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After outcry, Trempealeau's Hwy. 35 will stay open

4 days ago | winonapost.com | Gabriel Hathaway

by GABRIEL HATHAWAY After much community pushback, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is no longer planning to close Highway 35 and detour traffic between Treampealeau and Holmen to reconstruct three bridges. Instead, WisDOT is now planning to build temporary bridges to keep traffic flowing during construction. WisDOT is planning a public meeting later this month to gather more community feedback.
Two Winona parishes to close this summer

4 days ago | winonapost.com | Chris Rogers

by CHRIS ROGERSTwo of Winona’s five Roman Catholic parishes will close this summer, the Diocese of Winona-Rochester recently announced. St. Casimir’s on West Broadway and St. John Nepomucene on East Broadway are slated to close in mid-July. Vicar General Will Thompson said declining attendance and limited numbers of priests spurred the decision. The same factors have led the diocese to close other churches over the past decade.
Winona's $89M in proposed projects

4 days ago | winonapost.com | Gabriel Hathaway

by GABRIEL HATHAWAY Last week, the Winona City Council toured Winona to hear about project updates and the needs of various facilities including City Hall, the municipal airport, the Winona Public Library, public safety facilities, the Bob Welch Aquatic Center, and more. This is the City Council’s first tour in more than a decade and the first step of the city’s yearly budget process as it begins to review what will be included in next year’s budget.
Trinona veterans keep coming back for more

1 week ago | winonapost.com | Gabriel Hathaway

by GABRIEL HATHAWAY Matthew Baumgartner was just four-and-a-half years old when he raced in his first triathlon. His mother lied about his age to get him into Trinona, and after his first year, he was hooked. Baumgartner fell in love with the sport and the challenge and has been racing ever since. Now 16, Baumgartner is preparing for his first bid at the Olympic course – nearly one mile of swimming, 25 miles of biking, and six miles of running.
Winona arts committee rethinking laureate role

1 week ago | winonapost.com | Gabriel Hathaway

by GABRIEL HATHAWAY Like Greek poets of old, for years, Winona has honored artists and given them a platform by naming them poets laureate or creative laureates. However, it has been a year and a half since Winona’s Creative Laureate Sarah Johnson concluded her tenure in that role, and no new laureate has been selected since.
Health and Humor: Referred ear pain

1 week ago | winonapost.com | Frank Bures

by Dr. Frank Bures, columnistEar aches are a common experience for many people. The causes vary widely, the most frequent being infections in your ear canal or behind your eardrum in your middle ear. Occasionally, however, a pain in your ear is a fooler. It can turn out to be a pain originating from another tissue or organ via shared nerve pathways that are inflamed. Then it is called a referred pain.
Health and Humor: National Mental Health Awareness Month

1 week ago | winonapost.com | Frank Bures

by Dr. Frank Bures, columnistBetter late than never, I’ve heard. I had meant to highlight National Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) earlier. But every month we still need remind ourselves of a problem that has had much social stigma in the past. Fortunately, there is not as much now. Long ago people who tried to kill themselves and failed were often jailed, as if they committed a crime.
How much will depts. share in new police station?

1 week ago | winonapost.com | Chris Rogers |Gabriel Hathaway

by CHRIS ROGERS and GABRIEL HATHAWAYBetter together — that’s the premise of the city of Winona and Winona County’s plans for a new joint police station for the Winona Police Department (WPD) and Winona County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO). A joint facility may offer a better bang for the buck in construction, a better chance of winning state funding, and maybe better ways of sharing space and streamlining operations, too, city and county officials have said.
Winona's upcoming street repair projects

1 week ago | winonapost.com | Gabriel Hathaway

by GABRIEL HATHAWAY The city of Winona’s street projects are focused on the West End this year as it finishes up a state aid project on West Broadway Street and uses its annual street funds to reconstruct Sioux, Summit, and Bierce streets. Winona Public Works Director Brian DeFrang said next year’s state aid street project will be on Third Street, potentially from Mankato Avenue to Hamilton Street.
Minnesota Starwatch: Leo tumbles, solstice approaches

2 weeks ago | winonapost.com | Deane Morrison

by DEANE MORRISONAs the summer stars move into prominence in the evening sky, the spring constellation Leo, the lion, slinks away in the west as it begins its descent into the sunset. Facing the same fate, Mars, with its relatively high orbital speed, resists its inevitable tumble. Between June 15 and 17, Mars and Regulus, Leo’s brightest star, slip past each other somewhat low in the west.