(2008/08/30)
Skeptics of a proposed multipurpose arena are wondering: Can architects design it and do taxpayers desire it?
(2008/08/30)
A partially clad man smashed a window and jumped two stories from a Winona home on Thursday after a girl awoke to find him in her bedroom, police reported.
(2008/08/30)
A Winona man was “very intoxicated” when he got into his cousin’s car during a party in Lewiston, Minn., drove it onto a bonfire and left it there to burn, court documents allege.
(2008/08/30)
Though nothing could have entirely stopped a 500-year flood, developing new strategies for how we use our land could help lessen the effects of a future disaster.
(2008/08/30)
The August 2007 floods might have been a once-in-a-lifetime event of supernatural proportions, but it had very natural effects on streams and area wildlife.
(2008/08/30)
A Lake Bluff, Ill., man armed with two loaded handguns apparently had too much to drink early Friday and was arrested at a local bar, police reported.
(2008/08/30)
A Winona man was charged this month for fleeing police in his truck in June and fleeing on foot when a deputy tried to pull him over for a warrant out of another county.
(2008/08/29)
Sen. Steve Murphy, DFL-Red Wing, and Republican Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Wabasha, have been political opposites and one-time enemies. But on the issue of nuclear power in Minnesota, the two have become unlikely allies.
(2008/08/29)
Racial minorities in Winona say they’re being profiled and followed by employees at local stores, according to three local advocacy groups.
(2008/08/29)
Story by Amber Dulek | Winona Daily News STOCKTON, Minn. Home is where the heart is, so the idiom goes.
(2008/08/29)
A Winona woman cited for taunting her neighbors with a scantily clad mannequin in her window Sunday attracted police attention again Tuesday, earning her another citation.
(2008/08/29)
The Fountain City Council is considering an ordinance to require property owners to keep their lawns trimmed.
(2008/08/29)
Don’t call Mike Charron a fair-weather Republican he boasts he backed Sen. John McCain for president “before McCain was cool.”
(2008/08/29)
A Winona woman forged at least 13 prescriptions to obtain Oxycodone tablets from four area merchants on several occasions between February and May, court documents show.
(2008/08/28)
A Winona developer wants to build a six-story commercial and residential building on a downtown riverfront property previously eyed by city leaders as a potential site for a multipurpose arena.
(2008/08/28)
Winona State University plans to build a new $30 million dormitory by 2010 and designate two of its older buildings as swing-space for offices.
(2008/08/28)
Traffic deaths in Minnesota increased last year for the first time in six years, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety reported this week.
(2008/08/28)
The third and final suspect in a May 2007 home invasion that left a homeowner beaten and robbed of nearly $5,000 was convicted Wednesday and sentenced to prison.
(2008/08/28)
Police have released the name of a woman killed Tuesday when the car she riding in was struck by another vehicle at the intersection of Highways 43 and 61 in Winona.
(2008/08/28)
About 200 people filled the fire station near the Buffalo City Hall last week to hear what officials present a proposed sewer and water project that could cost about $18.6 million.
(2008/08/27)
Winona County employees might work four instead of five days a week next year to save energy and salary costs, under one option being considered by county leaders to bridge a anticipated 2009 budget shortfall of more than $700,000.
(2008/08/27)
An 83-year-old La Crosse, Wis., woman died Tuesday afternoon after a broadside car collision in Winona.
(2008/08/27)
A punch to the eye and alcohol-fueled rampages sent two men to the hospital early Saturday, court documents show. One of those men will require facial reconstructive surgery.
(2008/08/27)
Police have referred a Winona man to the county attorney’s office for felony theft charges regarding an alleged rent scheme.
(2008/08/27)
David Ziegeweid gestured out of his car window at a newly built house on the right side of a road in Minnesota City.
(2008/08/27)
School has barely begun for some and is still a week away for others, but the Goodview Police Department has already issued a community homework assignment.
(2008/08/27)
Dawn Lueck smiled as the door to the Cathedral Elementary School opened, and she greeted parents and students as they walked in.
(2008/08/26)
The Winona-area unemployment rate has spiked more than 30 percent in three months, matching its highest rate since 1993, according to statistics from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
(2008/08/26)
Safety was the first concern after last August’s flood. Before the water had receded, many of the towns hardest hit by the floods were already starting to plan how to get up and running again.
