A report on a school bus fire in Winona is prompting a bus company to make safety changes. The report released Wednesday by a Michigan-based safety laboratory says the fire started after the driver hit a deer and didn't stop. The bus's air brake system... »
Smoking will soon be completely banned on the campus of Winona State University. Starting Jan. 12, no smoking or tobacco use of any kind will be allowed anywhere within campus boundaries -- both indoors our outdoors. It's a toughening of the school's 2... »
A group of Winona citizens may try to raise funds to buy a historic Mississippi River vessel that was to be the centerpiece of a marine museum that failed to raise the money to buy it. The dredge William A. Thompson was used to clear sediment for more ... »
A Minnesota man has donated a 20-acre bluff in Wisconsin that overlooks the Mississippi River to land trust for preservation. Eighty-three-year-old Stanley Ledebuhr of Winona says he watched peregrine falcons nest on the bluff near Fountain City, Wisco... »
Winona County veterans are celebrating the opening of a new $1.4 million veterans center. A renovated armory donated by the Army opened Saturday to serve the county's 5,000 veterans. Tuesday is Veterans Day. The new Winona Veterans Center overlooks Lak... »
Someone threw three rocks through windows at Winona DFL Party headquarters the morning after Tuesday's election.Two of the rocks pierced a poster of President-elect Barack Obama. DFL officials suspect the vandalism may have been in response to the outc... »
The Marine Art Museum in southeastern Minnesota plans to construct a new 3,200-square-foot gallery that will allow curators to display more of the museum's permanent collection. »
Trucks will roll again across the Highway 43 bridge at Winona. »
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says work should begin by Thursday on repairing about 15 gusset plates on the Highway 43 bridge over the Mississippi River at Winona. »
A Winona County grand jury has indicted three people in a 23-year-old murder. »
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