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With their hair painted team colors, Red Wing Shoe Co. President Dave Murphy (left) and Prairie Island nuclear plant site Vice President Kevin Davison shake hands Wednesday celebrating the 2013 United Way workplace fundraising campaign. Murphy’s team narrowly defeated Davison’s in a contest for greatest increase in employee participation. (Republican Eagle photo by Michael Brun)

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Happy Easter to everyone. Photo by Peri Williams

Deaf artists coming to Tower View

Cynthia Weitzel is making plans for the arrival of five artists from the deaf community for a June residency in Red Wing. She is also immersed in creating a wall mural for the Metro Deaf School in St. Paul that illustrates how educational “ingredients” go through a Willie Wonka-inspired machine to reach children. (Photo by Ruth Nerhaugen, contributor)

ELC sets roots at historic Hi-Park Dairy

Red Wing Environmental Learning Center has purchased and is in the process of renovating the old Hi-Park Dairy barn and barn house (pictured above) to serve as its new permanent headquarters. (Republican Eagle photos by Amanda Greenwood)
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A highly accomplished pair of folk musicians, brothers Ross and Barton Sutter will perform an evening of song, storytelling and poetry on April...
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Julie Eckstrom (center) stands with Christy Rickli of Express Employment Professionals and Mark O’Connor of KWNG after being named the 2014 Professional Woman of the Year. (Republican Eagle photo by Peri Williams)
Eckstrom's turn has come
Julie Eckstrom said she shouldn’t have been at the annual Professional Women’s Leadership Event. “It wasn’t my turn,” she insisted. Eckstrom...
newsApril 19, 2014 - 3:00pm
County Board will discuss employee complaints
Goodhue County Board will hold a special session 8 a.m. Tuesday to review complaints against three county officials. An unnamed county employee filed the complaints against Goodhue County Administrator Scott Arneson, Human Resources Director Melissa Cushing and newly hired County...
news / governmentApril 19, 2014 - 3:00pm
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Instructor Kathy Goodman demonstrates how she uses her finger to guide the small carving tool to form the delicate petals of the centerpiece’s flowers. (Republican Eagle photos by Amanda Greenwood)
Class carves fruity, festive displays
Attendees of Thursday night’s Watermelon Art Centerpiece class creatively and carefully carved lifelike flowers from 6 to 9 p.m. at Red Wing...
life / foodApril 19, 2014 - 9:00am
Spotting autism early is vital to development
Many children with autism spectrum disorder aren’t receiving important support services during their preschool years, according to a University of Minnesota report. Although a reliable diagnosis can be made as young as age 2, the average age of autism diagnosis for Minneapolis...
health / lifeApril 18, 2014 - 9:00am
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Girls Golf: Wingers win home invite, Tigers second
The first showdown between new Section 1AA rivals Red Wing and Lake City took place Thursday at Mississippi National Golf Links. The Wingers...
sports / wingersApril 17, 2014 - 10:44pm
Red Wing starting pitcher Sam Palmatier follows through on a pitch during Thursday
Baseball: Mistakes overwhelm Wingers
Red Wing proved to be its own worst enemy on Thursday. The Wingers were able to build a 4-0 lead after three innings against Shakopee, the...
sports / wingersApril 17, 2014 - 10:41pm
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Summer recreation students learn about fish at the Izaak Walton League site last August. Red Wing YMCA Youth Development Director Josh Thygesen said the program has expanded in recent years to include enrichment, more field trips and other offerings. (Republican Eagle file photo)
City boosts summer rec funding
The city will contribute $7,500 more than planned to the Red Wing YMCA’s summer recreation program this year to keep the growing program strong....
news / governmentApril 17, 2014 - 4:00pm
Board approves solid waste resolution
County Board voted 3-2 to approve a resolution supporting bills by Sen. Matt Schmit and Rep. Tim Kelly that would allow the Bench Street landfill into the state’s closed landfill program. Board Chair Ron Allen and Commissioner Richard Samuelson voted against it. The identical bills...
news / governmentApril 17, 2014 - 9:00am
Red Wing man faces felony criminal sexual conduct charges
A Red Wing man has been charged with three felony first-degree counts of criminal sexual conduct and three felony second-degree counts of criminal sexual conduct, according to a complaint filed in Goodhue County District Court Friday. Justin David Stotzheim, 34, who was convicted...
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The main entrance of the new Goodhue County Education Association facility will face north, with bus drop-off and a staff entrance on the south side of the building, closest to Red Wing High School. (Building rendering courtesy of GCED/MLA Architects)
GCED closes in on building design
Since getting approval to build a new facility and choosing an architect a little over a month ago – a process which took years – the Goodhue...
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Baseball: Chanhassen spoils Red Wing home opener
It seemed the perfect way for Red Wing’s 2014 home opener to play out. Down two runs, with two runners on, the sun about to dip below the grandstand,...
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Softball: Chanhassen rocks Wingers with walk-off homer
Red Wing was a half-inning away from its second Missota Conference victory of the season, but Elin Ellefson put Chanhassen into the win column with a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Winger Emily Boxrud took the 3-2 loss, giving up three earned runs...
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Golf: Winger girls win first meet
It wasn’t picture-on-a-postcard weather for Red Wing’s golf opener, but at least the harshest elements of winter remained a day away. With no wind, and some sunshine to help fight the cold, the Wingers were able to put together a solid first match, undercutting Hill-Murray...
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Red Wing firefighters work on the scene of a semi fire on Highway 61 Tuesday. (Republican Eagle photo by John R. Russett)
Truck fire closes Highway 61
A semitrailer caught fire on Highway 61 just south of Wacouta Road Tuesday morning, causing closures in both directions while emergency crews...
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