(2008/08/26)
Two Winona men are in custody and could face multiple assault charges for separate incidents that sent three men to area hospitals.
(2008/08/26)
Approval of new subdivisions on Winona’s bluffs would wait until city leaders pass a law restricting development on or near steep slopes, under a proposal endorsed by Winona planning commissioners Monday.
(2008/08/26)
The Goodview City Council approved plans Monday for an apartment building in a manufacturing zone on Service Drive after the site’s developer agreed to reduce the project’s scale.
(2008/08/25)
Barb Mrozek moved to Red Top Mobile Home Park in Winona about 40 years ago.
(2008/08/25)
GOODVIEW, Minn. A train whistle sounded in the background as people gathered Sunday at LaCanne Park in Goodview.
(2008/08/25)
A Rollingstone developer wants variances from Goodview laws to build an apartment building in a manufacturing zone on Service Drive.
(2008/08/25)
The Cochrane Village Board said there’s no advantage to having an inter-connected water system with Buffalo City, Wis.
(2008/08/24)
An Iowa contractor that won a bid for work at Winona State University’s Sheehan Hall is under investigation by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for underpaying its workers.
(2008/08/24)
Sixty years ago this week, on Aug. 29, 1948, a Northwest airliner plunged from the sky between Winona and Fountain City, killing all 37 people aboard. It was the deadliest crash in the airline’s 22 years and remains the deadliest day in local history. Six decades later, the hillside still coughs up bits of the plane, and those born before 1935 still recall the day people fell from the sky.
(2008/08/24)
After the flood of water came a flood of helping hands. Mud needed shoveling, water needed pumping, houses needed fixing and lives needed rebuilding.
(2008/08/24)
Heather MacGaw, curator of education at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, spent months organizing Saturday’s Blue Bonanza Family Fest.
(2008/08/24)
A Winona bicyclist was hospitalized Friday night after being struck by a drunken driver, police said.
(2008/08/24)
Voters in Houston County will have plenty of candidates to choose from in the primary race for county commissioners.
(2008/08/23)
A federal bureaucratic hold up has forced the Winona State University-housed National Child Protection Training Center to again scramble for funding to stay open.
(2008/08/23)
Winona police cited a woman for violating a harassment restraining order because she placed a “scantily clad” mannequin and a placard reading, “Peeping Gene!” in the window facing her neighbor’s house.
(2008/08/23)
For eight years, Joan Coulter called a white ranch-style modular home in Rushford, Minn., home. It had a two-car garage and a deck. Two big oak trees stood tall in the big backyard. Hummingbirds, cardinals and orioles gathered at her shepherd’s hook bird feeder.
(2008/08/23)
With an elated smile and a little help from her father and husband, Nancy Louise Bostrack donned her black judge’s robes for the first time Friday afternoon.
(2008/08/23)
ALMA, Wis. Dave Becker has a thing for the past.
(2008/08/23)
The Winona Police Department is stepping up foot patrols in area neighborhoods and the downtown bar scene to crack down on underage drinking and myriad crimes that go along with alcohol consumption as school gets back in session.
(2008/08/22)
About 40 more workers at Winona’s TRW Automotive plant will lose their jobs, and 100 more could be laid off within seven months, TRW officials announced Thursday, less than a month after eliminating more than 60 other jobs at the plant.
(2008/08/22)
Winona State University unveiled the public phase of its first capital campaign Thursday, part of an aggressive fundraiser for scholarships, buildings and other programs.
(2008/08/22)
Rep. Tim Walz, DFL-Minn., and his GOP-endorsed challenger Brian Davis were polite guests at Thursday afternoon’s Winona Women in Business forum, adhering to the “no finger-pointing” ground rules.
(2008/08/22)
The Winona school board approved design plans Thursday for renovations at Paul Giel Field, and bids will now be put out on the project.
(2008/08/22)
Alexa Hesch watched as her younger brothers Ryan and Ethan transformed into monkeys, sitting on their heads and giggling uncontrollably.
(2008/08/22)
The city of Winona has received a $337,500 grant for environmentally friendly changes to the wastewater treatment plant that also could save the city money.
