(2008/08/07)
Winona man says he knows few details on how, why he was shot in foot
(2008/08/07)
Winona police apprehended a man Tuesday suspected of shoplifting from Wal-Mart and assaulting an employee, after a weaving car chase and a manhunt through backyards that lasted more than two hours.
(2008/08/07)
ARCADIA, Wis. — A barn under construction a few miles north of Arcadia collapsed Wednesday, trapping at least one man in the rubble, witnesses said.
(2008/08/07)
EDITOR’S NOTE — Can the long separation be extended further? Yes, and for some there’s major fighting ahead. Fifth of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war.
(2008/08/07)
Buffalo City, the largest city in Wisconsin without public water and sewer services, appears to be at the top of a statewide list of cities to obtain federal grant funding for a public water system project.
(2008/08/07)
Get ready to party for a good cause. The 46th annual Winona Health Auxiliary Birthday Ball is Sept. 13 at Signatures.
(2008/08/07)
The Houston County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a man found in Houston County on Wednesday morning.
(2008/08/07)
The intersection of Fifth and Franklin sees its share of collisions, according to Jesse Vernon, a two-year resident of 227 E. Fifth.
(2008/08/06)
A third of Winona’s public schools failed to meet federal performance requirements this year, a percentage on par with other districts in the region but better than the state as a whole, according to results publicly released Tuesday by the Minnesota Department of Education
(2008/08/06)
At a time when most veterans’ organizations are shrinking or struggling, Winona’s are expanding.
(2008/08/06)
The Rev. Donald Dean Budd pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 10 charges of criminal sexual conduct that allege he took advantage of a woman seeking spiritual guidance from him in 2003 and 2005.
(2008/08/06)
Goodview leaders have tapped assistant police chief Kent Russell to head the city’s police department when the current chief, LaVern Hauschildt, retires in October.
(2008/08/06)
After 187 tickets, one conviction and a year on probation, Alan Jon Nagle was charged again last month for allegedly running an illegal junkyard on his property in rural Dakota, Minn.
(2008/08/06)
Authorities accused a Winona woman late last week of selling marijuana from her home this spring while her children were present.
(2008/08/06)
Rock Solid Youth Center’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” starts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and while director Mark Roeckers said it’s not the Disney show, the audience can expect to see the familiar cast of characters.
(2008/08/06)
Winona County commissioners Tuesday heartily endorsed a plan that could lead to construction of the county’s first commercial wind turbine on a site in Wiscoy Township.
(2008/08/06)
Police chased a suspect accused of assaulting a Wal-Mart employee Tuesday morning for more than an hour before catching the person.
(2008/08/06)
Editor’s note: Roadside bomb blasts change everything for two soldiers and their families back home. Fourth of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war.
(2008/08/05)
Three area teenagers received certificates of recognition from the Winona Fire Department for saving the lives of three people from a burning house last month.
(2008/08/05)
It was low clouds, not hostile flak, that caused a WWII-vintage B-17 bomber to make an unscheduled landing at the Winona airport about 2 p.m. Monday.
(2008/08/05)
Four Winona police officers have volunteered to lend security assistance to the St. Paul Police Department for the Republican National Convention in September.
(2008/08/05)
Winona bar patrons have enjoyed their alcoholic beverages on outdoor patios for years. But the pastime only became explicitly legal after a city council vote Monday night.
(2008/08/05)
Haine Crown spent a lifetime teaching people to use art to work through pain and distress. On Sunday, more than 250 people attended her funeral, creating a tapestry of lives who were touched by this artist-turned-therapist.
(2008/08/05)
A Holmen, Wis., man maintained his innocence in the beating of a Dresbach, Minn., man last August but took advantage of a plea agreement Monday rather than face a jury trial and potentially stiffer sentencing.
(2008/08/05)
Nature has always inspired artists to make beautiful creations. But the artwork in “Where the Prairie Meets the River” is about more than pretty pictures. Conserving nature is the muse for the exhibit opening today at Winona State University’s Paul Watkins Gallery and the Winona Arts Center.
(2008/08/05)
EDITOR’S NOTE — Troops and families at home count the many milestones missed and made. Third of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war.
(2008/08/04)
RIDGEWAY, Minn. — Pleasant Hill Township. Just the name sounds nice. And if you ask the people who live in the small community of about 500, they’ll tell you. It’s a pretty nice place to live.
(2008/08/04)
Commercial wind power is slated to arrive in Fillmore County, Minn., while Trempealeau County, Wis., has rebuffed it so far. Now it appears Winona County may be the next municipality to decide whether — or how — to embrace wind power.
(2008/08/04)
National Guard troops reach their stations in Iraq while family members back home begin a hard adjustment. This is the second of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the war.
(2008/08/04)
The Associated Press ST. PAUL — A 73-year-old retired surgeon plans to march in silence, carrying a tombstone picturing a soldier killed in Iraq.
(2008/08/04)
The Great River Shakespeare Festival announced July 26 the winners of its first ever City-Wide Sonnet Contest at the Acoustic Café.
(2008/08/03)
The lush valleys and rugged bluffs of Whitewater State Park form a pristine panorama from Steve Jacob’s back porch. On the same scenic ridgetop, Jacob and his ancestors have both lived and made their living for 130 years.
(2008/08/03)
The sun burned hot early Saturday on a Spandex-clad crowd outside Sheehan Hall.
(2008/08/03)
Editor’s note — Called to arms from their civilian life, members of a Minnesota National Guard unit say their goodbyes to their loved ones, not knowing that they are about to depart on the longest deployment of the Iraq war. The first of seven parts. Turn to www.winonadailynews.com every day to read the next six parts.
(2008/08/03)
ROLLINGSTONE, Minn. — In decades past, Rollingstone residents couldn’t navigate around the crowds in the streets during the annual Rollingstone Days festival.
(2008/08/03)
HOLMEN, Wis. — Holmen is leaning toward setting up a tax increment finance district to encourage commercial development
(2008/08/02)
A Chicago man was arrested for allegedly selling about 54 grams of cocaine to a police informant, after his car broke down Thursday and the man made a stop in Winona.
