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Kayaks await paddlers at Lake Winona rental lodge
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (59+ words) Winona Journal Kayaks await paddlers at Lake Winona rental lodge Choose your color. By yet another measure, summer is here. The city Parks Department opens its recreation office at Lake Park on Friday. Kayaks rent at $13 to $15. Paddles included. Weather…...
Wanta kick ass? Try Jerry Little's new place
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (140+ words) Winona Journal Packed parking lot. For grand opening of Kickass jerky shop in Goodview. The energetic and entrepreneurial jerky-master Jeremy Little invited vendors to set up tents next door for an early start to the coming weekend's 100-Mile Garage Sale....
With Mississippi lapping over his toes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (50+ words) Winona Journal With Mississippi lapping over his toes Nonskid soles on the spillway. This fisherman found an exclusive spot on the Mississippi River for opening-day fishing: On the spillway at Lock and Dam 5 A between Minnesota City and Fountain City....
Gift site raises $130, 000 for Beedle hospital costs
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (102+ words) Winona Journal Gift site raises $130, 000 for Beedle hospital costs CENTERVILLE, Wis. " Memorial gifts for the late Centerville restaurateur Anne Beedle maxed at the $130, 000 goal on a Go Fund Me site. The family organized Go Fund Me requests to assist with…...
Decorah outburst: Ban Johnny Reb symbols from fair
3+ week, 2+ day ago (137+ words) > Go ahead with Confederate Railroad, as well as with country singers Kayley Green and Travis Denning, who were contracted separately. > Cancel the Confederate Railroad contract and " lesons learned" forfeit the performance fee, thought to be $30, 000. Back story. The band's co-founder,…...
Stockton Hill 4. 0: For another century
3+ week, 6+ day ago (260+ words) Winona Journal Stockton Hill 4. 0: For another century STOCKTON, Minn. " For rural pioneers Stockton Hill was a footpath to Winona. The 750-foot vertical climb to a saddle in the bluffs was sweaty but, well, shorter. Then it became a wagon trail…...
Icing on the rhubarb
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (31+ words) Winona Journal Icing on the rhubarb Frozen flakes in a rural vegetable patch up a nupper Garvin Brook tributary. The day dawned ag 32 degrees. Image: Steve Lunde...
Body found snared in Mississippi dam
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (184+ words) Winona Journal Body found snared in Mississippi dam TREMPEALEAU Wis. " A body was found wedged against a river gate on the Minnesota side of the Trempealeau dam across the Mississippi River. The body was discovered during a dam worker's routine…...
Candidate takes GOP mantle for 24-B House seat
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (195+ words) For too long, our district has been overlooked while families struggle with higher costs, small businesses face increasing pressure, and government continues to grow without delivering real results. That stops now." He promised to "restore accountability in government and fight…...
Court date up in air in legislator's DWI case
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (187+ words) ST. PAUL, Minn. " A court date for State Representative Elliott William Engen on a drunk-driving charge is in limbo. A court appearance originally had been set for last Tuesday but was put off until early June and then put off…...