Altura News

Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN  LEWISTON -- Rushford-Peterson, ranked No. 1 in the state in Class A, survived a scare from Lewiston-Altura as the Trojans pulled out a 30-24 victory in double overtime.

The parents of a teenage boy who last year threatened to shoot his Lewiston-Altura High School classmates say the threat was brought on by repeated emotional and physical harassment from his peers, which went unchecked by school officials.

The Winona County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying a possible witness to a series of burglaries.

Diamond K Dairy in Winona County has agreed to pay a $15,000 penalty to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for violating state standards for odors and for allowing manure to discharge to a farm pond.

In the recent heat, Eric Kreidermacher could feel his big greenhouse getting warmer and warmer in next winter's cold.

Nearly all the 24 Malt-O-Meal bins were empty, refrigerated dairy cases had but a few gallons of milk, and many shelves of Wiens Food Center were bare Friday.

A morel mushroom's distinctive shape makes it easy to identify. After three springs of foraging for morel mushrooms, all I had to show for my haul were several nasty ticks.