(2008/08/02)
The Mighty Mississippi looked a little lonely early Friday morning with no boats, no barges, no waves.
(2008/08/02)
Dnt txt n drv. A new Minnesota law went into effect Friday making TWD — Texting While Driving — illegal.
(2008/08/02)
Winona Daily News A man accused of allowing another man to have sex with a 12-year-old girl in a Winona hotel room in 2006 made his first appearance in Winona County District Court Friday, more than a year after he was originally charged with the crime.
(2008/08/02)
Two Winona men with restraining orders against each other were accused Friday of violating the orders in two incidents of “childish behavior,” authorities said.
(2008/08/02)
Arcadia Mayor John Kimmel has taken the state to court over its decision to keep him off the ballot in this fall’s election for the District 91 Assembly seat.
(2008/08/02)
Every Monday through Saturday at 5 p.m., the bells ring out from the tower at Central United Methodist Church in Winona.
(2008/08/01)
TRW Automotive announced a 31-percent increase in second-quarter earnings a day after state officials said the corporation planned to lay off of at least 80 workers at its Winona facility, according to media reports.
(2008/08/01)
WABASHA, Minn. — John Bouquet may live in Rochester, Minn., but he calls Wabasha home.
(2008/08/01)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — The deadline for public comment in the controversial power line project known as CapX2020 has been extended to Sept. 26.
(2008/08/01)
MINNEAPOLIS — It was just past 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, in the heart of rush hour, when the Interstate 35W bridge buckled and fell into the Mississippi River. Thirteen people died.
(2008/08/01)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Patrick Leahy couldn’t have gone into cardiac arrest at a better place and at the right time.
(2008/08/01)
The city of Winona reported that it cleared the Bob Welch Aquatic Center about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, when a boy was found unconscious in the pool.
(2008/08/01)
Kathryn Stella Rogers, 30, of Fountain City, Wis., was found guilty of a felony
(2008/08/01)
An evidentiary hearing on assault charges against Jack Willis Nissalke, scheduled for Thursday, was postponed until Aug. 19 because Nissalke’s attorney could not make the hearing.
(2008/08/01)
ELEVA, Wis. — Charges are pending against an Eleva man accused of stabbing another man Tuesday night.
(2008/07/31)
TRW Automotive, which employs more than 800 people in Winona, soon will lay off at least 80 employees from its local facility, the corporation has told state officials.
(2008/07/31)
Major building projects on Winona college campuses are nearing completion as the fall semester approaches.
(2008/07/31)
A Minnesota City man died Tuesday after he was crushed by a piece of farm equipment.
(2008/07/31)
Jeremy Miller is sure that kickoff at a renovated Paul Giel Field will be on time.
(2008/07/31)
GOODVIEW, Minn. — Police blame a gaggle of troublesome geese for a collision involving a semitrailer and a van Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 61 in Goodview, near LaCanne Park.
(2008/07/31)
Merchants Financial Group Inc. earnings at mid-year well exceeded budget and previous year’s performance, according to chief executive Richard L. Mahoney.
(2008/07/30)
BROWNSVILLE, Minn. — A train derailment in southeastern Minnesota could be related to the failure of a wooden railroad bridge.
(2008/07/30)
The Winona County Attorney’s Office has accused a Kellogg, Minn., man of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.
(2008/07/30)
Officials in Winona and Wabasha counties are negotiating a proposed swap of jail and emergency dispatch services as part of an ongoing effort to house excess prisoners in Winona County’s overcrowded jail.
(2008/07/30)
The flood that wrecked much of Houston County in August 2007 spared the DunRomin’ Park Campground. The second time around, DunRomin’ owners Peter and Dawn Johnson weren’t as lucky.
(2008/07/30)
An agricultural mechanics teacher at Cochrane-Fountain City School has been named the district’s new principal.
(2008/07/30)
A man twice shot with a Taser by authorities has been ruled unfit to stand trial.
(2008/07/30)
Connoisseurs of art and food will feast Friday at the fifth annual Art Auction for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Winona and second annual Taste of Winona at Signatures Restaurant.
(2008/07/30)
Ethanol isn’t entirely to blame for rising fuel and food prices, state Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Boerboom told Winona business leaders Tuesday.
(2008/07/29)
The approval process for the proposed Applewood Pointe senior-living complex should include an archaeological examination of the proposed building site due to recent reports that it may contain Indian artifacts, Winona planning commissioners agreed Monday.
(2008/07/29)
ALBERT LEA, Minn. — A weekend wedding in Albert Lea turned out to be as memorable for one guest as it was for the bride and groom.
(2008/07/29)
It’s the Winona City Planning Department versus the U.S. Constitution.
(2008/07/29)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A judge is considering letting a La Crosse woman charged with killing her child out of jail on a bond secured by property, a highly unusual move in La Crosse County.
(2008/07/29)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to 1531, when an Aztec peasant named Juan Diego is said to have had visions of the Virgin Mary.
(2008/07/29)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — The La Crescent City Council expected to get an update Monday night on a proposed high-voltage power line that could come through the area.
(2008/07/28)
A month has passed, the performances are finished and the final curtain has closed. The Great River Shakespeare Festival concluded its fifth season Sunday.
(2008/07/28)
HOLMEN, Wis. — Scouts and their leaders like the new Camp Decorah, a nationally certified Boy Scout Camp on the Black River north of Holmen.
(2008/07/28)
At an April public hearing, we heard a variety of words used to describe the proposed Applewood Pointe senior-living cooperative. Supporters called the proposal — which would partly finance construction of 42 apartment units with $500,000 in taxpayer dollars — “exciting,” while detractors dubbed it unnecessary.
(2008/07/27)
A 16-year-old girl nearly died at the hands of three rapists in a West End apartment on Nov. 4, 2004.
(2008/07/27)
HOUSTON, Minn. — Luke Skifton passed the first group of spectators, hit a bump in the road and veered off course.
(2008/07/27)
An Altura, Minn., man accused of strangling a woman was captured by police early Saturday morning after a foot chase.
(2008/07/27)
EVENT: Trempealeau County Fair, celebrating “150 years of living history.”
