10 Ejected After Brawl At High School Hockey Game
WINONA, Minn. (WCCO) – Ten players were ejected from a high school hockey game in Winona Thursday night as a result of a brawl that started after a player was checked from behind. The Owatonna and...
View ArticleMinnesota Gets First New HMO Since 1988
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new health maintenance organization has been authorized to operate in Minnesota for the first time in 14 years. Gundersen Lutheran Health Plan, Inc., of Onalaska, Wis., plans...
View ArticleFlying Carp Found In Winona
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There’s evidence flying carp are in Minnesota after a commercial fisherman says he caught one in the Mississippi River. If tests confirm the fish is actually the flying silver...
View ArticleBest of MN: Best Donut Shop
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Last week we brought you the best coffee shop in Minnesota, so this week we’re complimenting that with donuts. Which raises an important question: are you a dunker? This week we...
View ArticleDNR: Recent Asian Carp Discovery ‘Discouraging’
WINONA, Minn. (WCCO) — A silver carp and a bighead carp were caught in a net last week in the Mississippi River near Winona. Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources says it’s the farthest upstream...
View ArticleWinona County Deputy Cleared In Fatal Shooting
WINONA, Minn. (AP) — A grand jury has declined to charge a Winona County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man last September. The Winona County grand jury handed down a “no-bill” Wednesday,...
View ArticleFuneral Planned For Baby Found In Mississippi River
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The unidentified newborn found dead in the Mississippi River last fall will be given a proper burial, according to KAGE Radio. She was known as baby Angel. The September the baby...
View ArticleMinn. Dog Uses Calculus To Play Fetch
WINONA, Minn. (WCCO) — Dogs can do some amazing things, but are they even smarter than we give them credit for being? Take Elvis, a Welsh Corgi. His owner — a math professor at Winona State University...
View ArticleSeat Belt Patrols Stepped Up In 10 Minn. Counties
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota State Patrol is planning extra seat belt enforcement next week in the 10 greater Minnesota counties that have seen the highest number of unbelted deaths and...
View ArticleMinn. Officials To Trap For Emerald Ash Borer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is preparing to hang thousands of traps across Minnesota in the hunt for emerald ash borer. State workers will begin the job in the coming...
View ArticleInvestigators Look To Public For Info. On Baby Found Dead
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Seven months after an infant girl was found dead in the Mississippi River near Winona, investigators are again asking the public for help. The baby was found on Labor Day of 2011...
View ArticleDNA May Help Solve ‘Baby Angel’ Mystery
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – For seven months the agony of not knowing the name of a newborn found dead in the Mississippi River has worn on investigators. They deal in criminal tragedies every day, but...
View ArticleFuneral Held For Baby Angel
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Final goodbyes were given Saturday to the baby found in the Mississippi River on Labor Day. The funeral for Baby Angel – who got the name after she was found with angel figurines...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Gave Birth On The Toilet, Kept Body In Her Room
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are investigating after they say a Minneapolis woman gave birth to a boy in her bathroom, kept his body in her room and later brought him to her mother’s home in...
View ArticleSpring Flood Run This Weekend In SE Minnesota
WINONA, Minn. (AP) — Keep an eye out for motorcycles if you are driving in the Winona area Saturday. The annual Spring Flood Run is taking place. Hundreds of motorcycles are expected on the roads...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty In Deadly School Bus-Bike Crash
WINONA, Minn. (WCCO) — A 56-year-old man has pleaded guilty to careless driving in the crash that killed a 73-year-old bicyclist in Winona. On April 13, 2012, Thomas Vincent Weaver and the court...
View ArticleFeds Tear Down Camps In Wildlife Refuge
WINONA, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and volunteers are tearing down two squatters camps on islands in the Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge. The camps are just south of Winona,...
View ArticleMan Sentenced In Deadly School Bus-Bike Crash
A 56-year-old man was sentenced to seven days in jail on Wednesday in a Winona County Court after pleading guilty to careless driving in the crash that killed a 73-year-old bicyclist in Winona last...
View ArticleWrong-Way Driver Dies In Fiery Crash Near Winona
LA MOILLE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fiery crash that claimed the life of one man near Winona. The Winona Daily News reports the crash happened about 12:30 p.m. Friday,...
View ArticleWinona Man Sentenced For Possessing Child Pornography
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 57-year-old Winona man was sentenced Thursday in federal court for sending and possessing child pornography. Dennis Gale Chase was sentenced to 292 months in prison, along with...
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