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The AgStar Fund for Rural America, the corporate giving program of AgStar Financial Services, recently awarded $69,000 in...
A new survey finds Minneapolis has the highest gas prices in the Lower 48 states.The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoli...
The Legislature has sent Governor Mark Dayton a school funding bill that boosts education spending in a number of areas.The S...
Minnesota's unemployment rate took a dip in April according to the latest figures released by the Department of Employmen...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host a series of public meetings over the few next weeks seeking input on its...
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, Vice Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee released a new report examining the...
Winona's Fastenal Company posted a 9.8% increase in net sales for the month of April when compared to April of 2012.The c...
Fort McCoy has canceled its 2013 Armed Forces Day Open House because of automatic federal spending cuts.The event was schedul...
Wisconsin milk production increased 3% to 2.4 billion pounds last month while the number of licensed dairy herds dipped by 73...
The Cochrane-Fountain City School District saved enough to pay off a $750,000 bond debt balance for money that was used t...
What was once a projected plan for 12 counties in southeastern Minnesota tocombine their human services delivery has now been...
The Merchants Financial Group Incorporated has posted $3,200,000 in net earnings for the first quarter of 2013.President ...
The United Way of the Greater Winona area says there is still time to apply for funding for children's programming from t...
Minnesota was the third worst pro-business state in the nation in 2012, according to a study.The study was produced by the Am...
Warm weather has finally arrived which means several area golf courses are opening for business.Cedar Valley in Winona opened...
A State of Manufacturing survey conducted by Enterprise Minnesota shows Winona firms continue to be optimistic about the futu...
Minnesota Senate Republican Leader David Hann is calling a Democratic tax plan unveiled Tuesday uncalled for.Hann says the pl...
Buffalo County Courthouse departments and standing county board committees might be given more latitude in spending money on ...
State Senator Jeremy Miller says he can not support an effort to give counties the ability to impose their own one-half cent ...
The Minnesota unemployment rate dropped one tenth of a percent in March to a seasonally adjusted 5.4%, according to figures r...
Minnesota House Democrats want to trim the state's contribution to a Mayo Clinic expansion proposal in Rochester by about...
A Twin Cities think tank says adjusting for inflation, population growth, budgeting gimmicks and takeovers, the State of Minn...
Winona Democrat Gene Pelowski on Monday unveiled the House omnibus higher education bill.During a press conference at the sta...
Winona's Fastenal Company is reporting increased earnings during the first quarter of 2013.Fastenal reported net earnings...
A bill allowing the City of Altura and three other cities to share in the proceeds from the Rochester local sales tax has rec...
Merchants Financial Group, Inc. (MFGI) held its annual meeting Thursday, formally reporting a record year to shareholders and...
The Southeastern Minnesota Multi-County Housing and Redevelopment Authority announced that Goodhue, Wabasha and Winona Counti...
County Board Chairman Wayne Velentine told a State of the Community audience today Thursday the county's 10.5% reduction ...
Minnesota House Democrats are proposing $250,000,000 in property tax relief including a boost in refunds available to hom...
Minnesota House DFLers are calling on the legislature to fund all-day, everyday, kindergarten throughout Minnesota.The House ...
State officials say Xcel Energy's math doesn't add up in the company's request for a rate hike.The utility is see...
The City of Altura and three other communities may get a share of the proceeds from Rochester's half-cent local sales tax...
The AgStar Fund for Rural America, a corporate giving program of AgStar Financial Services, has awarded over $63,000 to t...
Minnesota's unemployment rate for the month of February remained unchanged from January at 5.5%. The US jobless rate in F...
Minnesota House Democrats are seeking to impose a tax surcharge on the top one percent of earners to pay down the state's...
The Minnesota Department of Revenue says problems have been addressed with electronic tax filing services that caused delayed...
As the Mayo Clinic seeks state money to help with its expansion plans, Minnesota's third-largest city is feeling the stra...
A Winona County Farmer has won $2,500 for St. John's Lutheran School through America's Farmers Grow Communities.A...
