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University of Minnesota Extension agronomists are recommending that farmers plant faster maturing corn hybrids if they are st...
Minnesota's investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5% of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislat...
Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken have introduced legislation to help prevent spikes in gas prices.After the cl...
With the expansion of frac sand mining in Minnesota and Wisconsin, University of Montana Professor Dr. Thomas Powers has long...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has reopened Highway 250 north of Lanesboro.The highway was closed down on Monday ...
La Crosse-based River City Ready Mix will add a concrete facility in Goodview. near the Michael LaCanne Park along Highway 61...
Winona County authorities said a building in St. Charles was damaged along with downed trees and power lines in other parts o...
A powerful band of storms with strong winds and heavy rain uprooted trees, flooded roads and caused structural damage in sout...
FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE FORK WHITEWATER RIVER NEAR WHITEWATER PARKTHE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reopening the lock and dam on the Mississippi near Fountain City after a towboat hit one ...
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar the Farm Bill has passed the Senate Agriculture Committee with strong bipartisan support.The ...
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar the Farm Bill has passed the Senate Agriculture Committee with strong bipartisan support.The ...
House and Senate members, the governor's administration, DNR and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency have reached an a...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says motorists traveling on the Highway 43 bridge over the Mississippi River in Wi...
A proposal to restore a degraded wetland to create a separate "wetland mitigation bank" in Monroe County is current...
The Minnesota House passed the Omnibus Energy Bill Tuesday by a 69 to 64 margin that Republicans say will cause higher energy...
A group from southeastern Minnesota is at the State Capitol, urging lawmakers to ban frac-sand mines any closer than one mile...
The National Weather Service says the Mississippi River is rising again...minor flooding possible and a floodwarning has been...
Minneapolis officials are warning homeowners against pruning their ash trees...good advice for homeowners in Winona and Houst...
The Winona Area Public School Board Thursday discussed various options for a proposed schedule change at the Winona Senior Hi...
Winona County Highway Engineer Dave Kraemer calls it a typical March snowstorm...it's just happening in May.Winona County...
The Citizens Environmental Quality Environmental Committee will meet next Tuesday, May 7th, to further discuss air quality mo...
A large Wisconsin dairy cooperative plans to close a cheese plant, idle another local plant indefinitely and lay off more tha...
The public is being invited to take part in the 'Great Mississippi River Clean-up' coming up on Saturday, May 11th. T...
Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along with Representative Tim Walz are urging the Administration to provide f...
In a move to consolidate cheese manufacturing capacity and capitalize on recent investments in its processing network, Foremo...
Legislation has been introduced in Congress that supporters say is vital to the economic future of rural America...and the en...
Habitat for Humanity-Winona-Fillmore Counties is currently recruiting several VISTAs to join the global movement to build sim...
Updated information shows that the drought continues to relax its grip on Minnesota. The new map from the U.S. Drought Monito...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation hosted a public meeting in Winona Wednesday to showcase a project to improve the p...
Minnesota GreenCorps is recruiting host sites and AmeriCorp members.Minnesota GreenCorps is an AmeriCorps program that the Mi...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host a public meeting in Winona Wednesday on a project to improve the pedestr...
The American Red Cross has deployed Andrea Swanson of Frontenac and Mike Papke of Winona to help with flood relief efforts in...
2013 has been a busy year for the American Red Cross in Southern Minnesota. Residential fires have caused Red Cross staff and...
Some images that caught our eye on Earth Day 2013!
Every Republican in the Minnesota House Thursday voted against an omnibus Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture bill...
Two giant new generators have arrived safely at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing after completing a trip ...
The cold spring is aggravating problems with manure spills and runoff around Minnesota.About 1 million gallons of manure spil...
None of the more than 2,300 deer tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in three specific areas of Minnesota have tested po...
A power outage occurred in central and eastern Winona Friday morning.According to Xcel Energy's online record it occurred...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host a public meeting in Winona on Wednesday, April 24th, on a project to imp...
A Trempealeau County committee went against recommendations and approved permits for what is being called the largest propose...
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE OCC...
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE LIKELY BEING FREEZING RAIN WITH SLEET A...
THE COMBINATION OF AN INCH AND A HALF TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS AND RUN OFF FROM RECENTLY MELTED SNOW IS R...
THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND RECENTLY MELTING SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TODAY THROU...
As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, the La Crosse National Weather Service will issue a simulated tornado warning and o...