(2008/07/27)
MECHANICAL SCIENCE Aerospace Champion: Dalton Scharmer, Wilson Fireflies Reserve champion: Tayor Wait, CATS Participants: Conner Ellinghuysen, Silo Happy Hustlers; and Jennifer Beyer, Utica Victory
(2008/07/27)
BAGHDAD — The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost.
(2008/07/26)
Paper or plastic doesn’t cut it anymore. At least for a growing number of shoppers at Winona grocery stores. Grocers now offer “green” bags — which can include canvas, vinyl or cotton — as alternatives to less environmentally friendly paper and plastic bags.
(2008/07/26)
Winona County Sheriff’s Deputies used satellite images to find a hazardous tire dump that led to charges Wednesday against a Houston, Minn., man.
(2008/07/26)
Two Winona State University professors want to turn political momentum building on college campuses into long-term civic engagement.
(2008/07/26)
Wilson Township leaders say the status quo sounds just fine when it comes to the prospect of development near the now-rural interchange of Interstate 90 and Highway 43.
(2008/07/26)
More than a dozen charges filed against a Utica, Minn., man were reduced Friday to just two.
(2008/07/26)
A man was thrown from his vehicle and seriously injured Thursday afternoon when he failed to yield and was struck by an oncoming car near Lewiston, Minn., the Winona County Sheriff’s Department reported.
(2008/07/25)
Businessman Chris Livingston said he doesn’t buy it when Winonans say their city has “a dead downtown.”
(2008/07/25)
WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday aimed at improving the safety of the nation’s bridges, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis and a month after the emergency closure of Winona’s Interstate Bridge.
(2008/07/25)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A judge Thursday delayed his decision on whether to dismiss a homicide charge against a La Crosse woman accused of letting her newborn daughter die.
(2008/07/25)
The jury trial for a Goodview man accused of receiving a shipment of nearly a pound of opium last year was delayed Thursday until October.
(2008/07/25)
The federal minimum wage rose 70 cents Thursday, giving about 2 million Americans a raise.
(2008/07/25)
Another drug dealer rounded up in last fall’s Operation Watchful Neighborhoods drug bust was sent to prison Thursday.
(2008/07/25)
A man caught by police beneath a bed in an apartment he burglarized in January was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation.
(2008/07/25)
Police used a Taser to bring a man into custody on a felony drug warrant Wednesday after he fled officers on foot.
(2008/07/25)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — On a hot, humid July afternoon, Harry Hoch was in his garage preparing buckets-full of small, round apple maggot traps.
(2008/07/24)
With the fuel that powers cars and planes getting pricier, Jen Salzman says riding a train makes more sense than ever. Salzman, a student at Saint Mary’s University, said the Amtrak train that goes through Winona has become a cheaper option than driving or flying home to visit her family in Chicago.
(2008/07/24)
Cities such as Winona could more easily mitigate the effects of critical bridge closures under a bill amendment proposed by Rep. Tim Walz, DFL-Minn.
(2008/07/24)
The Riverway Learning Community school board voted unanimously Wednesday to support its director’s decision to convert its primary classes to a Montessori-based system.
(2008/07/24)
Lisa Sue Stencel sobbed loudly Wednesday when a prosecutor argued she should be sent to prison for helping attack a sleeping man in his home in April 2007.
(2008/07/24)
ONALASKA, Wis. — He was an honor student, an Eagle Scout, a quiet leader. The kind of boy a father would want his daughter to bring home.
(2008/07/24)
A 21-year-old Winona man was charged Wednesday with felony theft after allegedly stealing about $2,100 from his employer.
(2008/07/24)
A Winona man pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft for stealing $1,352 from pull-tab boxes in a downtown bar he worked at in April.
(2008/07/24)
A Minneiska, Minn., man was sentenced to 60 days in jail Wednesday for his role in an assault that left his brother’s girlfriend nearly blind in one eye.
(2008/07/23)
Winona County could face a budget shortfall of $1.5 million in 2009, due in part to recent decisions by state elected officials that shift costs to counties while limiting their ability to increase taxes, county leaders told state lawmakers on Tuesday.
(2008/07/23)
Elaina Smith doesn’t mind getting dirt on her hands. It’s all part of a labor of love.
(2008/07/23)
Calming a swarm of millions of bees on the interstate is not in a volunteer firefighter’s job description.
(2008/07/23)
A proposed child-advocacy center in Winona may be a step closer to being built.
(2008/07/23)
Police cited a man for misdemeanor damage to property after he allegedly ruined $150 worth of food in a refrigerator he owned.
(2008/07/23)
BROWNSVILLE, Minn. — The idea is a Mississippi River more like what it was before the locks and dams.
(2008/07/23)
A Goodview man convicted of burglarizing his neighbor’s home last summer made his first appearance Tuesday in Winona County District Court on charges he had sex with a 15-year-old girl in February.
(2008/07/22)
Winona’s Interstate Bridge is open to freight trucks after the faster-than-scheduled completion of repairs to the bridge’s rusty gusset plates, Minnesota Department of Transportation officials announced Monday.
(2008/07/22)
Winona soon will have $250,000 in the bank to design an arena for arts and sporting events, though at least one City Council member already doubts one facility can house both groups.
(2008/07/22)
Winona Area Catholic Schools has named a new principal.
(2008/07/22)
ONALASKA, Wis. — A 25-year-old soldier from Onalaska has been killed in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army reported Monday.
(2008/07/22)
With a prompting nod, Hannah Watkins belted out the first few notes of her chosen song.
(2008/07/22)
Fox 47 brought their cameras to Winona looking for the next American Idol. Did they find her? Judge for yourself.
(2008/07/22)
The Fountain City River Players’ summer musical had a dramatic start.
(2008/07/21)
You won’t see elaborate costumes. There aren’t fancy backdrops. But those things aren’t essential to good storytelling, according to the cast of “Pericles, Prince of Tyre.”
(2008/07/21)
The Minnesota Beethoven Festival’s summer season wrapped up Sunday with a sold-out concert by the Minnesota Orchestra — and the announcement of an exciting event next summer.
