slain political activist Charlie Kirk. The message of speaker after speaker was to tone down political violence. Organizer Brad Trahan, a one-time mayoral candidate, called for change through dialogue, peace and love. Athough Kirk cultivated a following of young conservatives, the Soldiers Field mourners were older, many graying. Many wore jewelry with Christian crosses and other quiet signals of faith. Although Kirk was a strident Trump advocate and Republican, there was not a single MAGA cap or other Trump paraphernalia. Trahan began with a focus not on partisanship but on unity. He told the crowd that the vigil was a chance to reflect on the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers, both Democrats, in June, and also the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis this month. Many posters in the crowd Biblical passages. People held candles during a moment of silence and as the recordings if “On Eagle’s Wings” and “There Be Peace on Earth” were played. At the end of the 20-minute program, people lined at up and rang a a ceremonial bell. There was silence except for the mournful tolls.

Trahan. Vigil organizer. Setting the the tone.

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Until next time. The American Melody plows upriver at full power after a day visit to Winona. The 180-guest riverboat will be back October 2 and 16 to finish the 2025 season when the bluffs are in full fall color. Image: Steve Lunde

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WIN0NA, Minn.  — Thousands of bikers were expected to converge on Winona this weekend for the annual Flood Run and then keep going and head home. It’s been 60 years since the first run, when a dozen bikers rode from the Twin Cities to Winona to help sandbag against one of the most devastating Mississippi River floods in history. The biker event has become e a fund-raising ritual sponsored by bars up and down the river and later up the St Croix River. Proceeds go to the Gillette children’s hospital  in St. Paul.

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WEAVER, Minn. — A Kellogg driver was injured when her pickup overturned several times off U.S. Highway 61. Nicole Marie Peters, age 33, was taken 42 miles to a Rochester hospital. First-responders from Kellogg and Wabasha believed her injuries were sustainable. The accident was about 3:40 p.m. Peters was alone in the vehicle, a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado, and wearing a seatbelt, deputies said. She was northbound toward Kellogg. Alcohol was listed as factor in a report to the State Patrol.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A coalition of state attorneys general prevailed in protecting personal data about food stamp recipients from exploitation by by the Trump administration — for now any way. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order stalling a Trump demand that states turn over personal information on everyone who receives nutritional assistance through state-administered FoodShare programs. Among plaintiffs: Keitb Ellison of Minnesota and Josh Kaul of Wisconsin. The Trump demand was through the U.S. Agriculture Department. The agency wanted Social Security numbers and home addresses for the past five years. The motive was to pass data on to U.S. Immigration Control and Enforcement agents to cull immigrants for deportation, it was feared. The Trump demand had been accompanied a threat to withhold federal funds to states for nutrition assistance. Unclear now is whether Trump attorneys would appeal the injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney.

Prevailing force

Plaintiffs: Attorneys general from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and the District of Columbia