Several days after the first towboats of the spring season arrived in the Winona area, the first towboat expected to reach St...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says behind-the-scenes work continues on the Highway 43 Interstate Bridge project ...
Highway 14 west of Chester was closed for about 45 minutes Friday following a one vehicle roll over accident.The Minnesota Hi...
The ice on Lake Pepin remained at 20 inches thick in four locations this week following the latest measurements taken on Wedn...
New analyses for Asian carp DNA in water samples from the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers showed little evidence of bighead ...
One of several public meetings in Fillmore and Houston Counties to get public input on what to do about improving the Root Ri...
The senator pushing for tougher regulations on silica sand mining says the state needs to take extra steps to protect drinkin...
River levels in the Winona area have started to drop.The Mississippi River at Winona was at 8.21 feet Wednesday morning. The ...
The Winona County Board of Commissioners moved a proposed frac sand mine and quarry in Saratoga Township another step toward ...
The first towboats of the spring season arrived in the Winona area and then turned around and went back south.Two towboats lo...
The lion's share of some $190 million budgeted for 2013 Wisconsin state highway projects will be spent on I-94 in the...
The first towboats of the spring season have arrived in the Winona area. Two towboats locked through Lock and Dam Number Six ...
Two towboats are headed up the Mississippi River after locking through Lock and Dam Number 8 at Genoa, Wisconsin, early Monda...
The Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing is getting extra inspections from the federal government, after a delay ...
With the recent cold temperatures at the arrival of spring the ice on Lake Pepin has gotten thicker instead of melting.Accord...
With the recent cold temperatures at the arrival of spring the ice on Lake Pepin has gotten thicker instead of melting.Accord...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says more than three hundred construction projects are scheduled for 2013 as the d...
The growing frack sand mining industry in Wisconsin has prompted a legislator to propose some controls.State Senator Kathleen...
A pair of proposed frac sand mines in Saratoga Township are still on hold after the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQ...
The City of Winona is seeking 300 property owners who will volunteer to have a boulevard ash tree removed and replaced by a t...
About 40 people attended Thursday night's Winona County Planning Commission public hearing on a proposed frac sand mine i...
A newly released study says Asian carp may be reproducing in more places and for longer periods than previously thought.That&...
A Winona County Farmer has won $2,500 for St. John's Lutheran School through America's Farmers Grow Communities.A...
About 325 people attended Thursday nights special event at Winona State University sponsored by Promoting Modern Agriculture....
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says the Dresbach Travel Information Center will be closed to semi-trucks starting...
The ice on Lake Pepin remains pretty thick as the watch begins to see when the commercial shipping season on the Mississippi ...
The city of St. Charles has rejected annexation that could have brought frack sand mining to the community and served as a ca...
Spring truck weight restrictions on state highways will begin Friday, March 15th for Minnesota's south, southeast and Twi...
Winona County Board members are supporting a request from Fillmore county for a multi-jurisdictional environmental impact sta...
Habitat For Humanity Winona-Fillmore Counties will host a special launching of its Women Build project coming up on Monday, M...
XCel Energy customers in Rollingstone were without power for nearly three hours this morning as heavy snow brought down tree ...
Recent snowfall has increased the risk of flooding to normal on parts of the Upper Minnesota and Mississippi River basins. Th...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution health advisory for the southern two-thirds of Minnesota, ...
Great River Bluffs State Park will host a special meeting to discuss non-native insects and plants invading the wooded areas ...
It may be a while before the first towboats attempt to navigate through Lake Pepin to open the commercial shipping season on ...
Anglers and other outdoors enthusiasts familiar with Wisconsin's Driftless Area are invited to share ideas on how to impr...
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobachar has cosponsored legislation that would advance key infrastructure projects on the Mississippi...
The Winona County Board of Commissioners approved a letter of intent to apply for a chance to save electricity cost's.JJR...
The Minnesota Department of natural Resources is seeking public input by March 29th, on a preliminary issues and assessment d...
A reminder that the deadline for removing fish houses, shacks, and portables from area waters is Friday.The Minnesota DNR say...
The Public Utilities Commission holds a hearing Thursday on a wind farm proposed for southeastern Minnesota that's drawn ...
State senators are leaning toward halting new silica sand mines while the state studies the health and environmental costs of...
Despite heavy snow across the region, over 3-thousand, 300 people attended the 2013 MOSES Organic Farming Conference last wee...