(2008/07/21)
NODINE, Minn. — Carol Ebert likes sending messages to the universe.
(2008/07/21)
A preliminary plan for an $8.5 million public water system in Buffalo City, Wis., was approved by the city council by a 3-1 vote.
(2008/07/21)
If dollars decide the outcome, Davis vs. Day isn’t shaping up as a squeaker in the GOP 1st District congressional primary.
(2008/07/21)
EDITOR’S NOTE — With troops fighting on foreign soil since late 2001, the United States is learning about the long-term toll of modern war on the home front. In the second of a three parts, one soldier comes home and wrestles with his demons.
(2008/07/20)
This summer, Winona was entertained by a freak show from Austin, Texas.
(2008/07/20)
Riverway Learning Community may be facing an identity crisis.
(2008/07/20)
ALMA, Wis. — Tri-Oval Speedway is one step closer to getting the campground its owners want — one some neighboring property owners say is already there.
(2008/07/20)
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — Shoppers at grocery stores across the country are complaining about high food prices.
(2008/07/20)
A reportedly drunken woman wiggled free from handcuffs, escaped from a patrol car and hid in a cornfield Friday near St. Charles, Minn., before she was finally captured by Winona County Sheriff’s deputies.
(2008/07/20)
Parker arrived Saturday at the fifth annual Dog Wash sponsored by the Winona Area Humane Society and Pet Medical Center, and all eyes turned to him.
(2008/07/19)
The attorney for a La Crosse, Wis., teen accused of letting her newborn daughter die last fall challenged whether facts in the case support a first-degree intentional homicide charge.
(2008/07/19)
Stephen Michael “Shaggy” Eldridge said nothing and showed no emotion Friday when a judge ordered him to serve 51 months in prison for repeatedly violating terms of his probation.
(2008/07/19)
RUSHFORD, Minn. — Alton “Al” Morken, a longtime car salesman who promoted the simplicity of small-town living, died at his Rushford home Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer. His family was at his bedside.
(2008/07/19)
A 26-year-old Goodview man was charged Tuesday with felony burglary for allegedly breaking into his parents’ home and stealing prescription medication in February.
(2008/07/19)
Most people didn’t know or won’t remember Dawn Lyn Torgerson.
(2008/07/19)
Osmo Vänskä will conduct the Minnesota Orchestra again this year to conclude the second season of the Minnesota Beethoven Festival.
(2008/07/18)
A Winona school district program aimed at helping elementary students at risk of falling behind in reading and math may be at risk itself.
(2008/07/18)
Winona Daily NewsA throng of speakers on Thursday night urged Winona County leaders to protect two types of land unique to the area n one type that’s been discussed for years, and another that’s just attracted public attention in recent weeks.
(2008/07/18)
Rosemary Ingham liked to joke that she’d married into theater.
(2008/07/18)
Twenty-eight-year-old Maisi Pedersen inherited her family’s love of music. She also got their tenacity.
(2008/07/18)
A Minnesota City man was convicted Thursday of injuring two passengers when he rolled his car last October while driving under the influence of marijuana and cocaine.
(2008/07/18)
Storms this week have left La Crosse, Wis., nearly 10½ inches ahead of normal precipitation, while in Winona, precipitation levels are about average.
(2008/07/17)
By unanimous vote, the Winona City Council last week approved a $1.3 million plan to extend utility lines to the Cobblestone Creek subdivision in Pleasant Valley, with construction beginning as early as this week.
(2008/07/17)
The Winona school district’s plan to renovate Paul Giel Field has hit a snag.
(2008/07/17)
A Rochester, Minn., man convicted of helping two others tie up a Winona homeowner and steal nearly $5,000 cash in May 2007 was sentenced Wednesday to 6½ years in prison.
(2008/07/17)
Winona County bluffs would see tighter development restrictions than first suggested under a new proposal advanced by county planners and consultants.
(2008/07/17)
A 31-year-old accused of selling cocaine to a police informant challenged the evidence against him Wednesday in Winona County District Court.
(2008/07/17)
A jury trial scheduled to begin in two weeks for a woman accused of pilfering items from her dead neighbor’s home last year, was delayed Wednesday until October.
(2008/07/17)
John Kimmel, mayor of Arcadia, Wis., will not be on the ballot in this fall’s election for the 91st District state Assembly seat.
(2008/07/17)
Winona-based Fastenal Co.’s second-quarter net earnings this year rose from $60.3 million to $76.2 million — 26.4 percent — compared with the second quarter in 2007, according to a recent company earnings statement.
(2008/07/17)
RUSHFORD, Minn. — A little heroism and “never ever give up” attitude comes with every Rushford Days button sale.
(2008/07/17)
For the seventh consecutive year, a survey by the journal of the American Hospital Association named Winona Health Community Memorial Hospital the nation’s most wired small and rural hospital.
(2008/07/16)
Voters, prepare for primaries. The filing period for state and local offices ended with a flourish Tuesday evening, as a cadre of challengers likely will trigger primaries in the cities of Winona and Stockton, and in Winona, Houston and Fillmore counties.
(2008/07/16)
Assistant Winona County Attorney Nancy Bostrack will don black robes and become the next district court judge in Winona, Gov. Pawlenty announced Tuesday in Winona.
(2008/07/16)
RUSHFORD, Minn. � Don Woxland inspected the square patches of sod spread out over his yard like green checkerboard.
(2008/07/16)
Linda Mae Parrish appeared in Winona County District Court on Tuesday for the second time on charges she aided in the killing of Ada Frances Senenfelder, the victim in Winona’s only unsolved homicide.
(2008/07/16)
The Winona School Board will have at least two new faces this fall.
(2008/07/16)
What would people say if they didn’t know you were listening? Or better yet, what would they say if they thought you couldn’t understand them?
(2008/07/16)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Freedom Honor Flight Inc., a new La Crosse-based affiliate of the national Honor Flight Network, is chartering an airplane to take veterans of the conflict to see the National World War II Memorial and other memorials in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8.
(2008/07/15)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expected to announce his selection to fill retired Judge Margaret Shaw Johnson’s vacant seat today at the Winona County District Courthouse.
