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Missing Wisconsin woman found
Mar 18, 2016
The body of a missing Wisconsin woman was recovered from the Mississippi River March 16.A water search for the missing Hager City woman, 23-year-old Marya Christiansen, was conducted March 16 near the Mississippi River Back Channel boat launch on Trenton Island. Christiansen was reported missing...
Health rankings spur local action
Mar 17, 2016
Goodhue County ranked 17th in health outcomes and 37th in health factors, according to the 2016 County Health Rankings report released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The rankings come out in time for National Public Health Week (April...
Spring thaw closes 7 miles of Highway 74
Mar 17, 2016
A 7-mile gravel stretch of Highway 74 north of Beaver in Winona County is temporarily closed due to spring thaw conditions, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT).This portion of Highway 74 was closed March 15 due to poor road conditions caused by the spring thaw. Rain is...
Frontenac State Park to host climate stories
Mar 17, 2016
The Frontenac State Park Association invites everyone to the state park to view a screening of the documentary film “Minnesota Stories in a Changing Climate”, produced by Twin Cities PBS for the Minneapolis-based nonprofit Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, Thursday, March 31, at 6:30 p.m....
Goodhue County cool toward Zip Rail
Mar 17, 2016
Goodhue County Public Works Director Greg Isakson reported at the March 1 County Board meeting that a resolution had been drafted stating that the county is opposed to the proposed Zip Rail project that was suspended last month by Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The resolution will...
Lake City changes course on ambulance study
Mar 16, 2016
The City Council will ask a state agency to review operations at the Lake City Ambulance Service before considering becoming involved with the Gold Cross ambulance service.
On Monday night the council held off on pursuing a management contract with Gold Cross, which is owned by Mayo Clinic at the...
Lake City council on board with possible Hearth and Home expansion
Mar 16, 2016
The City Council on Monday night gave two indications it is behind a possible expansion of the Hearth and Home Technologies facility in Lake City.
Hearth and Home will find out perhaps in a couple of weeks if it can go ahead with the expansion, said Lake City Economic Development Authority...
First tow opens river shipping season
Mar 16, 2016
The Motor Vessel (M/V) Ronald E. Wagonblast locked through Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minn., Sunday, March 13, around 7:30 a.m. She was pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul.The Corps considers the first tow to arrive at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minn., as the unofficial start of the...
IRS has $13 million in unclaimed 2012 MN tax returns
Mar 16, 2016
Federal income tax refunds totaling $950 million may be waiting for an estimated one million taxpayers who did not file a federal income tax return for 2012, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). That includes at total of $13 million owed to 15,200 Minnesota taxpayers, or an average of...
IRS: 'Tis the season for scams
Mar 16, 2016
Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain a major threat to taxpayers, but now the IRS is receiving new reports of scammers calling under the guise of verifying tax return information over the phone.
The latest variation being seen in the last few weeks...
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