CHEER: To Oktoberfest board chairman Kelly Wilde, Festmaster & Frau Tom & Marilyn Tiggelaar, Mrs. Oktoberfest Ilene Kernozek, Special Fester Rylee Beahm and the rest of the Royal Family, and the many many volunteers and friends, for a grand return after a year away. Putting on La Cro…
CHEER: To the return of Ashley for the Arts, the highly anticipated annual event that was sidelined last year like others. Let the music play and let the community come together in Arcadia for the festival that gives back. In 2019 alone, Ashley for the Arts donated more than $590,000 to over…
CHEER: To the Family & Children’s Center, featured in our weekly Stories for Good series, for operating nearly 25 programs, serving more than 3,000 clients from seven regional locations across western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. Its services work to prevent child abuse, help in…
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CHEER: To Bob Kierlin and Mary Burrichter on being honored with this year’s Ashley for the Arts “Patron of the Arts” award. The co-founders of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum will be recognized Friday, Aug. 13, in Arcadia before Kip Moore’s performance at 8 p.m. “I want to do something worth…
CHEER: To Giannis, Khris, Bobby, Jrue, Coach Bud and the Milwaukee Bucks for their crowning achievement, winning the NBA title for the first time in 50 years. “We did it, we did it,” a glowing Giannis Antetokounmpo told reporters in the Fiserv Forum while holding both the world championship …
CHEER: To the Family & Children’s Center’s Day Treatment program, a certified mental health program designed to meet the needs of children ages 3 to 17 with severe emotional and behavioral difficulties. It’s making a difference in Winona and is just one of the programs of the Family &…
CHEER: To Giannis, Khris, Bobby, Jrue, Coach Bud and the Milwaukee Bucks for their crowning achievement, winning the NBA title for the first time in 50 years. “We did it, we did it,” a glowing Giannis Antetokounmpo told reporters in the Fiserv Forum while holding both the world championship …
CHEER: To the Family & Children’s Center’s Day Treatment program, a certified mental health program designed to meet the needs of children ages 3 to 17 with severe emotional and behavioral difficulties. It’s making a difference in Winona and is just one of the programs of the Family &…
CHEER: To a traditional Fourth of July with family and friends, brats and burgers, beverages of choice, and community celebrations all around us for Independence Day. What a difference a year makes. Enjoy this one more than ever, You deserve it.
America’s original independence day took place without muss or fuss, when the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A year later, to commemorate the birth of the nation, bells rang, bonfires burned and fireworks lit the sky as Congress adjourned in Ph…
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CHEER: To all of the winners and runners up in the various categories of Steamboat Days. What a community celebration it was.
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CHEER: To event volunteers and organizers in every community, who have re-emerged after a year away to set up and host events ranging from Chicken Qs to multi-day festivals and everything in between. You are appreciated, as we begin to attend these events in what is shaping up as a “normal summer.”
CHEER: To parents and families who are planning something super special for a Class of 2021 graduate in coming days. Now that masking and distancing requirements are eased for those vaccinated, gatherings can be held. For these students who have missed out of so many key moments and events f…
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CHEER: Congratulations to the Class of ‘21 graduating from colleges throughout the region. You’ve made it. And you did it through a pandemic and a most challenging time for everyone, on or off campus. Congratulations too to your families who believed in you and supported you. Good luck in yo…
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CHEER: To Ready Set School — Winona County’s nonprofit working to ensure all eligible K-12 students have the basic and necessary supplies and clothing for school. It was here to help throughout the pandemic, and it has seen need from Winona County families increased by 36.7%. “Teachers end u…
CHEER: To alumni of Winona State University and St. Mary’s University for getting together, most recently to participate in a street cleanup to help beautify Winona. “We all went to school here and we all still live here,” said Tracy Hale, director of alumni engagement at WSU. “Winona is our…
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CHEER: To the Winona Daily News All-Area Girls and Boys Basketball teams, as chosen by sports editor Alex VandenHouten on recommendations from area coaches. It was a season like none other, but these students recognized in April deserve your applause. A big congrats to the players of the yea…
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