(2008/07/15)
It already has a Tiffany and a Monet, but on Monday night, the Minnesota Marine Art Exhibit added a Renoir to its collection on display. “La Féte de Pan” by Pierre-August Renoir, is part of the museum’s “Exceptional Art of the Impressionist Era” exhibit, on display through Sunday.
(2008/07/15)
Jennifer Valentine has a hard time sitting still. That’s exactly why she loves yoga.
(2008/07/15)
Last summer, Rushford Area Society for the Arts had fun with “Minnesota Nice” in “How to Speak Minnesotan.” This year, they’re having fun with political scandal in “The Sensuous Senator.” Playwright Michael Parker based the play on the Gary Hart/Donna Rice scandal of the late 1980s but it seems scandals in politics never really go out of style.
(2008/07/15)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A La Crosse teen confessed she stopped breastfeeding her daughter last August two days after giving birth at home knowing the infant would die, prosecutors said Monday.
(2008/07/14)
How does Ernie Snider love Ford Mustangs? Let him count the ways.
(2008/07/14)
Leann Swogger is a pool rat turned pool master. The 20-year-old is one of two head lifeguards at the Bob Welch Aquatic Center in Winona. She teaches swimming lessons, cleans the facilities and does office work besides manning the pool from a stand.
(2008/07/14)
Winona Mayor Jerry Miller and councilwoman Debbie White both are seeking
(2008/07/14)
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. — With wind gusts of more than 25 miles per hour at the Catfish Days annual egg toss contest, luck was as important as strategy when it came to catching and throwing the eggs.
(2008/07/13)
Groups such as Bluff Land Environment Watch say Winona-area bluffs should be protected for their scenic beauty and environmental sensitivity.
(2008/07/13)
ALMA, Wis. — Jackie Killian loves going to the races in Fountain City.
(2008/07/13)
Thirty-three-year-old Ed Hoffman remembers coffee cans throughout Winona where people could donate money to rebuild the Julius C. Wilkie.
(2008/07/13)
It could have been a scene out of the 1920s, as the band broke out into the beginning notes of “Down by the Riverside” and the crowd started tapping their toes to the upbeats.
(2008/07/13)
Those naughty Canada geese. Fun to watch, fun to hunt, but when they barge in where they’re not wanted, things get messy.
(2008/07/13)
One bite determined it all. Four hungry teams of five gathered around 3-foot Subway sandwiches, strategizing and eyeing up the competition Saturday at the Winona County Fair.
(2008/07/13)
ST. CHARLES, Minn — Sunday is Ted Kjos day at the Winona County Fair.
(2008/07/13)
The Fountain City Police Committee and Officer Jason Mork intend to resurrect a neighborhood crime watch program.
(2008/07/12)
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — One-hundred-thirty-years is a long time for any business, and for a bar and restaurant, it’s almost unheard of. Yet that’s the milestone Fountain City’s Golden Frog has reached.
(2008/07/12)
If you haven’t yet become a Bard believer, tonight is your night. The Great River Festival is inviting all Shakespeare skeptics for “Grill with Will,” an event designed to win over non-believers with food, reduced ticket prices and live Shakespeare.
(2008/07/12)
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — Like a makeshift barber, Pete Schell used a fine-toothed brush and an angled scissors to perfect a Mohawk-styled strip down the spine of his 1½ year old Holstein named Stormy.
(2008/07/12)
4-H members vie for the blue in the Winona County Fair show ring Friday.
(2008/07/12)
Saturday is Jim Allen Day at the Winona County Fair.
(2008/07/12)
A Goodview man serving time for a 2007 burglary will face new accusations next week.
(2008/07/12)
Dustin Roy Wetzel, 23, of Winona was issued a summons to appear in court as the result of an alleged drunken scuffle with police.
(2008/07/12)
Stocks end lower amid concern about country’s largest mortgage financiers
(2008/07/12)
FORT McCOY, Wis. — He ran. He shot. He wore out three pairs of socks and his feet marching in 80 pounds of battle gear.
(2008/07/12)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — Frank Van Lin had to make plenty of adjustments when he arrived in the United States in 1954.
(2008/07/12)
Libertarian candidate Ted Burleson will be on the November ballot for state Assembly District 91 after fixing some paperwork.
(2008/07/12)
Schedule for today Events to be held in Trempealeau, Wis. 6 a.m.: Fishing tournament 7:30 a.m.: Catfish ‘50’ bike tour registration
(2008/07/11)
They called it stormy Monday, but Thursday’s just as bad.
(2008/07/11)
Some brought cameras, others brought their children to Levee Park on Thursday morning to watch a backhoe smash and scoop the plywood shards that remained from the Wilkie steamboat replica.
(2008/07/11)
A Winona landmark since 1982, the replica steamboat Julius C. Wilkie was demolished Thursday morning, the victim of years of inadequate maintenance and neglect.
(2008/07/11)
A 39-year-old Nodine, Minn., woman died early Thursday, and authorities are questioning her son and boyfriend about the unusual circumstances surrounding her death, Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand said.
(2008/07/11)
A 48-year-old Preston, Minn., woman became the 11th person to die an accidental death in Fillmore County this year.
(2008/07/11)
Police referred a 25-year-old Winona man to the Winona County Attorney’s Office for charges of assault with a dangerous weapon after he sliced another man outside a downtown bar early Thursday.
(2008/07/11)
An 18-year-old man attacked his father with a knife Wednesday when the man took the TV remote control away and refused to give it back to his son, police said.
(2008/07/11)
A woman from Prairie du Chien, Wis., accused of being involved in the killing of Ada Frances Senenfelder in June 1985 arrived in Minnesota on Wednesday and is being held in jail on $2 million bail.
(2008/07/11)
CALEDONIA, Minn. — Two weeks after President Bush declared Fillmore, Houston, Mower and Freeborn counties a disaster, officials talked funding formulas for flood aid.
(2008/07/11)
Friday is Russell Felsch Day at the Winona County Fair in St. Charles.
