
Toastmasters founder gets honored
Lew Fiero took it all in stride. The 90-year-old charter member of Red Wing’s Hiawatha Valley Toastmasters Club got a kick out of a light-hearted roast held last month in his honor.

More than a dictionary
Every one of Burnside Elementary School’s 203 fourth-graders got an unexpected “treat” before Halloween.

National Eagle Center celebrates winter migration
Eagles, hawks, water fowl and other creatures are on their way.
Pawlenty calls for spending limit
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants the state Constitution to limit spending to revenue the state actually has collected.
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A 24-year-old woman allegedly told authorities she stole more than $34,000 from the Kenyon Subway restaurant she once managed to pay her bills and care for her children.
Man sought in alleged identity theft
Authorities are searching for an armed robbery suspect who allegedly stayed in Red Wing under a stolen identity.
Maple Hills gets renovated
Maple Hills Apartments recently completed a $4.3 million dollar rehabilitation project.
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Peter Ostroushko, who is respected worldwide for his acoustic mandolin and fiddle playing, will perform Saturday in the intimate space of the Music Loft at Hobgoblin. He grew up in the Ukrainian neighborbood of northeast Minneapolis.
Wildcats suffer heartbreaker
BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Never more so than in Friday's Section 1A finals was it true that a football team lost as a team.
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The Section 1AA football powerhouse that is Caledonia got a scare in Friday night's section final game against Zumbrota-Mazeppa, but hung on to win 20-12.
Nemanich races toward wellness
A week into her 2009 summer vacation, Amy Nemanich -- a distance swimmer and a distance runner fresh off her middle school track season -- told her mom she didn't think she could walk a city block because she was so weak.
RELATED CONTENTArea Notebook: Kesti shines at Pink in the Rink night
Ryan Kesti, a 2008 Red Wing High School graduate, is playing defense for the Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL. He was named an alternate captain for the team in his second year playing in the USHL.






