On March 2, a 45-year-old Rochester, Minn., man pleaded guilty to murdering a woman near Kellogg last summer. Investigators said Craig Alan Hameister fatally shot Melissa Nicole Hunt, 36, of ...

Don’t forget the annual township meeting at the Homer Town Hall follows the counting of ballots. Annual township meetings are an important place to hear from all residents. Get together with your ...

The term liver spots (LS) is one those mysterious phrases coined to substitute for the medical word(s). It is poor at best, as well as inaccurate. It is a tacky attempt to characterize the brown spots ...

Some pastors enjoy answering that question. It leads to a variety of responses. Sometimes the breaks are slammed, end of conversation. Sometimes it leads to an intimate confession involving guilt of ...

We could mourn a year of need. But! Here we are. Here we still are, knowing that the arcs of justice and democracy require us to bend them. And that sidewalk action is not the only thing that will ...

Now the flame has been extinguished, the medals awarded, and the flags lowered. The noise of the stadium has quieted, and our athletes have returned home. What remains is not just a tally of victories ...

Goodview Elementary School became home to all Winona Area Public Schools’ (WAPS) kindergarten classes at the start of this school year as the district reconfigured which grades attend which elementary ...

Winona County is slated to receive a total of $3 million from Minnesota’s opioid settlement funds. Under state agreements, the money must be used to mitigate the opioid crisis, including using it to ...

The Cochrane-Fountain City (C-FC) School District plans to soon open a new interactive classroom that can immerse students in a variety of different themes. The Engagement Lab will use projectors, ...

Winona needs housing, but parking has long been a limiting factor in where new housing can be built. The Winona Planning Commission recently supported reduced parking requirements for studio and ...

After hearing from a number of citizens concerned about the legalization of rifle hunting for deer in southern Minnesota — and more who were supportive of the change — the Winona County Board still ...

The city of Winona won state grants last month to install solar panels on numerous city buildings. City officials estimate the project will save the city $1-1.5 million over 25 years. “It’s a win for ...