(2008/07/10)
The red paddlewheel that once rotated behind the Wilkie steamboat replica dangled from the arm of a caterpillar on Wednesday afternoon.
(2008/07/10)
The paddle wheel came off and the steam engines were removed as a wrecking crew began the demolition of the Julius C. Wilkie today. Demolition will continue Thursday.
(2008/07/10)
It’s July 10 — do you know where your legislator is?
(2008/07/10)
You can see some pre-theater music before performances by the Gilmore Creek Summer Theatre at Saint Mary’s University’s Page Theatre. Audiences attending “Little Shop of Horrors,” which opens today, or “The Foreigner,” opening July 17, are invited to come an hour before the 7:30 p.m. performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, or before the 3 p.m. performances on Sundays. The music starts tonight with Nate Gill, a rootsy folk/blues musician hailing from Australia, who specializes in finger-style guitar playing and warm, baritone vocals.
(2008/07/10)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The planned Pool 6 drawdown for the Mississippi River, which had been scheduled for June 16 through Sept. 30 has been cancelled, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul district officials.
(2008/07/10)
Dick Ramberg is a lucky unlucky man. The 67-year-old was born with retina cancer and wasn’t expected to live to see the terrible twos. Retina cancer occurs in about one of every 20,000 births. Most have it in one eye. Ramberg had it in both.
(2008/07/10)
Something’s broke with workers compensation in Minnesota.
(2008/07/10)
A pull-horse team may weigh a couple thousand pounds, but as Jim Schleich puts it, they can still act like a couple of little kids.
(2008/07/10)
It was real horsepower on display at the Winona County Fair Wednesday night.
(2008/07/10)
FORT MCCOY, Wis. — Spc. David Obray lay on his belly on an earthen berm, his right knee cocked and his M4 assault rifle pointed out across the Wisconsin countryside.
(2008/07/10)
Two challengers have thrown their hats into the Winona school board election ring.
(2008/07/10)
Rhonda Snead has never gone to a Shakespeare play.
(2008/07/10)
Thursday is Barb Nelson Day at the Winona County Fair in St. Charles.
(2008/07/10)
The 35th annual Stockholm Art Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 19 in Stockholm Village Park in Stockholm, Wis. More than 100 juried regional artists will be displaying and selling their work, which includes pottery, wood, wearable and two-dimensional fiber, metal sculpture, paintings, drawings, clay sculpture, a wide variety of jewelry, glass, leather and photography.
(2008/07/09)
The Julius C. Wilkie steamboat replica, Winona’s beloved but beleaguered monument to its Mississippi River heritage will die today when construction crews begin demolishing it. The Wilkie is 27.
(2008/07/09)
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — Every night before bed, 6-year-old Zach Slavin crossed off another day on his calendar.
(2008/07/09)
Most birthdays don’t warrant two cakes. But, most birthdays aren’t for a 150-year-old.
(2008/07/09)
Wednesday is Jeff Peterson Day at the fair. Peterson has been named to the 2008 Winona County Fair Hall of Fame for his efforts in coordinating the fair’s First Aid program.
(2008/07/09)
Wednesday - Jeff Peterson Day 10:30 a.m. -- Day Care Day (Group No. 1) at the Entertainment Tent
(2008/07/09)
The panoramic picture vandals targeted on Garvin Heights last month wasn’t stolen after all, just unceremoniously tossed.
(2008/07/09)
With the retirement of Rep. Barbara Gronemus after nearly three decades in the state Assembly, the 91st District race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in the state.
(2008/07/09)
Evacuation warnings will soon be just a phone call away.
(2008/07/09)
A 41-year-old Winona woman and her two children were found less than an hour after police reported them missing Tuesday morning.
(2008/07/09)
Bby Amber Dulek / Winona Daily News UTICA, Minn. — Jim Pelowski is used to life on the breezy side at his 120-acre hilltop farm.
(2008/07/08)
Jack Willis Nissalke made his first appearance in Winona County District Court on Monday on four charges of first-degree murder handed down by a grand jury last week for the killing of Ada Frances Senenfelder in June 1985.
(2008/07/08)
Repairs to Winona’s Interstate Bridge should begin by Thursday, allowing truck traffic to resume no later than July 31, Minnesota Department of Transportation officials said Monday.
(2008/07/08)
WINONA, Minn. (AP) _ Kaytie woke up before most of the other 20-somethings who had crashed on various beds and couches at the house on Johnson Street after a night of drinking.
(2008/07/08)
Police cited a man for police orders and disorderly conduct as his home burned Sunday night.
(2008/07/08)
A proposed purchase of blufftop land from Winona Radio owner Jerry Papenfuss will move ahead following a unanimous approval vote by the Winona City Council on Monday night.
(2008/07/08)
Three people suffered minor injuries Friday when a runabout boat smashed into a pontoon on the Mississippi River near Lock and Dam 5 near Fountain City, Wis.
(2008/07/08)
Midway through the election filing period for three seats on the Winona Area Public School Board, only one person has thrown his hat into the ring.
(2008/07/07)
The Moser family believes in miracles. They believe God saved Kathleen Moser’s life when she suffered from a blood clot that moved from her leg to her lungs, and they believe God cured her of the debilitating disease fibromyalgia — a condition of feeling widespread, immense and chronic pain for no apparent reason. There is no known cure.
(2008/07/07)
Greg Gabbert holds the keys to driving success. The 14-year United Driving School instructor teaches teenagers how to drive in the classroom and behind the wheel.
(2008/07/07)
Supporters of the Wilkie steamboat replica have clamored for two years to preserve the structure as part of Winona’s history. Later this week, the Wilkie will become history, alright — though not in the way its supporters intended.
(2008/07/06)
The Winona Area Public School District has spent more than $130,000 conducting investigations since 2006, fighting a near-record number of grievances and working through drawn-out contract negotiations with teachers.
(2008/07/06)
They’re calling it a black cloud. The dread and sorrow that hangs over Fillmore County, where 10 accidental deaths in the past two months have residents and law enforcement reeling.
