Red Wing News

Thunderstorms with heavy rain have been zipping across the metro area and much of the southern half of Minnesota this morning.

UPDATED: 2:20 p.m. The severe thunderstorm warning is no longer in effect for Rice County.

A Duluth businessman who skipped town rather than show up for court a year and a half ago -- after allegedly spending almost $800,000 erroneously refunded to him by the Minnesota Department of Revenue -- was arrested at a Goodhue County campground Thursday night.

A year ago, the annual food drive organized by the Red Wing Post Office collected about 400 pounds of food.

Joseph. The goal is to add flower baskets some time in June along Minnesota Street and College Avenue.

The Otter Tail County Historical Society will be sponsoring a tour of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 1. High on a hill overlooking Clitherall Lake is the resting place of many Cutlerites who organized the settlement of Clitherall.

RED WING, Minn. - A rural Kenyon man has been sentenced to a year in jail for a drunken driving crash that killed a former high school wrestling star.

If you go The open house for the renovated Izaak Walton League cabin in Red Wing will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Well, this is ironic. Workers have been moved out of the Goodhue County public health building in Red Wing after workers complained to the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Division that the building has a "very strong" shit odor, a leaky ceiling with visible mold, and is causing employees to develop headaches and nausea.

A Welch, Minn., man is in custody after leading multiple law enforcement agencies on an overnight chase that ended after he jumped from a bridge into the waters below.

Answer Man, I read the story in the P-B about the Barrel House bar in Red Wing claiming to be the oldest in Minnesota.

An OSHA official says the agency has not determined whether the hazards exist at the workplace, but asked that the county immediately investigate the allegations.

On Sunday, May 6, Matt Schmit was unanimously endorsed by Senate District 21 Democrats.

Road and bridge issues in Goodhue County will be discussed during two public meetings this month.

A Red Wing bar that is among several in the state claiming to be the oldest in Minnesota could soon be shut down for violating two different state laws in the past year.

In the fall of 1983 in Moscow, we came in from the cold. Ending our tour of what was then the Soviet Union, a group of editorial writers from across the United States stepped on American soil for the first time in three weeks.

Another close encounter of the natural kind, reported by The Hastings Crazy Quilter: "About 10 minutes ago, I saw a bald eagle almost killed right before my eyes! My heart is still pounding.

Red Wing school district District Building, Physical Rating, Educational Rating Red Wing High School, 90.2, 90.6. Built in 1995 Burnside Elementary, 88.75, 85.50. Built in 1994 Sunnyside Elementary, 74.5, 72.1. Built in 1956 Colvill Family Center, 67.40, 70.3. Built in 1932 Twin Bluff Middle School, 65.30, 71.2. Built in 1971 Jefferson Elementary, ... (more)

More than 100 local veterans are preparing to see their memorials in Washington D.C. during this weekend's Freedom Honor Flight.

The fractious Minnesota Senate passed the bill 45-22 in an awkward session that saw more than half the Republican majority caucus vote against it.