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Prairie Island nuclear plant filed a notification of an “unusual event” after a fire alarm sounded at 4:06 a.m. today. Operators had safely shut down Unit 2 by 7:32 a.m. to investigate the alarm in the unit’s containment building. There is no indication of an actual fire,...

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...

With a few notable changes, the sixth revision of the Red Wing Public Schools 2015-16 school calendar was approved Monday night by unanimous vote. In accordance with state law, the school start date was pushed back to Sept. 8 to accommodate a late Labor Day and tradition of graduation...

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,...

The Minnesota Department of Education 2014 data shows a 93.9 percent four-year graduation rate for Red Wing Public Schools, more than 12 percent higher than the state average. Last year, RWPS graduated 81.5 percent of its students in four years, 84.1 percent in 2012 and 81.9 percent...

Two patients fell and sustained serious injuries last year at Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing, according to an adverse health events report released Thursday for Minnesota hospitals. The annual Minnesota Department of Health report tracked 29 “serious reportable events”...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s elected officials are looking at election changes. On Thursday alone, lawmakers considered bills to change the primary election date, allowing 16-year-olds to preregister to vote and establishing a commission to redraw political district lines every 10...