(2008/07/06)
CALEDONIA, Minn. — The fuzzy yellow-and-gray-haired ducks moved in unison like a school of fish across a pasture’s brushy edge in the sun to a watering trough and miniature corn cribs in the shade of giant trees.
(2008/07/06)
Sound crackled through a green speaker. “I’m 96 years old and a graduate of Tulane University,” the voice said.
(2008/07/05)
The gravel road, the puppies gated in the yard and the horses grazing in the distance are tell-tale surroundings of a rural Winona County home, not a school.
(2008/07/05)
A Holmen, Wis., man was charged with felony attempt to flee a police officer after he reportedly tried to elude police on his motorcycle at speeds as high as 130 mph.
(2008/07/05)
CALEDONIA, Minn. — What do barns, quilts and art have in common?
(2008/07/05)
RUSHFORD, Minn. — Red, white and blue dotted the sky in Rushford Friday.
(2008/07/05)
Fresh Energy science policy director J. Drake Hamilton’s will host a discussion July 12 at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center on how personal and policy changes to promote energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy can help Minnesota.
(2008/07/05)
Five finalists were selected June 28 at the “Fox Fest Idol” competition, held at Saint Mary’s University and sponsored by Fox 25/48. The five competitors, from left, are J.R. Larke from Winona; Vanessa Blackwell from La Crosse, Wis.; T.J. Burbach from Winona; Tim Olstad from Winona; and Kassandra Kujak from Winona. All will advance to the “Fox Fest Idol” finals Aug. 3 at Skipper Liner Marine in La Crosse. Finalists from the Saint Mary’s Competition — as well as competitions in Eau Claire, Wis., and La Crosse — will perform at this regional finale. The winner Aug. 3 will receive an “American Idol” audition in August.
(2008/07/04)
A tanker truck spilled more than 3,000 gallons of ethanol into the Root River on Thursday when it rolled on Minnesota Highway 16 just west of Lanesboro, Minn.
(2008/07/04)
A man who escaped from the Winona County Jail two weeks ago is back in custody.
(2008/07/04)
Pounding and yelling woke up Amber Newport just after 1 a.m. Thursday. “People were yelling ‘Fire!’” Newport said moments after three men pounded on the back door of a house she was visiting at the corner of Main and Howard streets.
(2008/07/04)
Get ready to row. Winona will host its first Paddle of Life Regatta on Sept. 13 at Lake Winona.
(2008/07/04)
The city of Goodview has received $1.2 million in state funds to build an outlet for Lake Goodview and other mitigation projects, state officials said.
(2008/07/04)
Funds originally slated to aid flooded businesses in southeast Minnesota instead will be used to buy out flooded property, draw new floodplain maps and build flood-prevention structures, state officials said this week.
(2008/07/04)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — Construction on Hwys. 14/61 will likely not be complete until Labor Day, officials at the Minnesota Department of Transportation said.
(2008/07/04)
A woman convicted of trespassing in a dead neighbor’s home in February 2007 was sentenced Thursday to a year of probation.
(2008/07/04)
Two people convicted of witness tampering during a home invasion in April 2007 were released from jail Thursday.
(2008/07/04)
Last summer, Winona went to the birds and decorated the city with 15 blue heron statues. Now, the people who helped the herons land on street corners and storefronts have formed the Blue Heron Committee and want to make sure art is still visible.
(2008/07/04)
No one was injured early Thursday when fire and smoke severely damaged a home on Bradt Road near Troy, Minn., police reported.
(2008/07/03)
A Winona County grand jury has indicted three people for their alleged roles in the slaying of Ada Frances Senenfelder, the victim in Winona’s only open homicide investigation.
(2008/07/03)
Winds in southwest Fillmore County may soon do more than blow hats off of farmers.
(2008/07/03)
Two Buffalo County sheriff’s deputies escaped serious injury when they crashed into a La Crosse Milling Co. parking lot in Cochrane, Wis., after swerving to avoid a sport utility vehicle.
(2008/07/03)
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — There’s a red house in Fountain City for sale. It’s tucked away on Hill Street with a spectacular view of the Mississippi River and whistling trains.
(2008/07/03)
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — City officials here have secured more than $700,000 for two major parks projects: a proposed buyout of a mobile home park that flooded last August, and a trail that could connect St. Charles to Whitewater State Park.
(2008/07/03)
One of the worst roads in Winona County — and in the entire state of Minnesota — will get a major makeover beginning next week.
(2008/07/03)
They may not be topping the charts anymore, but rock band Slaughter has done something few bands from their era have accomplished. They’ve survived.
(2008/07/02)
RUSHFORD, Minn. — The high-noon sun beat down and traffic whizzed by on Highway 16 as two Belgian horses pulled a man wearing a mechanic’s uniform atop a corn planter.
(2008/07/02)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Even after a late start and the wettest June on record, area crops are behind but beginning to rebound.
(2008/07/02)
Rep. Ken Tschumper, DFL-La Crescent, wants formal criminal complaints filed in Houston County District Court before making a decision on how to proceed with his escaped cattle cases, his attorney said Tuesday.
(2008/07/02)
Winona County has become the second local government body to scrutinize its facilities and operations for potential changes that could save on energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.
(2008/07/02)
Winona Daily News A consortium of energy companies that wants to build a high-voltage power line through the Winona area says the lines are needed to serve Minnesota’s spiking demand for energy.
(2008/07/02)
A handful of early bird candidates for Winona-area offices opened the 2008 filing period Tuesday.
(2008/07/02)
Lake Winona was filled with music as hundreds gathered for a free pops concert by the Minnesota Orchestra. The event kicked off the second summer season of the Minnesota Beethoven Festival.
(2008/07/02)
The Minnesota Orchestra presented a free concert in Lake Park Tuesday night to kick off the 2008 Beethoven Festival.
(2008/07/02)
A 17-year partnership between Chrysler Winona franchisees Bill Hutmacher and Jack “Butch” Walz ended Tuesday.
(2008/07/02)
More than 100 planes are expected to fly into Winona’s Max Conrad Field Airport on Sunday for the 25th-annual Fly-In/Drive-In Air Show and Breakfast.
