Winona County News

Share + Nov 4, 2009 5:48 pm US/Central Reporting James Schugel H1N1 is still spreading across the country, but here in Minnesota, the virus might be weakening, at least somewhat during this wave.

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Minnesota health officials are reporting three more deaths from H1N1 flu, including one death in Winona County and one in Fillmore County, and another death from a flu-like illness that wasn't confirmed as H1N1.

There have already been more than a thousand confirmed cases of H1N1. As we continue to hear about more victims, one local county is taking additional measures to help stop the spread.

Reflections of figures on computer screens, door chimes chiming when no one is present, strong scents of women's perfume from where a staircase once existed -- all are stories from Pieces of the Past, a furniture and antique store in Winona owned by Cheri and Duane Peterson.

The two young women walking through the Winona State University campus didn't know it, but some simple things like how trees were trimmed and placement of bushes were making them safer.

ST. CHARLES -- Ellen Anne Coulson, 89, of St. Charles, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at Golden Living Center in St.

One of two people who transported a spray-painted goat that had Brett Favre's number shaved into its sides admitted Monday that she tied the animal up and locked it in the trunk of her car.

Police continue to search for two missing Winona teenagers, who disappeared a week ago.

A Winona man heads to prison for four years for his role in the overdose death of a woman in 2008.

Brandon Luehmann and Tim Tews were building a small shed, Breanne Tews was painting signs and the refrigerator delivery man had just visited as the Tews family hurried to finish preparations for the grand opening of the Tews Corn Maze on Sept.

Wind energy is the primary driver behind Minnesotaa s first-ever county economic development project involving renewable energy.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 09/21/2009 8:12 AM Fellow lake resident Rod Goeman pitched a pretty good idea to the Madison City Commission last year: he offered some of his land for a municipal wind power facility .

The battle against online child abuse gets more difficult every five seconds. That's how often there is a new advance in technology that online predators might be able to exploit.

Budget cuts to local courts are delaying some cases, and giving judges extra work.

Trains have killed two young men in the area in the past month, and both times, a train engineer was probably the last person to see the victim before the collision, according to the LaCrosse Tribune.

In 1865, Scottish pioneers in southern Winona County celebrated the opening of a new Presbyterian church.

Although the Minnesota Judicial System is already backlogged and has one of the heaviest caseloads per judge, those loads will get even heavier for Steele County judges in the near future.

A 153-year-old flour mill stands has a testment to history of tiny Pickwick, a hamlet south of Winona.

An Iowa man is in custody... accused of raping a woman at a party over the weekend.According to court records: the victim reported the sexual assault Sunday to the Winona County Sheriff's Department.The victim claims that 22 year old Anthony Weatherman of Milford, Iowa had sexually assaulted her early Saturday morning in Mankato.She said it ...