The Winona County Board of Commissioners will be asked Tuesday night to set a date for a public hearing on the completed envi...
DFL Senator Matt Schmit of Red Wing has announced he's co-sponsoring legislation relating to silica sand mining in Minnes...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Wisconsin farmers planted 4.35 million acres of corn in 2012, up 200,000 acres from 2...
The public comment period on a proposed third frac sand mine in Winona County has come to an end and the issue will go before...
As state lawmakers start deciding whether they need to step in and regulate the state's booming sand mining industry, the...
It's been a tragic winter on the ice across Minnesota, according to the Department of Natural Resources. So far five peop...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has finished its investigation of soil and groundwater contamination at the Capri Beau...
In what could set a precedent for the future of sand mining across Minnesota, the Winona County Planning Commission will hold...
Minnesota.Senator Amy Klobuchar is calling for swift action to pass a strong, long-term Farm Bill. In a Senate Agriculture Co...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, completed the first ice measurements of the year on Lake Pepin, near Red...
While Winona County continues to consider issuing permits for three frac sand mines, and will hold a public hearing next week...
Two state agencies are urging Winona County to order developers of two proposed frac sand mines in Saratoga Township to compl...
Wabasha's City Council has upheld a conditional use permit for a planned frac-sand transfer facility without an environme...
The mayor of Red Wing has been hired to promote the frac-sand industry as the debate continues in southeastern Minnesota over...
Habitat for Humanity Winona-Fillmore Counties is now accepting applications through March 15th for a single family home to be...
The 24th annual Organic Farming Conference will be held February 21st though the 23rd at the La Crosse Center.The conference ...
First District Congressman Tim Walz was honored this week for his dedicated service to the agriculture community with the Fri...
The Winona Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a luncheon Tuesday that featured a presentation on the Highway 43 bridge project.J...
Minnesota hunters harvested 184,649 deer during the 2012 season, down 4% from 2011, according to the Minnesota Department of ...
Levels of a 3-M chemical found in fish in the Mississippi River are declining but are still high in parts of the river, accor...
The University of Wisconsin-Extension Livestock Team will be hosting an Annual Cattle Feeders Workshop on the evening of Wedn...
The annual Kid's Ice Fishing Event co-sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Friends of the Refuge Headwater...
After more than 10 years of planning, construction of the new Interstate 90 bridge that crosses the Mississippi River at Dres...
Construction activities on the 187-point-5 million dollar Interstate 90 bridge replacement project at Dresbach will get under...
Farmers in southeastern Minnesota have a chance to hear from ag experts this week at a special event.The University of Minnes...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge reminds Mississippi River trapp...
As the drought deepens, homeowners across southern Minnesota are reporting shifting foundations and cracks in basements and w...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge reminds Mississippi River trapp...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has confirmed the first emerald ash borer (EAB) infested tree in La Crescent.In Augus...
Farmers in southeastern Minnesota have a chance to hear from ag experts this month at a special event.The University of Minne...
Wabasha's planning commission has unanimously approved a permit for a permanent facility to process Wisconsin sand.A Roch...
The annual Organic Farming Conference will be held February 21st though the 23rd at the La Crosse Center.The conference is th...
Minnesota residents can voice their opinions on two proposed silica sand mines in Winona County.Minnesota Public Radio News r...
The Whitehall City Council has approved an agreement with Ashley Furniture Industries that will allow for the completion of a...
Community members are invited to an after-Christmas gathering to honor family and friends during this holiday season.On Thurs...
Minnesota farmers have until January 11th, 2013 to apply for Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grants that can help offse...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adopting the "Upper Mississippi River Fisheries Plan - 2010 - Conserva...
A proposed rail shipping hub for frac sand got a boost when the Wabasha City Council rejected a request to study the environm...
The University of Minnesota Extension Service is offering a two-day short-course to help dairy farmers maintain safe work env...
Barge traffic along a key stretch of Mississippi River is now restricted as crews prepare to begin blasting large rock format...
Winona National Bank gave comfort to those in need Wednesday, delivering over 350 items collected through its annual Bears & ...
A state list first established nearly 30 years ago to highlight plants and animals at risk of disappearing from Minnesota'...
The annual Organic Farming Conference organized by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) will be Febr...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has scheduled a public hearing in Whitehall for December 20th, for an applicati...
No charges have been filed yet in the rescue of 55 horses, ponies, and donkeys from a Fillmore County farm on November 29th,A...