(2008/07/01)
Many people would consider it an accomplishment to walk 340 miles in one year. Cheryl Watson will do so in about two weeks.
(2008/07/01)
Former Winona County jail deputy Nathan Miller Dobbelmann wanted his probation terms clarified, but he may have gotten more clarification than he planned for.
(2008/07/01)
Like their Winona Area Public School counterparts, area charter schools’ MCA-II scores were mixed.
(2008/07/01)
Like drinking and driving, fireworks and a major wildlife refuge don’t mix.
(2008/06/30)
Minnesota students in almost every grade improved slightly this year on state math and reading tests, while Winona’s students showed more mixed results.
(2008/06/30)
Some bonds just can’t be broken. Though many have moved far away, former residents of Pilot Mound, Minn., came back to their old hometown Sunday to celebrate the community’s 150th birthday. So many came that they were crammed into the basement of the Pilot Mound Lutheran Church for a heritage service, the kick-off for the event.
(2008/06/30)
The Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man found Sunday afternoon.
(2008/06/30)
Greg Zaborowski polices baseball games. The 52-year-old umpire followed in the footsteps of his retired umpire father. Zaborowski has been umpiring baseball and softball games throughout the region for almost 25 years.
(2008/06/30)
A Winona motorcyclist was seriously injured early Sunday in a crash on Hwy 61 just north of the I-90 split in Winona County.
(2008/06/30)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A Japanese-built motorcycle won S&S Cycle’s 50th anniversary celebration competition Sunday, the final day of the weekend event that drew more than 25,000 people.
(2008/06/30)
Building a levee around Stockton is the best option to harness the rains that could flood the Garvin Brook watershed again, a new study suggests. The next question: Who will take the reins to advance that plan?
(2008/06/29)
EYOTA, Minn. — Rob Smith, an Eyota Township milk hauler, was willing to listen.
(2008/06/29)
Applause in the sanctuary echoed as rain pounded the roof Saturday morning at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, where four men were ordained into the diocesan priesthood.
(2008/06/29)
The champagne popped. Gabe Ericksen poured the first glass and splashed the contents of the cup on the front of his boat, which he christened “Oakenshield,” Saturday morning.
(2008/06/29)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Jack Hedin owns Featherstone Farms, an organic fruit and vegetable producer. He’s a well-known name in southeastern Minnesota’s organic world.
(2008/06/28)
It’s been a bad year for barges at Winona’s port.
(2008/06/28)
Birds, ducks and plants in the Mississippi River’s marshes and wet bottomlands may not adjust as well as their scaled friends to the river’s recent mighty flows, according to fish and wildlife biologists.
(2008/06/28)
Minnesota’s county highway engineers say new revenue from a transportation bill passed this year won’t do enough for locally maintained roads, according to a new survey by a progressive think-tank group.
(2008/06/28)
Another collision in Fillmore County has left a man dead and his wife hospitalized.
(2008/06/28)
Good fences make good neighbors, but for state Rep. Ken Tschumper, DFL-La Crescent, bad fences mean your neighbors call the police when your cows get out.
(2008/06/28)
Dragons, pirates and lions come to life in the fourth-annual “Drops and Drama,” a backdrop showcase hosted by the Theatre du Mississippi.
(2008/06/28)
You don’t need to be a theater aficionado to have seen one version or another of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Whether it’s the Heath Ledger-Julia Stiles “10 Things I Hate About You” movie or the David Addison-Maddy Hayes “Moonlighting” episode, “Shrew” is a familiar story.
(2008/06/28)
ST. LOUIS — Archbishop Raymond Burke, the former head of the La Crosse Catholic Diocese, was appointed Friday to lead the Vatican’s supreme court.
(2008/06/28)
If you haven’t experienced the beautiful oddity that is Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden and Museum in Buffalo County, Wis., today is the perfect time.
(2008/06/27)
The Minnesota Department of Transportation expects to begin repairing the Interstate Bridge no later than July 15, engineers told members of a new Winona Bridge Coalition on Thursday night.
(2008/06/27)
The mayor of Lewiston, Minn., has resigned, the Lewiston City Council announced Wednesday night.
(2008/06/27)
WHITEHALL, Wis. — Mark McKay’s hands shook and voice trembled Thursday as he talked about the afternoon his 5-year-old son died.
(2008/06/27)
DunRomin’ Park Campground owner Dawn Johnson saw beauty in the aftermath of a flood.
(2008/06/27)
Winona Area Catholic Schools has been awarded a $500,000 grant to boost its struggling physical education programs, Democratic Rep. Tim Walz announced Thursday.
(2008/06/27)
A man convicted in 2006 of participating in the rape of a 16-year-old with a beer canwas in court Thursday on suspcions of violating his probation, because he recently contacted teenage girls.
(2008/06/27)
Garvin Heights has long been the target of vandals, but now a line has been crossed for one Winona resident.
(2008/06/27)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board voted to approve Troy Gunderson as its new superintendent Thursday.
(2008/06/27)
“The Merchant of Venice” is a story with many layers. It’s one of Shakespeare’s more challenging plays for both the audience and for actors. The Great River Shakespeare Festival’s Wednesday preview of the play captured the complexity, making us laugh and making us squirm.
(2008/06/26)
The Minnesota and Wisconsin Departments of Transportation will reimburse the city of Winona for its cost to establish a ferry service during the recent Interstate Bridge closure, a sum of more than $200,000, MnDOT officials said Wednesday.
(2008/06/26)
The Winona County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a 78-year-old man who drowned Wednesday morning at East Harbor in Winona when he fell trying to dock his small, flat-bottom boat. Witnesses tried to rescue Robert Plinski of Winona, police said.
(2008/06/26)
A Winona man who had prior murder, drug trafficking and firearms convictions pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug and firearms charges.
(2008/06/26)
disaster areas By Amber Dulek Winona Daily News President Bush issued a limited presidential disaster declaration Wednesday afternoon for the waterlogged Minnesota counties of Fillmore, Houston, Freeborn and Mower.
(2008/06/26)
Joseph “Froseph” Kujawa doesn’t dream of performing music in big stadiums or concert halls. He prefers performing at houses, b | |
