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VB: Cardinals land AVCA Team Academic honor
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University volleyball team was among a record number of programs that have earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT. More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs maintained a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a...
Softball program draws players to Winona
Young softball players filled Winona’s ball fields at West Lake Park and the Winona Middle School last weekend for the Winstars’ yearly Stars and Strikes Tournament. Thirty teams participated in the tournament with players from across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Many of the Winstars’ own older players come from different towns to play, learn, and grow together.
Six Secure Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large Honors
AUSTIN, Texas --Six Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) individuals have been named to the 2023-24 NCAA Division III Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large Team, selected by the College Sports Communicators. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Sophie Rausch and UW-Stout’s Genevieve Czaplewski were first team selections, while UW-Stout’s Gillian Cummins and...
Bryce Stoltz named CSC Academic All-American
AUSTIN, Texas – Winona State University gymnastics student-athlete, Bryce Stoltz, earned College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-America® honors after an outstanding season in competition and in the classroom. Stoltz, a junior from Highlands Ranch, Colo., holds an impressive 4.0 GPA in Nursing. Throughout the season, Stoltz posted...
Winona Health golf fundraiser coming in August
Tournament participants last year helped the Winona Health Foundation’s Ben and Adith Miller Patient Care Fund assist 364 patients with $564,000 in medical care. Since its inception, the tournment has helped 8,200 people pay $15.8 million in medical costs.
Missing Child Scam Circulating In Minnesota
All scams are terrible and there are plenty of them to go around these days. However, this one might be one of the worst thanks to the nature of the scam. There have been so many scams in Minnesota and Wisconsin lately that the Duluth Police Department recently shared some basic scam tips to help us all avoid becoming a victim.
Three Wisconsin Residents Report Strange Object In The Sky
Things sure are getting spooky out there! Over the past few years, talk of UFO sightings has amped up. No one gets a strange look anymore when they mention they may have seen one floating about in the sky. In fact, in Minnesota last year alone, there were nearly fifty...
Ingrid Andress Has An Interesting Connection To Minnesota
She's been in the news for her recent version of the National Anthem, but did you know she has a distinct connection to Minnesota?. When it comes to the musical spotlight, Minnesota is most often associated with Prince, right? And, of course, there's Bob Dylan, too. And Lizzo, who called Minnesota home back in 2011 when she was starting her pop career.
Celebration of Ag highlights how Minnesota’s agriculture industry has grown
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic had everything on lockdown...and farmers across the region were wondering what they could do to bring some excitement into the community. “It was hard,” said Sam Ziegler. “Everybody was down, and it was...what can we do to think about how...
Biden campaign slams Trump/Vance on abortion issue
MILWAUKEE — The Biden/Harris campaign used the backdrop of the Republican National Convention to highlight the abortion issue. A morning news conference Wednesday featured a trio of speakers including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Congresswoman Veronica Escobar from Texas. Providing a real-world experience that reflected views on the abortion debate was reproductive rights advocate Amanda Zurawski of Austin, Texas who shared her ordeal with a life-threatening failed pregnancy. “In the...
Could traditionally blue Minnesota be within Trump's reach?
MINNEAPOLIS — Last weekend, a presidential race like no other dipped further into the improbable, with the survival of former President Donald Trump from an assassin's bullet by just millimeters.Trump's defiant response to the assassination attempt, captured in unforgettable images, has even Trump critics calling it one of the defining moments of the 2024 campaign."That is kind of political rocket fuel. And so I think you're seeing a consolidation of the Republican Party much faster than I think people anticipated," said Abou Amara, a Democratic analyst.Polls have been showing more and more states, including traditionally blue Minnesota, within Trump's reach."I...
Minnesota Trades Academy gives teens an 8-week crash course in the trades
ROGERS, Minn. — Many kids grow up playing with construction trucks in the sandbox, but driving the real thing isn't as easy as it looks. Fifty seven teenagers from across the Twin Cities got to test their skills on a few construction trucks Wednesday as part of the Minnesota Trades Academy.
Strange Sun Country Flight is Now in Danger of Going Extinct
It was one of the shortest-- and cheapest-- flights out of Minnesota that Sun Country Airlines ever offered. But it might be soon a thing of the past. It was nearly two years ago that Sun Country Airlines, Minnesota's hometown airline, announced that it was adding service from the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport (MSP) to Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (EAU). Those flights ran a whopping 21 minutes, a distance of just 85 miles, and were part of a $6.5 million annual grant meant to improve travel in rural America.
Did Minnesota's sweet corn crop survive the record rains?
ELK RIVER, Minn. — Country star Luke Bryan once famously declared "Rain makes corn," en route to saying, "Rain is a Good Thing." In theory, Bryan's statements are very true. As rain became scarce the past few years for Minnesota's sweet corn farmers, it put the crop in jeopardy more than once. This year, however, the rain came – and came in massive quantities. "That's mother nature," said Elk River-based farmer Dave Nathe. "You have to take what it's going to give you and work through it."Nathe, who has operated Riverside Farms for 44 years, says this year's rain came as his...
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