The project advisory commitee for the Highway 43 bridge project in Winona will meet next week to be updated on the project.Th...
The water wars are raging again in America's heartland. Drought-stricken states are competing for the increasingly scarce...
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is calling on the House of Representatives to take immediate action on the 2012 Farm Bill.Sen...
Canadian Pacific Railway says it will "defer indefinitely" plans to extend its South Dakota-based Dakota Minnesota ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will officially close the navigation season on the Upper Mississippi Riv...
The Fillmore County Sheriff's Department says a large number of animals were removed from a farm property on Thursday fol...
After months of drought, companies that ship grain and other goods down the Mississippi River are being haunted by a potentia...
The Commonweal Theater in Lanesboro has donated 125 tickets to its December 6th performance of "A Christmas Carol" ...
Ben Brancel, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will be the keynote speaker ...
A series of public Citizens Forums kicks off this week to give Minnesotans a chance to weigh in on their priorities and visio...
Winona YMCA Executive Director Andy Blomsness says parking and safety are the chief concerns when it comes to the Highway 43 ...
Minnesota hunters harvested 151,400 deer so far during the 2012 early firearm season, according to preliminary numbers announ...
Here's your chance to speak out about Minnesota's environment. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will hold a spe...
Hunters who don't know what to do with their deer hides now have a place to go with them.The Bluff Country Chapter of the...
Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to receive a report Thursday recommending the state fortify a languishing environmental oversigh...
The Winona County Board unanimously agreed to increase the county's 2013 funding allotment to the County Soil and Water C...
Winona State University will host a public forum, "Clean Energy, Climate, and Health," with polar explorer Will Ste...
Units of the Goodview Fire Department were called to the Wincraft plant in Goodview about 4:30 a.m. Monday on a report of a f...
Units of the Goodview Fire Department were called to the Wincraft plant in Goodview on a report of a fire.Exact details were ...
Winona State University is currently hosting three visiting professors.Pablo Carpintino is a Fulbright Language Teaching assi...
Nationally known explorer, and Minnesota native, Will Steger will be in Winona on Tuesday, November 13th, to offer a presenta...
Both Land Stewardship Project and the Winona Catholic diocese have now released statements about the dispute that has arisen ...
The Winona County Sheriff's Department said the storm that passed through the area early Thursday caused a power outage. ...
Highway 76 near Houston has reopened to traffic but delays are still expected through the end of this month.The Minnesota Dep...
The Winona State University Geoscience Earth Talks Series will host Fulbright Scholar Martin Thoms at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15t...
Winona County may take a look at purchasing some new vehicles in the future that are powered by natural gas.County Environmen...
Winona Mayor Jerry Miller is calling a plan by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to construct a new Highway 43 bridg...
The U.S. Geological Survey plans to release new test results from a Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection...
The public will get a chance this week to learn about a federal project to test possible new Asian carp defenses in La Crosse...
A Winona businessman told the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board that a generic environmental impact statement on silica s...
An auction in Winona County seems to reflect the rising cost of farmland in Minnesota.One parcel at a farm near Wilson genera...
The Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center will hold a press conference in Winona Thursday to release its new repor...
A University of Minnesota team has won a $600,000 federal grant to develop biotechnology for purifying wastewater from hy...
Local authorities reported no major incidents during Saturday's 47th Annual Fall Flood Run which saw thousands of motorcy...
Cenex Harvest States is planning to build a $1.2 billion fertilizer plant east of Jamestown, North Dakota. The factory is...
The Mississippi River crossing on Highway 61 in Hastings will be closed from Wednesday through Friday of this coming week.The...
The National Agricultural Statistics Service said farm real estate values in Wisconsin were up 7% from a year ago. Value of c...
Firefighters were bitten by frightened animals as several cats and three dogs were pulled from a burning home in Rochester.Ba...
The project manager for the Winona Highway 43 bridge project says much work will need to be done once the new second-bridge o...
As the nation's drought deepens, Minnesota is getting drier too.New data from the U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday shows ...
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum next week will present a Wisconsin teacher who was the winner of the educator-at-sea competit...
A plastics manufacturer says it will close its Chippewa Falls plant, idling 170 workers. Local leaders say the loss of the Pa...
State and local officials have confirmed Wisconsin's first human case of West Nile virus for 2012.The state Department of...
You can expect some traffic delays on two state highways in the Winona area starting on Friday, August 24th.The Minnesota Dep...
