WINONA, Minn. – Life in Winona just got easier for people who park their cars on the street overnight — at least until next winter. The city’s alternate-side parking rules expired for the season. It’s been a typical winter with roughly 2,400 tickets at $25 a pop and 100 tows for whatever Borkowski Towing charges, which can be more than $300 with storage fees to retrieve your car. A year-to-year comparison from Police Chief Tom Williams:
2023: 2,392 tickets and 104 tows.
2022: 2,498 and 96.
2021; 1,556 and 227.
2020: 2,410 and 190.
2019: 2,601 and 408.