Documents filed at the Winona County Recorder's office indicate two buildings owned by Winona developer David McNally hav...
Governor Mark Dayton released a revised budget plan that, he says, responsibly resolves the state's budget deficit and ma...
A Winona County Department is being commended by the state of Minnesota for its financial reporting.The state Department of H...
Merchants Financial Group, Inc. ended 2012 with $12,400,000 in net income, an increase of nearly $3,700,000 over 2011...
Merchants Bank is third in the total number of SBA 504 loans and seventh in Minnesota in dollar volume for SBA 504 loans, acc...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton tells The Associated Press he's '99.8 percent certain' he'll abandon a bid to broa...
The state of Minnesota saw its unemployment rate increase to 5.6% in January compared to 5.4% in December. But according to t...
The Port Authority of Winona meets Thursday, March 7th and they will vote on a pair of agreements with CHS.CHS would like to ...
Republicans are giving themselves the credit for lowering the budget deficit according to a revenue forecast released on Thur...
Mayo Clinic reports a strong financial performance in 2012 as the Minnesota-based health care provider added more employees a...
Representative Gene Pelowski is predicting state lawmakers will hear two revenue forecasts Thursday.Pelowski told Winona Radi...
The Minnesota Department of Revenue is warning taxpayers of a new scam that targets their personal or banking information. An...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Wisconsin farmers planted 4.35 million acres of corn in 2012, up 200,000 acres from 2...
State Representative Greg Davids is predicting if Governor Dayton's tax increase proposals were brought to a vote in the ...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says he had a one hour meeting with Governor Mark Dayton Tuesday and the two talked about ...
Minnesota Rep. John Kline says automatic federal budget cuts neither side wants have a "better than even" chance of...
The Mayo Clinic proposal for government help toward a major expansion in Rochester has eased past its first of many committee...
A big change is on the way for Minnesotans who receive paper checks for their Social Security benefits. Senior Advocate Marib...
The Minnesota House Tax Committee has been taking a closer look at the so-called business-to-business sales tax proposal prop...
The Mayo Clinic proposal for government help toward a major expansion in Rochester is making its first committee stop in the ...
The Merchants Bank says Steve Kovala has joined its Winona staff as vice president and business banker.Kovala comes to Winona...
While Winona County continues to consider issuing permits for three frac sand mines, and will hold a public hearing next week...
The founder of Logistics Health says the future is bright for the La Crosse company.LHI has won a 5 year contract with the U....
The Winona Port Authority is expected to award a contract on Thursday for the demolition and removal of the old dock and silo...
Speltz and Auto Center Towing, Winona's premier automotive service station, is currently looking for a general service me...
The Buffalo County Board approved buying a couple of squad cars for the sheriff's department, both considered good deals ...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will hold a listening session in Stewartville next Tuesday, February 12th to gather i...
A Wisconsin legislator is using Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal to try to lure business across the state border.Republ...
Winona County Administrator Duane Hebert says record prices paid for farmland in the county in 2012 will mean higher taxes fo...
Property taxpayers in Winona County are better off since 2009 thanks to the Winona County Board's efforts to hold down pr...
Winona County Administrator Duane Hebert says record prices paid for farmland in the county in 2012 will mean higher taxes fo...
Real estate recordings during the month of January that ended Thursday were the highest in eight years. County Recorder Bob B...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it completed 64 enforcement actions in 39 counties during the fourth quarter of 2...
New Minnesota campaign finance reports show that spending on the fight over an unsuccessful constitutional amendment to ban g...
HMN Financial stock has been on the rise over the past week. HMN Financial stock was selling Wednesday at $5.75 a share, ...
A new report issued by a Twin Cities think tank is calling on the state legislature to extend and expand a tax credit for reh...
First District Congressman Tim Walz was honored this week for his dedicated service to the agriculture community with the Fri...
The deadline for Wisconsin farmers to stand up and be counted is approaching.The U.S. Census of Agriculture is done every fiv...
