HOLIDAYS: Sing in the season: “Messiah” at Central Lutheran
HOLIDAYS: 652 Herky Turkey meals plated, bagged, delivered
ARTS: Play from book “Lightning Thief” on Winona stage
GOVERNANCE: Pelowski sees surplus breakthrough in Legislature
GOVERNANCE: Walz: Let’s legalize marijuana; prohibition a failure
GOVERNANCE: Miller bows out as top state senator
HEALTH: Winona Health rated in top 14% nationally
HEALTH: Gundersen-Bellin merger on track
HEALTH: Minnesota nurses again gird for strike
SCHOOLS: Gavel falls against keeping Altura school
CRIME: Top guy in regional drug trade pleads guilty
CRIME: Turkey plant ponders action over child-labor issues
CRIME: Life without parole for Christmas parade massacre
CRIME: Rochester man accused in machete attack
CRIME: Not-guilty pleas in two Red Wing infanticides
CRIME: Reichel’s exec and $600,000 credit card abuse
CRIME: Three guns, ammo, drugs seized in St. Charles
ECONOMY: Minnesota job data up but not for blacks
ENVIRONMENT: Researcher: Duckweed a serious pond contaminant