(2008/08/22)
TAYLOR, Wis. Authorities are trying to determine what caused a partial failure of a pond levee at Badger Mining Corp. near Taylor early Thursday, forcing a number of area residents to evacuate.
(2008/08/22)
A funeral will be held today in Burnsville, Minn., for Winona State University sophomore Andrew Sarreal, who was killed in a traffic crash Saturday on Interstate 90.
(2008/08/22)
INDEPENDENCE, Wis. A 28-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalized after colliding with a semi-trailer Thursday morning, according to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department.
(2008/08/21)
Three of Winona’s four mayoral candidates gave their views Wednesday night on proposals to annex land, built event centers and increase taxes.
(2008/08/21)
Winona State University is implementing a new program aimed at freshmen in hopes of curbing binge drinking.
(2008/08/21)
RUSHFORD, Minn. A year ago, Rushford’s Creekside Park was thick with mud and debris.
(2008/08/21)
Nine neighborhood block parties will celebrate Winona’s 25th Annual National Night Out on Tuesday to strengthen community relations and raise awareness about crime prevention.
(2008/08/21)
Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical has received a federal grant to implement a new degree program and four new certificate programs.
(2008/08/21)
They wanted to see for themselves. Four Winona Senior High School students seniors Jillian Blank, Brennan Meier, Steven Giebel and Kim Hawthorne had done the work and raised the money, but until they saw firsthand the fruits of their labor, it didn’t feel real, they said.
(2008/08/20)
A new Interstate Bridge should give traffic direct access to downtown, but the design doesn’t necessarily need to direct semitrailer traffic away from Winona’s core, downtown businesses owners said in a survey presented Tuesday.
(2008/08/20)
A man charged in Winona’s only unsolved homicide appeared in court Tuesday on assault charges related to the homicide investigation.
(2008/08/20)
A year after record floods reshaped southeast Minnesota, public-works projects both planned and under construction are still reshaping the affected communities.
(2008/08/20)
A proposal to open a billiards club and youth center in downtown Winona’s American Legion building is now a step closer to a December grand opening.
(2008/08/20)
Just six days removed from prison, a Winona man ran into and away from police early Tuesday, earning him an overnight stay in jail, a shock from a Taser and possible charges of felony drug possession and tax evasion.
(2008/08/20)
Winona leaders will begin accepting proposals to redesign Levee Park, but the new-look park won’t include another building on the former Wilkie site, the City Council decided Monday night.
(2008/08/20)
Kirsten Ilgen stood in front of her pile of belongings, her new home looming above her.
(2008/08/20)
A 34-year-old Galesville, Wis., man appeared Tuesday in Winona County District Court to face charges that he inappropriately touched a 15-year-old in April 2007.
(2008/08/19)
Rocco’s Pizza isn’t the kind of place where they know customers by name so much as it is a place where they know them by order.
(2008/08/19)
Authorities filed felony assault charges Monday against two men who they said beat a Winona man in July with a hammer, causing multiple skull and facial fractures.
(2008/08/19)
Winona leaders will move ahead on a proposed redesign of Levee Park n but the new-look park won’t include another building on the former Wilkie site, the Winona City Council decided on Monday night.
(2008/08/19)
Results for a new standardized science test administered by the state show Minnesota students are not meeting expectations, though local educators caution the exam is too new for conclusions to be drawn from it.
(2008/08/19)
Winona’s interstate commuters, prepare to play the waiting game again.
(2008/08/19)
An armed man “emotionally distraught” about past run-ins with law enforcement held police at bay during a four-hour standoff Sunday in rural Buffalo County, Wis., police said.
(2008/08/19)
Three Winona women were charged in Winona County District Court last week with felony fraud after a two-day, $1,900 shopping spree with a stolen credit card in February.
(2008/08/19)
The preliminary stages of drought have hit Winona, Fillmore, Wabasha and Olmsted counties, among others quite the contrast from one year ago.
(2008/08/18)
Dan Pearson expected a warm welcome from the peace and justice activists that greeted his Iraq war protest group, Witness Against War, at Latsch Island Beach on Sunday.
(2008/08/18)
Six people, including two from Winona, were injured in Trempealeau County on Saturday afternoon in three separate crashes over a three hour span.