The Winona City Council Tuesday approved a Conditional Use Permit (C-U-P) to CD Corporation so they can increase barge shipme...
Local residents are being asked to have some patience when it comes to Governor Mark Dayton's proposed budget released Tu...
Representative Greg Davids says he fears huge tax increases when Governor Mark Dayton unveils his budget proposal next week.D...
Republican State Senator Jeremy Miller of Winona says he expects Governor Dayton's proposed budget will include more taxe...
The Minnesota State Lottery contributed a record $124,000,000 to state programs last year, including almost $1,000,00...
Winona's Fastenal Company reported a successful 2012 with increases in both net sales and net earnings.Fastenal says net ...
December turned out to be another strong month in job growth for the State of Minnesota. Department of Employment and Economi...
With Governor Mark Dayton set to release his budget proposal next Monday, State Representative Steve Drazkowski says Minnesot...
Following the January tax law changes made by Congress, the IRS announced they will be opening their 2013 filing season and b...
Merchants Bank says Dave Langemak has joined the bank's staff in Winona as Vice President and Manager of Business Banking...
Minnesota House and Senate Democrats are laying down a few markers on the upcoming budget debate: Any deal must include spend...
La Crosse Democratic Congressman Ron Kind says that divided government necessitates compromise...and that is what will be req...
AgStar Fund for Rural America, the corporate giving program of AgStar Financial Services, is now accepting applications for i...
Winona County Recorder Bob Bambenek said 2012 produced the highest cropland prices in the county's history, including one...
While Republicans in Congress say the focus over the next two months should be on spending cuts, Democratic Minnesota Senator...
While Republicans in Congress say the focus over the next two months should be on spending cuts, Democratic Minnesota Senator...
After years of complaints over difficulty hearing at public meetings, Buffalo County is installing microphones for every coun...
Former First District Congressman Tim Penny says he was disappointed with the last-minute compromise Congress came up with in...
Hormel Foods, based in Austin, is buying the Skippy peanut butter product line from Unilever for approximately $700 milli...
Wisconsin U S Senator Ron Johnson says President Obama got what he demanded Tuesday, a tax increase on the job-creating secto...
The city of Red Wing has been honored for their fiscal excellence.The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial ...
The owners of Parlor and Den in Winona have sold the downtown building to WKM Properties in Winona for $335,000.Carolyn C...
Winona Health is bracing for some significant cuts in federal funding if Congress fails to act on the so-called fiscal cliff ...
Count Howard Bicker among those taking careful stock of the sputtering fiscal cliff talks in Washington.The executive directo...
Former First District Congressman Tim Penny says he is concerned about the potential impact on the City of Rochester and the ...
The end of an era in Winona has come with the sale of Walz Chevrolet, Buick and GMC business to Dahl Automotive of La crosse....
Two local companies say they are committed to using compressed natural gas in their vehicles in the future now that the Winon...
Outgoing Winona County Board Chair Mena Kaehler said the board made many accomplishments during her four-year tenure as a boa...
The Winona County Board of Commissioners made it official when board members voted unanimously to decrease the county's 2...
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar is calling for a bipartisan, balanced solution to avoid the fiscal cliff and reduce the debt.At a ...
Following an often testy public hearing that lasted more than 2 hours, the Winona City Board of Adjustment voted 4 to 0 in fa...
Winona National Bank has announced that a new Vice President of Operations has joined the bank.She is Kim Duitsman who comes ...
Canadian Pacific Railway says it will "defer indefinitely" plans to extend its South Dakota-based Dakota Minnesota ...
Merchants Bank kicked off its 24th Annual "Ten Days of Giving" food drive Friday as it prepares to go over the two ...
Milk production rose 5 percent in Wisconsin as dairy producers were predicted to see average prices go above $22 statewid...
The Winona Area Public School District will need to reduce expenses by an estimated $1,675,000 over the course of the 201...
