05/17/2008 12:00 AM Before graduating Red Wing High School in 2004, Constantin Baker made up his mind.
“I didn’t want to be the average college student,” the Red Wing man said.
05/16/2008 12:00 AM Greg Norton and the Red Wing Heritage Preservation Commission were able to see eye-to-eye Thursday during a special commission meeting.
05/16/2008 12:00 AM MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The state’s firing of an emergency management official from Red Wing who was absent in the wake of the Minneapolis bridge collapse was justified, an arbitrator ruled.
05/16/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL – Legislative negotiators declared Friday evening they have all but settled outstanding issues remaining in the 2008 session that must end by Monday.
It looked bigger in the water Red Wing's James Giorgi was fortunate enough to be able to reel in this lunker at Colvill Park this winter. An official weight wasn't recorded, but the bass was caught using "waxies."
Harsdorf snags 'Largest Bass' Sen. Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls received the "Largest Bass Caught" award at the 2008 Wisconsin Governor's Fishing Opener on Lake Wapogasset for this fish. She is pictured with her guide, Gene LaMere of Amery.
05/15/2008 12:00 PM Property tax and budget-balancing negotiations continue today, with legislative leaders providing no proof of significant progress.
05/14/2008 12:00 AM Clarence Baker has joined the Red Wing City Council’s Ward 2 special election race. He made it official on Friday, filing for candidacy with the city clerk.
05/14/2008 12:00 AM HAGER CITY — Two Minnesota men were arrested early Tuesday morning for burglary and other charges at Hiawatha National Bank in Hager City.
05/14/2008 01:00 AM ST. PAUL – State budget talks broke down Tuesday night, and Democratic legislative leaders immediately began sending the governor bills he opposes before offering him a new olive branch.
05/13/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL – Other states will look at Minnesota as a leader in an emerging area of renewable fuels, lawmakers and Gov. Tim Pawlenty said as the governor signed a bill mandating more biofuel use.
05/13/2008 12:00 AM Pepin County Board Supervisor Jim Kraft has filed as a candidate for state representative in the 91st Assembly District to replace retiring Rep. Barbara Gronemus.
05/13/2008 12:00 AM HAGER CITY -- Two Minnesota men were arrested early Tuesday morning for burglary and other charges at the Hiawatha National Bank in Hager City.
05/13/2008 12:00 PM ST. PAUL – Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Minnesota legislative leaders were meeting off and on behind closed doors this afternoon, with both sides saying they want movement toward a budget deal today.
05/11/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL — Drunken drivers, look out. A top lawmaker on transportation issues said drunken driving offenders should brace for tougher laws coming from the Minnesota Legislature in 2009.
05/10/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL — Minnesota Rep. Bud Heidgerken thinks legislative education negotiators had an ulterior motive in making hockey the state sport.
05/10/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL — Rep. Tom Rukavina has introduced 66 bills during the current two-year legislative session, including at least one he knew would go nowhere.
05/10/2008 12:00 AM U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman believes the farm bill that is working its way through negotiations in Congress represents a "tremendous victory" for the people of Minnesota.
05/09/2008 12:00 AM
When a ceiling leak is discovered inside Burnside Elementary School, Tom Renschen knows what lies ahead.
He and others must head to the roof, find the pin-sized hole somewhere in the 86,000-square-foot rubber surface, and seal it up.
05/09/2008 12:00 AM The Goodhue County Park and Recreation Board may soon be charged with another task — coordinating and monitoring the growing number of area trails.
05/09/2008 12:00 AM
A parents’ program addressing depression among adolescents will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Twin Bluff Middle School auditorium.
Presenters will be school psychologist Tanya Holub, health educator Lisa Hanson and social worker donna Blazis.
05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Students applying for a loan from the Hedin-Hartnagel Memorial Fund to further their education will be interviewed from 8 a.m. to noon June 18 at Red Wing High School.
05/09/2008 12:00 AM
The deadline for first half 2008 property tax installments is May 15. Payments should be made either in person, online, or postmarked by May 15 to avoid a penalty.
05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Spring weight restrictions end today on Goodhue County asphalt roads. Weight restrictions will continue on gravel roads until further notice.
05/09/2008 12:00 AM One week ago, Democrat Steve Sarvi received his party's endorsement, pitting him against incumbent U.S. Rep. John Kline in the November elections.
05/08/2008 12:00 AM Beth Borgen may have spent Wednesday evening preaching to the choir, but she said it won’t derail her mission of cleaning up chemical-use issues in Red Wing.
05/08/2008 12:00 AM “Celebrate Spring on the Mississippi Flyway” is theme for the 2008 Great River Birding & Nature Festival on the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin.
05/08/2008 12:00 AM
ST. PAUL — Pawlenty administration officials and legislators paved over a pothole that prevented agreement on highway safety issues Wednesday, but a transportation bill containing those issues faces a likely rough road today when representatives debate a strict seatbelt provision.
05/07/2008 12:00 AM
The Ellsworth Village Board was asked Monday to amend its ordinance that restricts Class A liquor/beer licenses to one per 2,000 people in the village.
05/07/2008 12:00 AM The Goodhue County Board on Tuesday approved a conditional-use permit allowing Mark Hernke to construct a new feedlot, animal waste separation, and solid waste holding structure at his hog operation in Leon Township.
05/07/2008 12:00 AM
Ellsworth Village Board Part-time police all are quitting
The Ellsworth Village board on Monday was informed by police Chief Greg Place that all of his part-time staff have accepted full-time jobs with other police departments in the state, and their resignation letters will be before the board shortly.
05/06/2008 12:00 AM
Former Red Wing City Council member Dale Mehrkens has filed for the special election to fill the empty Ward 2 seat.
The spot was left open when Gary Peterson announced his resignation due to health reasons.
05/06/2008 12:00 AM
Red Wing School Board members balked Monday at setting a referendum amount, though support appeared strong for allowing more than one figure on the ballot.
05/06/2008 12:00 AM U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office announced Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded the Red Wing Airport $100,000 in grant money. Look for further information in Wednesday’s R-E.
05/06/2008 12:00 AM
Three people have filed for candidacy in the upcoming Ward 2 special election to fill the Red Wing City Council vacancy left by Gary Peterson, who resigned for health reasons.
As of Friday, Lisa Bayley, Dale Mehrkens and Bill McKinley had filed with the city clerk. Filing opened Thursday and continues until 5 p.m. May 15. Filing costs $5.
05/06/2008 12:00 AM Participants in the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Wagon Train gather around the chuck wagon for dinner Monday evening in Hay Creek. The wagon train will pass through Red Wing today on its way to the Capitol in St. Paul.
05/06/2008 12:00 AM Law enforcement officers with assault rifles surrounded a block in a residential neighborhood shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday in response to an unspecified situation.
05/03/2008 12:00 AM A second accomplice in the murder of Luis Orlando Galicia Mijangos has agreed to serve prison time rather than take his chances with a jury.
05/03/2008 12:00 AM The city of Red Wing’s legal battle with landlords and tenants over city-mandated rental inspections has bogged down in a quagmire.
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