Sep 8, 2016
Lake City resident Lorne McDonald will perform as a member of the Winona Hims in three concerts next weekend. Based in Winona, the Winona Hims are an all-male choir that performs gospel and patriotic music to raise money for charity. In 16 years, the group has raised over $330,000, all for...
Aug 3, 2016
Ron Steinbauer, 72, of Winona was a little suspicious when his son, Neil, and Neil’s girlfriend asked him to hunt agates with them around Lake Pepin July 23.
He knew that high water on the Mississippi would severely limit how much shoreline would be suitable for hunting. Still, he gamely put on...
Jun 23, 2016
A Lake City man who in 1945 rode into Germany to help liberate concentration camps is taking an easier ride these days.
Gale Hill, 91, rode in a convertible through the Steamboat Days parade in Winona Sunday. He was the military parade grand marshal representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
It was...
Apr 21, 2016
The Old Curmudgeon read with interest a front page article in the March 18 Rochester Post-Bulletin which reported that an effort is underway to once again put Red Wing on the map as a premiere destination for ski jumping in North America. A group of ski jumping enthusiasts is pushing to build an...