A half-percent sales tax collected by Buffalo County has averaged 585-thousand dollars annually, down from its high mark at 6...
A Plainview bank has changed its name after converting from a national charter to a state charter.The Plainview News reports ...
Third District Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind says Congress needs to work out a compromise on the budget before reaching the ...
The Winona County Board unanimously agreed to increase the county's 2013 funding allotment to the County Soil and Water C...
Buffalo County had $7.67 million invested at banks and other financial institutions in October.Some $1.57 million was...
A proposed 2013 Buffalo County budget would raise property taxes less than one percent and balance spending by using fund res...
RiverStar Incorporated of Winona will featured on nationally-broadcast television show "Today in America" hosted by...
Winona Pattern & Mold a leader in the Cast Metal and Aerospace industries has the following second and third shift openings i...
The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency board has approved funding awards totaling more than $134 million to build, preserve...
McDonalds is looking for managers.If you're looking for a rewarding career, have a strong desire to succeed and experienc...
New federal data show more than 9,500 students at Minnesota colleges and universities have defaulted on their federal student...
Fort McCoy says the number of troops trained at the U.S. Army installation in fiscal year 2012 surpassed 122,000.The fort, on...
Winona County may take a look at purchasing some new vehicles in the future that are powered by natural gas.County Environmen...
Frac sand mining debates continued last week at a Buffalo County hearing in Gilmanton where a zoning committee voted to recom...
The Winona County Economic Development Authority last week approved loans totaling $350,00 to businesses in the county th...
HBC Cable says its president and chief executive officer, Gary Evans, will step down at the end of this yearThe company says ...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will hold meetings across the state in October to allow the public to offer input ...
The chairman of the board for Festival Foods will be on the Winona State University campus Wednesday. Dave Skogen will presen...
Merchants Bank says its La Crescent branch office will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Thursday, October 11th, with an ice...
A University of Minnesota team has won a $600,000 federal grant to develop biotechnology for purifying wastewater from hy...
The Rushford City Council has set a preliminary 2013 property tax levy that includes a 2.9% increase over the 2012 levy.Accor...
Fastenal reported another increase in net earnings for the month of August.The Winona company says it had nearly $290.5 m...
Buffalo County County supervisors have passed four frac sand mining reorts back to department committees for proposed actions...
The annual Pickwick Mill Day celebration is coming up.The event will be held on Saturday, September 8th, and it marks the con...
A Goodview firm will build a 50,000 square foot addition to its existing plant that is earmarked to be completed by January F...
The National Agricultural Statistics Service said farm real estate values in Wisconsin were up 7% from a year ago. Value of c...
Fastenal has reported net saes during the month of July went up 17.7% when compared to net sales in July of 2011.The Winona c...
The Winona Early Childhood Initiative is hosting a lunch featuring retired Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Chair, Art Rolnic...
Wisconsin and Minnesota are far apart on how much the Badger State should pay for tax reciprocity.The two states reached an a...
Minnesota added 6800 jobs in July, according to figures released by the Department of Employment and Economic Development.The...
Alma Mayor Robert Scow has advised getting rid of the Alma Building Lots restrictive building conditions and offering Shawnee...
AgStar Financial Services is reporting after-tax earnings for mid-year ending June 30th of $48.4 million for the first ha...
Winona's Merchants Financial Group has posted another increase in net earnings through the first six months of 2012.The g...
A longtime Fastenal employee has been elected as the company's new president. 51 year old Leland Hein Jr will take over f...
A Wisconsin company has acquired Boelter Industries of Winona. WS Packaging, Incorporated in Green Bay has purchased the Wino...
Governor Mark Dayton plans to make the final call on construction projects benefiting from a $47.5 million development fu...
Winona's Fastenal Company has declared a quarterly dividend of 19 cents a share to be paid to shareholders of record as o...
Land sales in Winona County continue to spike and County Recorder Bob Bambenek told the Winona County Board of Commissioners ...
Farmers in the United States planted a little more than 96 million acres of corn in 2012, the most farmland in corn productio...
