1+ day, 12+ min ago  (167+ words) Tough and sooty train crew. "With the Winona & St. Peter's first locomotives. Theirs was a proud calling with the high-tech transportation on of the era. Which locomotive was Old Tiger? Hard to tell. The railroad began operations in 1862. The freight…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (140+ words) Winona Journal Packed parking lot. For grand opening of Kickass jerky shop in Goodview. The energetic and entrepreneurial jerky-master Jeremy Little invited vendors to set up tents next door for an early start to the coming weekend's 100-Mile Garage Sale....

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (31+ words) Winona Journal Icing on the rhubarb Frozen flakes in a rural vegetable patch up a nupper Garvin Brook tributary. The day dawned ag 32 degrees. Image: Steve Lunde...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (238+ words) > 1856: Immigrant brewer Jacob Weisbrod established a brewery in East Burns Valley, outside the recently established river town of Winona. "To be sure, Weisbrod was the second Winona brewer, not the first, but the demand for his lager was strong. "It's…...