(2008/08/18)
WASECA, Minn. One storefront at a time, Dick Day hopes to upset the endorsed Republican candidate for Congress and then unseat Rep. Tim Walz in Minnesota’s 1st District.
(2008/08/18)
CALEDONIA, Minn. Fair-goers were all set to watch the skies light up with fireworks at the Houston County Fair on its opening night, but things weren’t so bright.
(2008/08/18)
Less than a month after Winona leaders made it legal to keep chickens in residential neighborhoods, a well-known supporter of another banned barnyard animal pot-bellied pigs is making a citizenship case for her pet.
(2008/08/17)
The rumble of storm clouds is a common sound on a Midwest summer evening. But now, it can trigger frantic questions in the mind of Brenda Edwards.
(2008/08/17)
MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. Jean Kronebusch pulls a peach crisp out of the oven and sets it on the stovetop to cool.
(2008/08/17)
HOKAH, Minn. Hokah Mayor Jerry Martell termed the past year “pure hell.”
(2008/08/17)
Three seats on the school board for Winona Area Public Schools are up for grabs in November, with mostly current or former Winona State University teachers vying for the positions.
(2008/08/17)
A Winona man leaving a bar struck a parked car and rolled his vehicle early Saturday morning on a downtown street, police said.
(2008/08/17)
Think about a smooth ride, and chances are you’re not picturing a horse.
(2008/08/16)
Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona, says he wants to change how Minnesota lawmakers make laws.
(2008/08/16)
The Buffalo City Council has taken preliminary steps to secure federal grant and low-interest loan money for a proposed public water project estimated to cost $8.72 million.
(2008/08/16)
A group of new arrivals to Winona State University followed their guide Friday through the campus grounds, weaving in and out of students and their parents.
(2008/08/16)
Supporters of the Applewood Pointe senior-living center plan to break ground on the facility later this month after the proposal cleared another hurdle last week.
(2008/08/16)
A Fountain City, Wis., motorcyclist was hospitalized Friday after a collision on state Highway 95 in Buffalo County.
(2008/08/16)
Winona County officials issued a warning Friday about a Florida company offering debt-relief services.
(2008/08/16)
The crowd jumped when the fire truck’s thunderous horn sounded as it passed.
(2008/08/15)
Slow down and listen up, township officials told planners revising Winona County zoning laws at a meeting Wednesday evening.
(2008/08/15)
Aug. 19, 2007, was a day people left their homes in boats after as much as 17 inches of rain poured down.
(2008/08/15)
Eating local doesn’t have to be hard. It can be tasty.
(2008/08/15)
A proposed redesign of Levee Park, guided by a corps of committees since last year, now is back in the hands of the Winona City Council.
(2008/08/15)
Candidates for District 4 of the Winona Area Public School Board got their chance to debate Thursday evening.
(2008/08/15)
Three girls stood holding hands under a spotlight.
(2008/08/15)
A 28-year-old Winona woman accused of selling marijuana to police on multiple occasions in the presence of her children made her first appearance in Winona County District Court on Thursday.
(2008/08/15)
Attorneys say they need more time to prepare for the jury trial of a man accused of stabbing an off-duty bouncer five times outside a Winona bar in 2006.
(2008/08/15)
Festival: The Houston County Fair is held each August. It started Wednesday and ends Sunday. This year marks its 150th year.
(2008/08/14)
A Winona man who prosecutors say has a “disturbing” and at times “chilling” criminal record was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison for possession of cocaine with the intent to sell from his home on Mankato Avenue in December.
(2008/08/14)
Eleven weary war protestors ambled off the La Crosse River Trail on Tuesday, 371 miles from their starting point and still more than 100 miles from their destination.
(2008/08/14)
Winona State University has pieces of Mars in a laminated bottle sitting in its Pasteur Hall.
(2008/08/14)
State officials say they’re searching for new jobs for workers recently laid off from Winona’s TRW Automotive plant, though they are skeptical the workers can immediately find jobs in Winona that pay comparable wages.
(2008/08/14)
A Winona woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years on probation and 100 hours of community service for her role in a scheme to cash fraudulent checks in March 2007.
(2008/08/14)
Story by Kevin Behr / Winona Daily News A woman suffered minor injuries Wednesday when her car crossed two lanes of traffic, went airborne and rolled in a ditch on Highway 61 near Lamoille, Minn.
