The Republican Eagle : Red Wing

Peterson resigns due to ill health

Gary Peterson resigned Monday from the Red Wing City Council. Peterson, council member for Ward 2, said in a letter to the city he is suffering from severe health problems and must step down from his seat immediately.

‘Dining Room’ poses a big challenge for local actors

Every home has one. And every dining room table has seen and heard enough to fill volumes.

2 teens held for posing as cops

Two teenagers were arrested early Sunday in Welch Township for impersonating police officers in a car decked out with lights and sirens.

Victim of polio stayed upbeat for 55 years

ZUMBROTA — The polio epidemic of 1952 struck close to home that fall when a seemingly healthy young Zumbrota woman left work with a headache and ended up in a hospital bed — for the next 20,000 days and nights.

Lohmann had courage, faith

ZUMBROTA — Duane Hoven only met Alvera Lohmann once, when he visited a family member at the hospital and looked in on the woman, who had been in his sister Irene’s class of 1945 at Zumbrota High School.

Pawlenty’s veep credentials are explored

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Pawlenty is widely considered to be on the short list of possible running mates to GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain.

Activities for Red Wing Community Recreation

Adult kickball league meeting The organizational meeting for our adult kickball league will be at 6:30 p.m. April 16 at Red Wing High School, Room L100.

You asked. we tracked down the answer

Question: With all this talk about mortgage foreclosures, when is Goodhue County’s next tax-forfeited land sale?

Letter: Inform yourself about our founding

To the Editor: Where do people get their ideas that the United States was founded as a Christian nation? We are hard-pressed to find the source.

Letter: Where is class of 1968?

To the Editor: To the family and friends of RWHS class of 1968.

Letter; Motorcycle season nears

To the Editor: With warm weather approaching, there will soon be the many, many sightings of the two-wheeled motorized vehicle (the motorcycle).

Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Alex Montgomery

Alex Montgomery’s love of basketball is second to none.

All Area Girls Basketball First Team

The top five players in our nine-school coverage area include the following players:

All Area Girls Basketball Second Team

The second five players in our nine-school coverage area include the following players:

Wilson's World Cup quest

Ryan Wilson got his first taste of alpine skiing at 16 months old, and it wasn’t out of a sippy cup.

Looking for something to do?

10 Days Out
Plays, concerts and activities through March 30 in the river region.

Maiden Rock Gallery presents first ’08 exhibit

MAIDEN ROCK — Swan Song Contemporary Arts, a gallery located on the Great River Road, will present its opening 2008 exhibition — new silkscreen prints by Dale Vanden Houten and photographs from Peter L. Johnson’s “Soul of Nature” series.