Position: Maintenance Electrician/Electronics TechnicianCytec Engineered Materials, a market leader providing reinforced plas...
The Minnesota unemployment rate remained unchanged at a seasonally adjusted 5.6% in May, according to figures released by the...
The Rochester Post-Bulletin says its parent company will be moving some of the Post-Bulletin's production operations to M...
Winona County Board members unanimously decided not to continue participating in a delivery plan for a proposed 12 county reg...
Winona County commissioners will be faced with a resolution next Tuesday to opt out of the 12 county Human Services Redesign ...
The City of Winona is one of 31 cities across Minnesota to receive a grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Ec...
The city of Monticello, Minnesota has stopped making payments toward $26 million in bonds that were used for constructing...
Six weeks after Winona County's three-month moratorium on sand mining operations expired and the county has yet to receiv...
A Twin Cities newspaper is reporting that the parent company of Winona's Brach's Candy Company will merge with a Chic...
Winona's RTP Company has decided to expand its production facility in Ladenburg, Germany.According to the company's w...
The Winona Heritage Preservation Commission presented its annual Preservation Awards on Wednesday to two local businesses. Bl...
Residential property sales in Winona County during April nearly doubled over the same month a year ago. County Recorder Bob B...
Job Title: Sales Associate Level III & IVDepartment: Retail BankingReports to: Assistant Managers of Sales (AMS)Supervises: N...
President Obama is campaigning to prevent the cost of college borrowing from soaring for millions of students on July 1. His ...
The Minnesota unemployment rate edged one tenth of a percent higher in March to a seasonally adjusted 5.8%, according to figu...
Winona's Miller Felpax Company achieved a record sales quarter for the First Quarter of 2012 and exceeded the first quart...
A bank officer has pleaded guilty to embezzling from her employer in Mankato.65 year old Carolyn Faye Hampel, of Jackson, ent...
The Fastenal Company is reporting a very good year for 2011. President and CEO Will Oberton told the company's annual mee...
Minnesota First District Congressman Tim Walz says he's very concerned about the impact a proposed GOP budget would have ...
The Winona Heritage Preservation Commission voted 5-4 on Wednesday to explore placing additional restrictions on maintaining ...
Winona's Fastenal Company has issued its first quarter 2012 financial report that says net sales increased by 20% when co...
Green Bay-based Shopko is looking for more than 100 new employees.Shopko says its merger with Pamida and strong sales at Shop...
Minnesota's tax revenues are running a little ahead of forecast levels. An update Tuesday from Minnesota Management and B...
Bay State Milling Job DescriptionJob Title: Customer Service RepresentativeDepartment: SalesReports To: Midwest Regional Sale...
The United Way of the Greater Winona Area is seeking volunteers for some of its committees.The Community Relations/Marketing ...
A long-awaited Highway 14 construction project in south central Minnesota appears to be back on track.The project was nearly ...
The Minnesota House has passed a Republican-sponsored bill to reduce and ultimately eliminate state property taxes on busines...
New data from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development show the state added 6,200 jobs in February. DE...
Republican Representative Steve Drazkowski calls the Tax Bill passed in the House Wednesday a potential game changer for busi...
Minnesota U-S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and four other Senators have introduced an amendment directing the Commodity Futures Tra...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says April 27th is the deadline for submitting applications for the Safe Routes to...
Merchants Financial Group says it ended 2011 with a net income of nearly $8.8 million. President and CEO Richard Mahoney ...
Farm Bureau members from southeast Minnesota traveled to St. Paul recently to meet with lawmakers to share their legislative ...
The U.S. Postal Service has taken the unusual step of suspending mail service to a trailer park in Rochester until dogs are t...
Winona County is looking for a volunteer to serve on the county's Economic Development Authority board for 2012.If you ar...
A proposed 12 county effort to collaborate on providing human services across southeastern Minnesota could result in millions...
A proposed 12 county effort to collaborate on providing human services across southeastern Minnesota could result in millions...