(2008/08/14)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Renaissance Festival announced the death of Minneapolis actor Joe Kudla, who was half of the “Puke and Snot” comedy team for more than 30 years.
(2008/08/13)
Winona residents won’t be asked this fall to finance a major city recreation project, city leaders said Tuesday.
(2008/08/13)
Authorities say they have a suspect in a 2007 arson fire that destroyed the Gin Mill Tavern in Buffalo, Wis.
(2008/08/13)
Four would-be commissioners in Winona County’s Third District took a first swing at answering voters’ questions on Tuesday night.
(2008/08/13)
To raise academic performance, Ridgeway Community School wants to raise heart rates.
(2008/08/13)
STOCKTON, Minn. One question was answered at Stockton city council meeting Tuesday night. That left many others up in the air and residents concerned.
(2008/08/13)
Two men barged into a house wearing ski masks and swinging golf clubs early Tuesday in what police said was not a random incident.
(2008/08/13)
A 1998 Dodge Caravan stolen in Fountain City was recovered in Iowa eight hours after the owner reported it missing, Fountain City Police Officer Jason Mork said.
(2008/08/12)
Electronic signs that flash, move or change displays would face new restrictions under a proposal recommended by Winona’s Planning Commission on Monday.
(2008/08/12)
WASHINGTON By their offices ye shall know them. The personalities and personal histories of John McCain and Barack Obama are as evident in the artwork, books and mementoes in their Senate offices as in any words they may utter.
(2008/08/12)
A Winona woman was among 13 protesters arrested by military police Sunday for trespassing during a protest at the Fort McCoy military base near Sparta, Wis.
(2008/08/12)
In the early Monday morning mist, Paal Haddal rowed across Lake Winona.
(2008/08/12)
Workers at Winona’s TRW Automotive plant said Monday that they fear for their jobs after corporate officials announced plans to lay off at least 80 from the facility.
(2008/08/12)
Employees at the East End Recreation Center discovered a bullet lodged in a back door Sunday afternoon, and police are looking for help in determining who put it there.
(2008/08/12)
Primary election candidates for the Winona County Board, District 3, will have an opportunity to air their views in a televised forum from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.
(2008/08/12)
A St. Charles, Minn., man helped evacuate about 30 other guests of a hotel that burned in Eau Claire, Wis., on Sunday.
(2008/08/12)
They call Judith Ramaley the “godmother of STEM.”
(2008/08/12)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. The last cloth diaper home-delivery service in the Twin Cities has pooped out, apparently leaving a Duluth-area service and Small Change Diaper Service in La Crescent as the last two in Minnesota.
(2008/08/11)
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — They came for the volleyball and softball tournaments. They came for the auction, live music and grilled chicken. They came for the fireworks.
(2008/08/11)
TENKOTO, Senegal A reef of gold buried beneath this vast, parched grassland arcs across some of the world’s poorest countries. Where the ore is rich, industrial mines carve it out. Where it’s not, the poor sift the earth.
(2008/08/11)
ATLANTA Emory University is hoping to make a two-wheeled contraption the must-have back-to-school accessory this fall.
(2008/08/11)
Police said they arrested an apparent Olympic Games fan Saturday evening on suspicion of drunken driving and fleeing the scene of a car crash.
(2008/08/11)
The Goodview Scholarship Pageant will start at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Winona Middle School in Winona. Five contestants Kelly Clark, Katie Gunderson, Christine Klug, Chelsea Nesbit and Shawnee Skogebo will compete for $4,800 in scholarship money.
(2008/08/11)
Stockton residents haven’t been sold on past proposals to build a municipal water system, though Mayor Jack Roberts hopes their decision on the matter just got easier.
(2008/08/10)
The David E. Peck slowed to a crawl and gave a friendly nudge to the newest piece of a floating village.
(2008/08/10)
When a pampered East Coast cheerleader wants to become a hockey player, she comes to Minnesota.
(2008/08/10)
Winona voters will pick their next mayor in November, but in one month, they’ll winnow the field from four to two. Voters will pick between Mayor Jerry Miller, Haakon Nelson, Clarence Russell and John Skalitzky in Winona’s Sept. 9 mayoral primary. The four candidates run the gamut in age, experience and perspectives on where Winona should go in the next four years.