The US Fish and Wildlife Service says spraying will be conducted next week on a large infestation of an exotic plant found in...
The new plan involving the former Farm 2 Rail proposal for sand processing and shipping near St. Charles is expected to doubl...
Habitat for Humanity Winona - Fillmore County invites the public to attend a groundbreaking celebration to welcome the Bauman...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says they should have a "substantial update" on the Highway 43 bridge pr...
38 more Wisconsin counties, including Buffalo and Trempealeau counties, have been opened up for haying and grazing on lands i...
The state Department of Natural Resources is listening to farmers' complaints about destructive deer in southeastern Minn...
The Minnesota Farmers Union has endorsed U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar for re-election. The MFU highlighted Klobuchar's lead...
A grain dust explosion and fire have damaged part of a grain elevator in Kasson, but no one was hurt. A Dodge County sheriff&...
The Winona County Planning Commission will be asked next week to recommend that the county oversee preparation of an environm...
A coal-fired power plant in Rochester will be decommissioned.The Rochester Public Utilities Board voted unanimously Tuesday n...
Winona resident Todd Paddock joined 23 other volunteers from national wildlife refuges all across the United States for Frien...
Highway 14 near Lewiston has re-opened to traffic.The Minnesota Department of Transportation says the highway was closed for ...
Houston County motorists are being advised that Highway 76 near Houston will be closed down beginning Monday, August 6th, as ...
Minnesota Department of Transportation officials in Rochester said their meeting with the Federal Highway Administration in t...
A group of solar-powered cars passed through Winona Saturday on Highway 61 on their way to the Twin Cities. The cars were par...
The City of Winona is asking residents to water trees adjacent to city streets in front of their property. Public Works Direc...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a rural town lacks the authority to impose tougher water-quality standards o...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court says state regulators approved a Madison-based utility's plans for a southern Minnesota wind ...
The deaths of thousands of fish in several southern Minnesota lakes is being blamed on the recent heat wave. Most of the lake...
Extreme heat and dryness threatened to destroy crops in non-irrigated areas throughout Wisconsin including Buffalo County. Th...
Trempealeau County Emergency Government Director Dan Schreiner has announced that a burning ban is now in place for nearly th...
Farmers in the United States planted a little more than 96 million acres of corn in 2012, the most farmland in corn productio...
Tri-County Electric Cooperative's power supplier, Dairyland Power Cooperative, is experiencing high electric use on its p...
Wildlife officials say black bears have been seen roaming the Rochester area.Don Nelson, wildlife supervisor for the Minnesot...
A $7.5 million highway reconstruction project in Houston County gets underway next Monday, July 9th, and motorists can ex...
Dairyland Power Cooperative has reached a joint settlement agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Sier...
Construction crews will begin work on a Highway 43 turn lane project on Monday just south of the highway's intersection w...
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Major flooding in the Duluth area has closed roads, Duluth city hall and a university campus and has authorities recommending...
A western Minnesota farmer is among those calling for reforms to the crop insurance program that's proposed in the 2012 F...
Cannon Falls closed roads and asked about two dozen residents to evacuate due to flooding from heavy rains. The city's em...
A dedication for the latest Habitat for Humanity home in Winona will be held on Tuesday, June 19th, at its location at 321 So...
First District Congressman Tim Walz has introduced legislation that will improve access to rural energy programs and build up...
Severe thunderstorms with strong winds knocked down trees Sunday and cut power to more than 17,000 Xcel Energy customers in t...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has updated its list to show the additional lakes and river sections that were ...
The annual ritual of cutting back Curly Leaf Pond Weed on LakeWinona continued this week.
The public is invited to the planting of several cherry trees during a special ceremony that will take place in East Lake Par...
State wildlife officials are urging people to leave unattended fawns alone.Department of Natural Resources officials say does...
The National Weather Service says heavy rains over the last several days will cause the Mississippi River to be on the rise o...
The cleanup has already started in Wisconsin from storms that packed heavy rain, high wind and even a tornado.The damaging st...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is reminding farmers that planting crops within rights of way is illegal because a...
A spill at a sand mining facility in Wisconsin has dumped an unknown amount of sand and other sediment into the St. Croix Riv...
Utility work continues as crews rebuild the intersection of Homer Road and Pleasant Valley Road. A traffic circle is planned ...
Wisconsin regulators are set to approve a power line that would run between Alma and Holmen in western Wisconsin. The Public ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and volunteers are tearing down two unauthorized camps on islands in the Upper Mississippi...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says if you use the Highway 43 interstate bridge over the Mississippi River in Win...
Authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed a vehicle early Monday.Deputy Police Tom Williams said firefighters were ...
Traffic was reduced to a single lane on Homer Road Friday near Pleasant Valley Road as work continues to rebuild the intersec...
Lots of hail, wind, and storm damage in Wabasha County reported during and after Wednesday night's storm.The National Wea...
Wednesday night's storms made for a wild ride in parts of Western Wisconsin. We are starting to get a more complete pictu...
Some damage reported in southeastern Minnesota from Thursday morning storms...but no immediate reports of injury.Highwas 43 w...
The light of day has provided a better assessment of damage in western Wisconsin Thursday where strong storms knocked down tr...
Motorists traveling in Buffalo County Thursday morning should be aware of possible road hazards throughout Buffalo County. At...
Ashley Furniture Industries, based in Arcadia, is planning a major $80 million expansion in North Carolina that will even...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the discovery late last week of another Asian carp at the mouth of the St....
Better watch out for motorcycles if you plan to be on the roads in the Winona area Saturday.That's because the annual Spr...
The number of eagles inhabiting a proposed wind farm in Goodhue County may be crucial to the project's future.Developer G...
Minnesota agriculture officials are encouraged by the initial results of a new way to find emerald ash borers.The Minnesota D...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says motorists will experience single-lane traffic in both directions starting nex...
State Senator Jeremy Miller says he plans to continue pushing for his Minnesota Vikings stadium bill even though some America...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comments on a Buffalo County frack sand mining operation'...
The City of Winona says it will celebrate a gift of 20 Cherry trees from its sister city in Japan with a planting event in Ju...
The 23 miles of Highway 14 between Winona and St. Charles will be getting a new bituminous overlay this summer as part of the...
Several landowners and mining companies beat a 7 month moratorium deadline in applying for conditional use permits in Buffalo...
An Anoka ammunition company plans to lay off 130 workers when it closes its plant in Onalaska, Wisconsin. ATK Ammunition says...
The Winona Fire Department will conduct a controlled burn next week on Prairie Island.
A long-awaited Highway 14 construction project in south central Minnesota appears to be back on track.The project was nearly ...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet prepared for Xcel ...
XCel Energy reports a power outage in Winona's east end. The power went out about 11:30am Wednesday morning affecting 106...
Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced that her bipartisan provision to fully restore the Agriculture Hours-of-Servic...
Two towboats are continuing to head up the Mississippi River below La Crosse, a signal they may be close to officially openin...
Tighter rules are being blamed for a sharp drop-off in donations of venison to Minnesota's food shelves.Since the state b...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says Highway 16 in Fillmore County was closed to traffic about 11:00 a.m. Monday d...
Another Buffalo County zoning employee is leaving the county payroll. Zoning technician Chad DeWyre will leave county governm...
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last week decided to delay a proposed wind farm near Red Wing in Goodhue Countyfor ...
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...
A revised plan for the rehabilitation of the Highway 43 interstate bridge in Winona will be submitted to the Minnesota State ...
With debate in Congress scheduled to begin soon on a new 2012 Farm Bill, Senator Al Franken wants to know some of the local f...
In spite of the mild winter the ice on Lake Pepin remains over a foot thick in some places.The US Army Corps of Engineers too...
Senator Al Franken says he believes that additional federal regulations could be coming to the hydraulic fracturing industry....
A seven-million dollar city-wide sewage system project in Dakota was placed on hold earlier this week after the Dakota City C...
The Buffalo County zoning and land conservation departments are talking about doing more restructuring of services and person...
Jefferson Elementary School has been award a $2100 seed grant to help pay for upgrades to its 1939 vintage heating system...
The National Weather Service says the risk of spring flooding is very low on the Minnesota, Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers ...
State Representative Greg Davids is authoring a bill to exempt some public safety projects from having to abide by regulation...
A reminder the Department of Natural Resources will host a meeting Thursday at Minnesota State College--Southeast Technical t...
Minnesota U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken announced that Minnesota has received over $29 million in heating as...
Winona police are investigating a series of six small fires believed intentionally set over the last several days. Deputy Pol...
Governor Mark Dayton is creating a task force to come up with new ways to pay for Minnesota's roads, bridges and public trans...
The Whitewater State Park is hosting a Big Woods Big Rivers Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteer Training beginning Wednesda...