You may be looking forward to a tax refund this year, but trying to get one as soon as possible could lessen your refund.Ever...
Here's another positive sign of an economic recovery in Minnesota. The Department of Employment and Economic Development ...
Republican State Representative Greg Davids says the budget surplus announced Wednesday sends a message to businesses seeking...
Revenue officials from Minnesota and Wisconsin say they have an agreement on tax reciprocity that will allow residents who li...
Revenue officials from Minnesota and Wisconsin say they have an agreement on tax reciprocity that will allow residents who li...
Ag Star Financial Services based in Mankato is reporting year-end net after-tax earnings as of December 31st, 2011, of $7...
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has voted to delay a proposed wind farm near Red Wing for at least a year. On a 2-1...
The sale of the Coffee Mill Golf Course in Wabasha was apparently approved by common stockholders at a meeting Saturday in Wa...
A shareholders meeting will be held this Saturday to determine if a proposed sale of the Coffee Mill Golf and Country Club in...
A Twin Cities newspaper is reporting that Fastenal Chief Executive Officer Will Oberton received $3.25 million in compens...
The Minnesota Senate Jobs and Economic Growth committee heard a proposal last week for reducing business property taxes and c...
State Senator Jeremy Miller blames Governor Mark Dayton for increased property taxes on businesses in the state.District 31 S...
A Minnesota House committee will hold a public hearing Wednesday on an effort to step up state inspections of American Indian...
Jefferson Elementary School has been award a $2100 seed grant to help pay for upgrades to its 1939 vintage heating system...
The 10 member Buffalo County Committee of the Board is back at the table trying to figure out how to cut expenses and raise r...
People with low to moderate incomes can get free income tax preparation through volunteers with AARP. This year the location ...
Minnesota U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken announced that Minnesota has received over $29 million in heating as...
The Board of Directors of Winona's Fastenal Company declared a dividend of 17 cents per share to be paid in cash on February ...
The Minnesota Management and Budget Office says the likelihood that the U-S will enter a recession in 2012 has fallen signifi...
Minnesota Republican Party officials say the party is nearly $1.3 million in debt, with another $719,000 in legal exp...
Winona's Fastenal Company is planning a major expansion project for 2012 that will include a new automatic product retrieval ...
Dairy Farmers across southern Minnesota are getting a big present for the holidays. Associated Milk Producers Incorporated sa...
The Minnesota unemployment rate fell by a half a percent in November to a seasonably adjusted 5.9% according to figures relea...
A rural organization helping communities in southeastern Minnesota create jobs and economic development is celebrating its 25...
A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy says spending more money to expand the lock and dam system o...
Lee Enterprises Inc., the publisher of the Winona Daily News, La Crosse Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and more than 40 ot...
The Minnesota Crime Victims Reparations Board has awarded more than $2.5 million to 1,200 violent crime victims and/or th...
Nearly 50 people showed up at a recent zoning committee meeting in Buffalo County where no action was taken for or against im...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is gearing up for another trade mission to China.The Department of Employment and Economic Develop...
Employees of Hormel Foods Corp. are enjoying a little extra cash after the food maker distributed $16.5 million in profit...
The Bush Foundation says it will continue to financially support the effort to merge 12 southeastern Minnesota counties' huma...
Country singer Collin Raye will be performing a concert in Winona to help raise funds for the Winona VFW Club. Post Commander...
Minnesota's unemployment rate is at its lowest level since the US financial crisis in November of 2008. That's according to t...
Monks who operated a multimillion dollar Internet business in western Wisconsin have sold their company and belongings and ha...
Winona's Fastenal Company continues to see its sales increase according to a report issued earlier this month. The report say...
Buffalo County taxpayers will see a slight increase in their county property taxes under a proposed 2012 budget approved earl...
Chattanooga-based photography company Olan Mills has been acquired by Minnesota-based Lifetouch. Financial details of the pur...
The Wabasha County commissioner who is the subject of a recall petition calls the action politically motivated. A group calle...
