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Fewer Minnesotans sought, and received, handgun carrying permits last year than in the past. Sheriffs reported to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that law enforcement officers issued 41,493 permits in 2014; Minnesotans applied for 43,315. Since licenses were first required...

March has arrived, and that means spring is only a few short weeks away. What better way to start fresh in the season, with a new or enhanced knowledge of art through one of the area’s crockpot-full of classes. Liven up a drab wall with a new canvas painting, create a work of...

Beth Giese, superintendent of Cannon Falls Area Schools and Pine Island High School graduate, was named the Kay E. Jacobs Memorial Award recipient by the Minnesota Association of School Administrators. “I’m obviously very excited,” Giese said. “It’s a real honor.” Giese...

CALEDONIA, Minn. -- What would have been a historic ban of frac sand mining did not come to pass Tuesday in Houston County, as a county board meeting devolved into a shouting match between protesters and commissioners. The board voted 3-2 against approving an ordinance amendment...

Food shelves across Minnesota, including in Red Wing, are kicking off a campaign to stock up on food and funds this month. March is Minnesota FoodShare Month, a push to encourage food and monetary donations to food shelves throughout the state. Board President Joe Lommel said in...

Update - Bank of Zumbrota will be accepting monetary donations to help the homeowner recover from the fire.  A wood burning stove is suspected to have caused a fire that destroyed a rural Zumbrota home Tuesday night, according to the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office. Homeowner...

One point ultimately was the line between heartbreak and elation for Red Wing senior diver Chris Byrne. And after years of missing the top four cut at the Section 1A championship, Byrne finally gets his chance at state by the slimmest of margins. Beating Ebenezer Ojo of Simley by...

ELLSWORTH — A 34-year-old woman was charged in Pierce County Circuit Court Friday with three felony counts of homicide by negligent operation/vehicle and one count of misdemeanor reckless driving - cause bodily harm in relation to the deaths of three girls in a car crash Dec. 12,...

UPDATE - Officials at the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant near Red Wing have terminated a Notification of Unusual Event. The declaration was terminated today at 12:18 a.m. after plant officials were able to safely enter containment and make visual confirmation there was...

Red Wing junior Hunter Connelly and the Wingers’ 200-yard medley relay each qualified for finals during the Class 1A preliminaries of the state swimming and diving championships Friday at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Connelly nabbed the top seed in the 100 backstroke...