MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. – The Winona police dispatcher continues to receive about a call a week for help with an unwanted rattlesnake. The most recent was about 7:40 p.m. in the 2300 block of Whitman Deering Drive north of Minnesota City. A trained snake-handler was summoned to corral the snake and take it far away from residential areas.

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