Minnesota conservation officials will take new steps in 2012 to stop the spread of invasive species.Department of Natural Res...
The Wisconsin state Department of Natural Resources says 15 publicly owned dams around Wisconsin, including one in Trempealea...
A Winona area engineer was named the 2011 Outstanding Soil and Water Conservation District Employer of the Year. According to...
Officials say a 2-inch break in a pipe leading to a chlorine bleach tank is to blame for a chemical spill at the Prairie Isla...
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobachar says the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service will remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species ...
Opponents of a plan to construct 50 wind turbines in Goodhue County say the project will destroy the habitat for eagles and o...
Winona Police are continuing to investigate three suspicious fires that occurred in the same general area over about a six-we...
The Winona Fire Department is investigating reports of two fires that occurred early Thursday in the city's east end. Winona ...
A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy says spending more money to expand the lock and dam system o...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has teamed up with five metro area cities, the University of Minnesota and the U.S. F...
The Mississippi River is closed to traffic for the year and the Army Corps of Engineers says traffic was about average. Shipp...
A new statewide system aims to keep Wisconsin communities updated on criminal activity, crime trends or missing people. Wisco...
A building permit has been issued by the City of Winona for a remodeling project at the Bridges Golf Course. Winona Golf and ...
The Buffalo County Health & Human Services Department has passed a review by the state health department in achieving Level I...
The City of Winona is in line to get another boiler at its waste water treatment plant after the first one technically did no...
A southern Minnesota ethanol plant will pay a $310,000 penalty to resolve violations of its air-quality permit. The penal...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is warning the ice on the state's lakes and rivers isstill too thin to play on,...
The Rushford City Council has approved a plan to improve the city's flood protection levy along the Root River in order to br...
Citing his administration's success in streamlining the permitting process for businesses, while preserving environmental pro...
The public now has until December 23rd, to submit comments on a draft environmental impact statement issued by the Wisconsin ...
La Crosse firefighters are among those training for new hazards presented by electric car crashes. As electric vehicles becom...
Animal shelters across the region say the economy is also taking a toll on pets. Officials at Humane Societies say they're ne...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says the Highway 248 resurfacing project has officially been completed. The $4...
Despite the recent rains, campfired are still banned on the Minnesota portions of the Upper Mississippi River Fish and Wildli...
A petroleum company is replacing gas it delivered to nearly two dozen Minnesota communities because it contains too much etha...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reminds boaters that three voluntary waterfowl avoidance areas will be in effect again thi...
Federal officials are promising an accelerated permit review for a proposed Wisconsin-Minnesota power line. Obama administrat...
Students had to be evacuated from Mankato East High School after a crew planting trees struck an 8 inch gas line behind the s...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says there will be traffic interruptions on Highway 16 between Rushford and Housto...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be hosting a series of open ho...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says Highway 248 from Minnesota City to Altura is now open to traffic. The highway...
A Winona County businessman says a ban on the movement of firewood out of the county could be a death knell for his operation...
Tri-County Electric Cooperative said about 500 customers in the Brownsville and La Crescent area were without power this Frid...
Tri-County Electric Cooperative said about 500 customers in the Brownsville and La Crescent area were without power Friday. T...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says Highway 74 between Elba and Weaver will be closed fore three days next week w...
Iowa transportation officials have closed a bridge over the Mississippi River between Lansing and De Soto, Wis., because of a...
The next phase of the Highway 248 reconstruction project between Minnesota City and Altura is underway this week. The Minneso...
Residents who live along a portion of East Second Street in Winona will have limited access to their homes for the next sever...
Rollingstone Mayor Jeri Lehnertz is warning motorists to stay off Highway 248 starting Wednesday because work crews will be a...
The Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to apply for a federal grant to ...
It seems the summer arts and entertainment festivals being held in Winona are having an impact on tourism to neighboring comm...
On a unanimous 5-to-nothing vote, the Winona County Board of Commissioners awarded a five-year contract for the county's recy...
Habitat for Humanity--Winona County will be hosting an application open house on Wednesday, August 24th from 5 til 7 PM at Me...
Past flooding problems at Ashley Furniture Industries in Arcadia should rectified after the City Council approved flood mitig...
New labels will soon start showing up on gas pumps across Minnesota pointing out a new gasoline blend being dispensed contain...
Close to 1300 Xcel Energy customers were without power for about three and a-half hours Wednesday when a storm moved through ...
