WINONA, Minn. – This is the Winona Journal’s reverse countdown to the history that Winonans witnessed the past year:
State agencies gigged as unresponsive to nitrate-poisoned drinking water
Daleys lose again in persistent bid to expand factory-scale dairy farm
Murky GOP-linked mailer demonizes Pelowski
Dutch firm drops contentious plan for biogas factories
Farmers see crop loss from drought
Repinski chooses disparaged GOP fundraising firm in campaign for Legisature
Huge cocaine bust finds drug in woman’s car, apartment, brassiere
Greek buyers acquire Winona’s Hal Leonard sheet music trove
Lakeside bandshell added to National Historic Register
Jackass entrepreneur sees Goodview as destination site for tourists
Winona County moves to prevent dog kennel abuses
Ex-WSU dean and wife, produce porn with selves in starring roles
WSU enrollment slippage eases
Southeast College president reprimanded for wrongful expenses billing, bad-mouthing
Spring flooding covers lowlands, stalls river commerce
Construction of levee hotel receives huge tax break
$28 million concert hall under construction
School bus lost on opening day of school: Where the kids?
After 15 years, WSU president moves up to state chancellorship
After 40-year run, Winona Mall calling it quits
SMU shrinks arts programs, lays off faculty
Carp’s Mississippi River invasion now at Winona’s doorstep
Ten-week search for Maddi Kingsbury ends with murder charge