Features
April 18, 2013
Jaybone Bell & Restless Light at Ed's No Name Bar Thursday April 18, 2013.
March 28, 2013
Mark Peterson, who has been the executive director of the Winona County Historical Society for the last 30 years, is liking his second job as the mayor of Winona, he said.
March 28, 2013
Five years ago, Gregory Moser’s life changed when he lost a portion of his left leg from a tree cutting accident.
March 21, 2013
The first annual Bartlet Lake Family Fishing Derby brought together three generations of the Putz family.
March 21, 2013
Reasonable prices and quality tackle are what keep bringing Bill Bly back to the West End Bait Shop in Winona, Minn., he said.
October 5, 2012
The crowd is silent aside from the light gasps of worrisome watchers flickering throughout the audience as the woman dangles by her ankle from a silk string nearly 20 feet off the ground.
Jess Clark has performed her routine hundreds of times, but the risk is evident.
She elegantly wraps herself in the white sheets dangling from a tree branch inside the Boats and Bluegrass festival grounds. Cocooned inside the silk Clark suddenly lets go,...
October 3, 2012
A small paper bird dangles from the ceiling inside the tour bus.
Love letters from passionate fans adorn the narrow walls nearby. A collection of chapter books fills the single cupboard hanging near the entrance.
Vocalist and trumpeter Sarah Anderson fishtail-braids her hair in the small medicine cabinet mirror tucked behind the bus’ accordion bathroom door. She repositions the pins tucked inside her hair, her eyes smiling.
October 2, 2012
For Katey Bellville, yodeling came naturally.
The Midwestern rooted bluegrass and folk singer never even knew she could yodel until she was forced under the spotlight.
After winning a scholarship for being homecoming queen her senior year of high school, Bellville was asked to participate in a beauty pageant. Despite her lack of experience, she won the Miss Wisconsin title and was sent to compete in another pageant in Los Angeles, Calif.
Her...
October 1, 2012
From fire breathers to puppeteers to mandolin and banjo artists, the bluegrass fans in Winona came together once more at the annual Boats and Bluegrass Festival Sept. 27-29.
The festival, which started in 2005, is the brainchild of husband and wife duo Tom and Julie Fassbender
“We started the fest as a marketing tool for our outfitting business,” said Tom Fassbender. “We figured with the money we were spending on advertising we could do...
May 3, 2012
The city of Winona, Minn. has undergone many changes since it was settled by in 1851. In 1853, the town was laid out into plots of land, with growth expanding the size of the town rapidly over the years. In 1857, Winona was officially incorporated as a city.
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