(2008/08/10)
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. Area residents visited Lock & Dam No. 5A near Fountain City on Saturday for an informational tour of the facility.
(2008/08/09)
A deal to bring the William A. Thompson dredge boat permanently to Winona could be in jeopardy, according to a statement issued Friday by the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
(2008/08/09)
Ann Schaub says her bosses at Winona’s TRW Automotive plant gave her and other employees a directive earlier this year: Increase your production, and your jobs should be safe.
(2008/08/09)
Jennifer Weaver walked to the end of a narrow hallway and punched a sequence of numbers into a digital, wall-mounted locking system. Slowly, she pushed open one of the heavy double doors to expose a treasure trove of artifacts hidden inside “the vault.”
(2008/08/09)
Winona’s Port Authority is advancing plans to raze two buildings and construct a parking lot on a Main Street block targeted for redevelopment, though efforts to acquire the block’s final property remain at a standstill.
(2008/08/09)
Alma and Fountain City police have joined a nationwide crackdown on drunken drivers.
(2008/08/09)
LA CROSSE, Wis. After several days and court hearings, La Crosse County Circuit Judge Scott Horne decided Friday he was satisfied the pieces were in place for the county’s first property bond in recent memory.
(2008/08/09)
Thirty-eight Cochrane-Fountain City FFA members competed, performed and represented Cochrane-Fountain City in Madison on
(2008/08/09)
The chartered plane loaded with soldiers descended slowly in the summer sky as Sgt. John Kriesel watched eagerly on the tarmac, clutching a walking cane. He had been waiting for this reunion for more than seven months.
(2008/08/08)
City of Goodview officials are trying to quell rumors about water quality at a popular swimming hole contaminated during last year’s floods.
(2008/08/08)
Winona’s recent economic woes and America’s rising gas prices were the topics du jour for Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and his DFL challenger, Al Franken, in campaign stops here Thursday afternoon.
(2008/08/08)
A man accused of running from police for more than two hours Tuesday denied wrongdoing during his first appearance Thursday in Winona County District Court.
(2008/08/08)
Charter Communications customers in parts of southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin were without telephone, Internet and cable service for several hours Thursday after a fiber optic cable was inadvertently cut.
(2008/08/08)
The case against a man police accuse of causing a fatal wreck has been postponed.
(2008/08/08)
Think good thoughts for 19-year-old Tim Olstad this morning. He’s auditioning for “American Idol” producers at a casting call today in Kansas City, Mo.
(2008/08/08)
Could Winona’s own Tim Olstad be the next “American Idol”? The 19-year-old won the regional Fox Fest Idol competition Sunday in La Crosse and will audition Friday in Kansas City, Mo. His win means he gets to bud in front of the thousands of other hopefuls for a 30 second a cappella audition in front of “Idol” producers.
(2008/08/08)
Winona police issued a citation to the pickup truck driver who caused a T-bone crash with a city bus Wednesday afternoon.
(2008/08/08)
Lee Newspapers CALEDONIA, Minn. The man found dead Wednesday in his rural Brownsville, Minn., boathouse was a lifelong resident and former assistant fire chief of Houston, Minn., authorities said.
(2008/08/08)
ALMA, Wis. The Buffalo County Board of Adjustments voted unanimously Thursday to approve a racetrack’s controversial application for a campsite permit.
(2008/08/08)
The Flanagan Irish Dancers will perform this weekend at two festivals celebrating Irish heritage. At Irishfest in La Crosse, Wis., the group will perform at 4 p.m. today at the Wee Folks Tent at the South Side Oktoberfest grounds. After a demonstration of Irish step and figure dances, the group will teach a couple of ceili dances to audience members. On Saturday, the dancers will appear at 11 a.m. in the Wee Folks Tent. Their main stage appearance will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. A full schedule of entertainment and activities for the three-day celebration can be found at irishfestlax.org.
(2008/08/08)
PART I: The long haul begins This is the story of a very long deployment of a very long war of how members of the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division lived and died in Iraq, how their families endured while they were gone, and how what happened in a far distant land still resonates today.
(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 Cafι.
(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 doesnt 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 Sheriffs 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 Sheriffs 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 Vδnskδ 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.
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