Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Plainview woman has entered a guilty plea to a felony charge stemming from a violent incident at St. Marys Hospital in March. According to the criminal complaint filed against 25-year-old Siara Mae Pries, Rochester police responded to the emergency department at the hospital on March 12 after receiving a report of an assault with a knife. The court document says the officers arrived at the scene and spoke with a security guard, who stated that he was posted at an entrance when a woman, who was later identified as Pries, allegedly put a knife to her throat and "began yelling statements of self-harm and harm to others present."

MANKATO, Minn. — The parents of Madeline Kingsbury took the witness stand in Mankato on Tuesday in the trial of 30-year-old Adam Fravel, the southwestern Minnesota man accused of killing Kingsbury last year.Kingsbury, 26, went missing in March 2023 after driving her two children to daycare in Winona. Her body was found two months later in a field by property owned by Fravel's family near the Minnesota-Iowa border.Fravel, Kingsbury's ex-boyfriend and the father of her young children, was arrested two days later and charged with first- and second-degree murder.   Fravel has a documented history of domestic violence against Kingsbury, including an incident where he struck her while she was on a...

If you’re a fan of discovering the best tacos in small, unassuming restaurants, then you’re about to hit the jackpot in Goodview, Minnesota. Tucked away in this quiet town is Anacabe’s Little Kitchen, a tiny restaurant with a giant reputation for serving tacos that are absolutely to die for.

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - The State Patrol says the Elgin man driving the semi-truck that spilled a load of corn across Highway 52 in northwest Rochester this morning was transported to St. Marys Hospital following the crash. According to the preliminary crash report, 42-year-old Adam Schroeder was driving down...

The city of Winona Water Department has completed and submitted its service line materials inventory to the Minnesota Department of Health. The service line inventory is publicly available, and residents can check the materials for their service line by visiting the Lead Inventory Tracking Tool (LITT) at maps.umn.edu/LSL/. This link will also be available on www.cityofwinona.com under Water Department. You may also contact the city at 507-457-8272. To complete the service line inventory, the city used tap card records and service line inspections. As of October 28, 2024, the department’s inventory contains 0 lead service lines, 2,677 galvanized service lines requiring replacement, 25 unknown material, and 6,252 non-lead service lines.

There’s something thrilling about discovering a restaurant that seems to fly under the radar, yet delivers a dining experience that rivals the best in the business. Tucked away in the small but scenic town of Winona, Minnesota, Nosh Scratch Kitchen is one of those gems. Known for its farm-to-table...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – A Minnesota man has been sentenced to decades in prison for a drive-by shooting in La Crosse. 32-year-old Deandrew Grant was sentenced to a total of 32 years in prison and 8 years of extended supervision. In September, Grant pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including first-degree intentional homicide.

Ghosts and ghouls, princesses, superheroes, and their parents went trick-or-treating in downtown Winona this past weekend for the Winona Main Street Program’s Streets and Treats event, as well as Edge Church’s Trunk or Treat. Many families showed up excited to start gathering candy early as well as show off their costumes.

(KIMT) -- Another record-smashing start to our Wednesday with temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s, but will the record stand?. These levels are well above average and well above previous record warmest mornings, but with temperatures forecast to drop below the current record before midnight tonight, the record will not hold.

We, the members of the Turtle Island Student Organization, call upon the Winona State University administration for the removal of the racist and traumatizing imagery in the entrance of Somsen Hall. This mural is an inaccurate portrayal of history and reinforces negative stereotypes of Native peoples. The stereotyped images of the Indigenous peoples of the pre-colonial Winona area in the Somsen Hall mural perpetuate harmful rhetoric and create a dangerous and unwelcoming environment for Native students on campus. Institutions of higher education, being the crown jewel of settler colonialism, must prioritize good relations with Native students and the Indigenous peoples of the land they occupy. This mural is doing the opposite.

Vote yes x2 in the November 5 referendum. I wish everyone could see our community through my eyes. The love and support here are truly remarkable. Growing up, I didn’t fully appreciate what our community had to offer until I became a foster parent. As a foster parent, I...

Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) students can access health care from Winona Health providers right at school through the expanding school-based health clinics. The clinics offer a variety of primary care services with a goal of addressing health care access inequities and ensuring students get the care they need to succeed in and out of the classroom.

After the Winona Area Public Schools’ (WAPS) facilities director resigned in summer 2024, district leaders decided to put a hiring freeze on that position and have existing staff members fulfill the role’s responsibilities, Superintendent Brad Berzinski said. The decision was made against a backdrop of the School Board considering whether to reconfigure which elementary grades are housed at which schools, which some district special education staff said would require upgrading facilities’ accessibility for students with mobility needs.

Winona State University can proudly announce that it is now a hunger-free campus. Throughout Oct 21-25, the Warrior Cupboard hosted a food drive to collect donations and food. Locations for the drive were collected at the end of the week at various locations like the Darrell W. Krueger Library room 110, Gildemeister room 116B, Maxwell room 130, the Retiree Center, and Rochester CCSS room 123.

This fall, enrollment increased at Winona State University (WSU) for the first time in a number of years. President Kenneth Janz said a state tuition program is affecting enrollment and the university plans to continue its recruitment efforts in the Twin Cities area. At Minnesota State College Southeast, enrollment also increased, as it has for the last few years.

The Trempealeau County Humane Society is among the area animal shelters that could use a little extra assistance from the public following an incident in Buffalo County in which more than 70 animals were removed from a trailer home. The animals had to be removed last Wednesday after authorities learned...

The Winona Senior High School boys’ cross country team claimed the Section 1AA championship last Tuesday in Rochester, Minn. The Winhawks won with 40 points to second-place Northfield’s 71, and Winona’s Kedrick Boucek and Leo Lohnes took second and third individually. The Winona girls finished sixth as a team, and Lani Schul won fourth place (19:32.20) in the girls’ race.

The Winona County Historical Society has a local history program coming up. Come learn about the WASPS of World War II and Ethel Meyer Finley on November 7 at 6 p.m. in Wanek Hall at the Winona County History Center. This program is free and open to the public. Frederick...

Country Boom did a thing this past week and we called co-founder Jon Holthaus to talk about it Tuesday on La Crosse Talk, even though he didn’t really want the publicity. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-9 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska). Find all the podcasts here or subscribe to La Crosse Talk PM wherever you get your podcasts.

After winning a great back-and-forth match against the Triton Cobras last Thursday, the Medford volleyball team was awarded with a trip to the Rochester Mayo Civic Center for the Section 1AA quarterfinals for the second straight year. The No. 8 seeded Tigers had their work cut out for them, though, as they had to face the No. 1 seed in the section: the Chatfield Gophers. This was the second straight year the Tigers faced the top-ranked Gophers in the quarterfinals, losing in three sets in...