The Cochrane-Fountain School District passed a new budget without raising its property tax levy. The school board authorized...
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is expected to introduce legislation soon that would create jobs and help out rural areas. Kl...
The Merchants Financial Group of Winona says its earnings over the first three quarters of 2011 were $6.3 million, prompt...
The Hormel Institute is planning a $27 million expansion that will double its size and staff in Austin. The Hormel Instit...
Winona State University in September was one of seven recipients to be honored by Xcel Energy at the company's 2011 Energy Ex...
The Minnesota unemployment rate dropped to a seasonally adjusted 6.9% in September, according to the Minnesota Department of ...
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced that Reinhart Food Service in La Crosse is expanding to create up to 50 jobs in La ...
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has joined the board of directors of an Atlanta-based supply chain and retail technology provider. RedPrair...
The nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has just released a report showing record levels of legislative fundraising in W...
Winona's Fastenal Company showed a 20% increase in its third quarter 2011 net sales when compared to the third quarter of 201...
Darrell Ehrlick will become editor of the Casper, Wyoming, Star-Tribune in December. The newspaper reported Thursday the 36 y...
The Board of Directors for Winona's Fastenal Company has declared a 14 cents per share dividend. According to the company's w...
A petroleum company is replacing gas it delivered to nearly two dozen Minnesota communities because it contains too much etha...
A Rochester real estate investor has bought a bankrupt Louisiana race track for $726,000, a fraction of its original cost...
The Winona County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a motion to include a special insert in county resident's 2012 ...
The Winona County Board of Commissioner's holds it first open mike session Tuesday under new rules that board members adopted...
Hundreds were gathered at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis for the Occupy Minnesota demonstration Friday....
The iconic black mock turtleneck sweaters that became a symbol of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs have been flying off the shelve...
Craig Porter has announced a management buy-out of PlastiCert in Lewiston. PlastiCert employs about 20 people and provides in...
While a deep freeze has ended the growing season across parts of Minnesota, agricultural officials say they're still trying t...
Minnesota's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.2% in August despite the state adding 28,400 jobs. The Minnesota Depart...
The Company Store CallCenter is hiring. Training class is scheudled to start on September 26th. Training is 3 weeks fro...
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The Merchants Financial Group is adding another bank to the 17 locations it already owns. Merchants Financial Group president...
Merchants Bank announced that Rushford native Michele Boyum-Johnson has joined Merchants Investment Services as an Investment...
Winona native Carol Bartz has been fired as the CEO of Yahoo Incorporated. The New York Times reports the firing of Bartz Tue...
In overwhelming numbers, Minnesota school superintendents say the education funding formula is broken. That's according to Mi...
Many of the business people on hand for Governor Mark Dayton's roundtable on jobs at Southeast Tech on Tuesday said that stat...
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has announced that the 3M Company is eligible for up to $770,000 in economic development ...
Unemployment in the State of Minnesota increased slightly during the month of July according to the latest figures from the s...
The new managing director of Winona's Great River Shakespeare Festival says he is not here to build a new theater but wants t...
The president and CEO of the Altura State Bank has received an honor. James Kramer was recently elected as Treasurer of the I...
Speltz Auto Center Towing, Winona's premier automotive service station, is currently looking for a general service mechanic a...
Merchants Bank continued its positive trend reporting that net income for the first half of 201,1 through June 30th, was just...
A four-year-old proposal to construct a new motel in Rushford has been terminated by the City of Rushford. The Tri-County Rec...
New labels will soon start showing up on gas pumps across Minnesota pointing out a new gasoline blend being dispensed contain...
The Winona Community Foundation maintains a strong financial position with net assets of over $10.1 million at the close ...
Buffalo County is asking for zero percent increases in property tax dollars used to build county department budgets for 2012....
Local Republican lawmakers are reacting to the end of the government shutdown saying the art of compromise came in to play. R...
Republican State Representative Greg Davids says he is pleased with the deal reached Friday to end the government shutdown. D...
Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty is set to report that he raised $4.5 million in the last three months and ha...
Senator Amy Klobachar says she is against Congress passing another continuing resolution rather than reach an agreement on th...
The City of Wabasha has taken a giant step in its efforts to re-open the historic Anderson House Hotel and Restaurant. The ci...
A new two-year Wisconsin budget keeps the lid on local property taxes by holding the line on new taxes for county government....
Winona's Fastenal company continues to see its net earnings increase during 2011. According to a second quarter report, Faste...
Gov. Mark Dayton plans to travel around Minnesota this week as the state's government shutdown continues, even as he says he'...
Winona Mayor Jerry Miller says the city is continuing to wait and see if it will receive its next local government aid payche...
There's some help out there for Minnesota homeowners who are facing foreclosure. The Emergency Homeowner's Loan Program is pr...
An unknown number of Winona employees of Denver-based Pro Build are involved in a realignment that is seeing the closure of m...
While he remains optimistic that fellow lawmakers and the governor can avoid a government shutdown on Friday, Republican Stat...
House DFL Leader Paul Thissen and Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk, joined Governor Dayton at a State Capitol news conference ...
WinCraft, a leader in retail licensed sports and promotional products, is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. WinCraft offers m...
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate has passed the $66 billion state budget, sending it to Gov. Scott Walker who p...
Kreofsky Building Supplies, a family-owned building supplies business based in Plainview has announced they are opening a ful...
Minnesota employers added 1200 jobs in the month of May, according to the figures released by the Minnesota Department of Emp...
Two Winona retail centers have been sold. According to paperwork filed at the Winona County Recorder's Office, a strip mall l...
Fastenal continued to enjoy sales increases during the month of May according to the Winona firm's latest financial report re...
Minnesota U-S Congressman Eric Paulson says it would be a huge mistake for Congress to raise the debt ceiling without spendin...
State Senator Jeremy Miller of Winona says he has been frustrated with the lack of movement when it comes to solving the stat...
Winona National Bank was among those honored by theWinona Area Chamber of Commerce for outstandingperformance durin this week...
Mankato Brewery has acquired a building that once housed a beer distribution company and hopes tobegin producing beer by Sept...
Winona Mayor Jerry Miller says he hopes the merger of Composite Products Incorporated of Winona with a company from India doe...
The Braj Binani Group, an Indian business conglomerate, it has signed a merger agreement with USA based Composite Products, I...
The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency is reminding homeowners in southern Minnesota who sustained flood damage during the Sept...
The battle lines are forming at the state capitol after the Minnesota House Wednesday approved a budget reduction bill, a fir...
A new report says foreclosure sales in Minnesota increased 11% in 2010. The Minnesota Home Ownership Center says there were n...
Winona County Recorder Bob Bambenek is warning local residents o stay away from online or internet lenders when seeking a new...
One state senator thinks his proposal to end the ban on Sunday liquor sales in Minnesota might have a chance this year. Sen. ...
The Minnesota Senate Education Committee has approved a proposal for a statewide pay freeze for school employees on a 9-7 vot...
Tri-County Electric Cooperative in Rushford has announced that it has sold its share of a propane company, doing business as ...
While local units of government around Minnesota are bracing for some dramatic cuts in the Local Government Aid, as lawmakers...
Governor Mark Dayton says the new director of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is Mark Phillip...
Minnesota's unemployment rate fell by point-one percent in December to a seasonally-adjusted 7%. That compares to the U-S emp...
Winona's Fastenal Company is reporting positive 2010 sales and earnings results. In its year-end report Fastenal says it had ...
Winona County Recorder Bob Bambenek said that while 2010 saw an increase in foreclosures in the county, it was a very good ye...
The new chairman of the Minnesota House Tax Committee has introduced a bill that would make Minnesota more competitive with i...
Jeremy Miller was sworn in to the 87th Minnesota State Legislature on Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Miller is the Vice Chair of t...
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