Power was out in a significant part of the west end of Winona Wednesday morning.Power was restored at 7:19 am. The outage las...
A search for a missing swimmer in the Chippewa River to resumed Thursday in Eau Claire. Crews spent most of Wednesday trying ...
The second of two public information meetings on a proposed new high voltage power line between Alma and the La Crosse area w...
A barrier improvement project along State Highway 35 on the north side of Fountain City is scheduled for completion by August...
Minnesota U-S Senator Amy Klobachar says a compromise has been reached on renewable energy that allows for a transition to a ...
Bridge replacement work is underway on the Buffalo River Bridge and Hutchinson Creek Bridge on State Highway 37 in Buffalo Co...
A 1960s boiler system used to heat the Buffalo County Courthouse might be converted to burn propane gas in 2012. A double bo...
Wisconsin state officials are planning a pair of public meetings later this month on a western Wisconsin power line project. ...
The new traffic signal at the Sarnia and Franklin Street intersection in Winona is now functioning. The new signal will remai...
The Winona County Highway Department says County Road 12 near Dakota will be closed to thru traffic from now until September ...
Hormel Foods Corp. is donating food to flood victims in Minot, North Dakota. The Austin-based Hormel will give 55,000 microwa...
Xcel Energy Inc. says federal regulators have renewed the operating licenses for its Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wi...
The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) is seeking nominations for the "MOSES 2012 Organic Farmer ...
Governor Mark Dayton has signed into law a bill, authored by State Representative Steve Drazkowski, that will benefit communi...
Habitat for Humanity Winona and Fillmore County will host an open house and community celebration in Rushford on Wednesday, J...
Habitat for Humanity Winona and Fillmore County will host an open house and community celebration in Rushford on Wednesday, J...
Governor Mark Dayton has signed two bills that were authored by Republican State Representative Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa.....
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says a project to replace 26 culverts along Highway 76 in Houston County will get ...
Nearly 1300 XCel Energy customers, including the Winona Radio Studio's, were without power Saturday morning for some less tha...
Winona County Habitat for Humanity is planning to build one home in Harmony and two homes Utica in 2012 and is currently look...
The Cascade Meadow Wetlands and Environmental Science Center in Rochester is set to open to the public this coming Saturday. ...
Xcel Energy reports that 325 customers lost power Tuesday morning just after 8:30am. The outtage was affecting residents in M...
State aid is expected to help La Crosse recover from the tornado that ravaged the city's south side Sunday. But a La Crosse C...
A La Crosse roller derby league is looking for a new practice space after the tornado damaged one oftheir practice facilities...
Gov. Scott Walker has toured tornado damage in La Crosse. Walker says his heart goes out to everyone affected by Sunday's sto...
One La Crosse resident says Sunday's powerful storm "was like a scene from 'The Wizard of Oz' or'Twister.' Therese Kaise...
The mayor of La Crosse has declared a state of emergency after a severe storm hit the western Wisconsintown, tearing roofs fr...
The National Weather Service in La Crosse says the flood potential this spring along the Mississippi River in this area remai...
Department of Natural Resouces officials say all the tests for chronic wasting disease on deer in southeastern Minnesota have...
A ban that prohibits the feeding of wild deer in Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted and Wabasha counties will go into effect this coming...
State Representative Steve Drazkowski says a report says the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources can't properly maintai...
A Fairmont ethanol plant wants to build a pipeline that would discharge half a million gallons of treated water into the Blue...
State Senator Jeremy Miller of Winona says a recent tour of the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing has not chan...
District 28 State Senator John Howe of Red Wing says he supports removing the ban on construction of new nuclear power plants...
Governor Mark Dayton has, an executive order reforming the way two state agencies do business. The Executive Order instructs ...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources may have found the state's first wild deer infected with chronic wasting diseas...
The National Weather Service says the likelihood of significant Red River flooding has risen in North Dakota and Minnesota. T...
The National Weather Service says the likelihood of significant Red River flooding has risen in NorthDakota and Minnesota. Th...
A wildlife damage and abatement program in Buffalo County will have a budget of almost $11,300 in 2011. The Wisconsin Cooper...
Two workers were hurt when a section of a wind turbine under construction rolled on the ground near Rochester. The Rochester ...
Republican lawmakers in St. Paul are moving to make some changes to the so-called Green Acres program that impacts farmers an...
The Big Muddy River Rendezvous going on till the 17th at Prairie Island Camp Ground
