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Frey vetoes Park Board action that booted State Patrol from office The Park Board voted 5-4 Wednesday to eject troopers from a shared cubicle.  April 23, 2021 — 3:21pm Text size Copy shortlink: Using a little-known power to undo Minneapolis Park Board resolutions, Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday vetoed the boards decision to banish the State Patrol from its headquarters. Freys action came less than 48 hours after...

On 3-2 vote, Winona County approves next step in $25 million jail The county board heard from Engage Winona Director Brian Voerding that residents still have questions about the scope of the jail. 2:19 am, Apr. 14, 2021 × A new schematic design of the proposed Winona County Jail was approved on a 3-2 vote Tuesday, April 13, 2021, during the Winona County Board of Commissioners meeting. (Image courtesy of Klein McCarthy Architects) WINONA — The architectural team working...

County Board OKs jail design (4/14/2021)   The County Board on Tuesday voted 3-2 to approve designs for an 80-bed jail. Commissioners Marie Kovesci, Greg Olson and Chris Meyer voted in favor, while Commissioners Marcia Ward and Steve Jacob voted against.  After a presentation of the schematic plans by the architectural firm Klein McCarthy, Jail Administrator Steve Buswell addressed the board. He said an active goal of his during the process had been to avoid a repeat o...

Winona County dairy farmer packs up and leaves with 245 cows: Were not able to grow anymore Citing Winona Countys animal unit cap, dairy farmer Parker Byington packs up part of his dairy herd and moves to Colorado. 6:50 pm, Apr. 9, 2021 × Dairy cows feed on the farm previously owned by Parker Byington Thursday, April 8, 2021, at the farm hed just sold. Byington is moving his operation and a large number of his cattle to Colorado to continue his business, saying Winona Cou...

La Salle County officials said theyre seeing at least eight to ten chases a day. Author: Vanessa Croix Updated: 5:25 PM CDT April 5, 2021 COTULLA, Texas — A high speed chase was caught on camera in Val Verde County over the weekend. Officials said the 17-year-old driver led authorities down city streets, even through the Wal-Mart parking lot. The alleged human smuggler was arrested and five migrants apprehended. The uptick in human smuggling is affecting commun...

(3/17/2021)   Two letters of reprimand alleging violations of county policy, one each from the Winona County Attorney to a different member of the County Board, brought a longstanding dividing line in county government more sharply into focus. One commissioner, Steve Jacob, responded to the allegations with his own allegations that county officials were trying to silence him and his constituents. The conflict’s backstory is that of the Daley Farm case, where the county’s denial...

Winona County commissioners spar over freedom to speak their minds Commissioner Steve Jacob called out the county attorney for trying to silence him, covering for commissioners who colluded against Daley Farm proposal. 7:40 am, Mar. 10, 2021 × Steve Jacob WINONA — Accusing Winona County Attorney Karin Sonneman of an abuse of power, Winona County Commissioner Steve Jacob took to the public comment period of Tuesdays county board meeting to say he would not be "bullied" ...

County delays deer culling decision, again (3/10/2021)   Opponents and proponents locked antlers Tuesday over a possible Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) deer culling at the former landfill at Stone Point Park.  In February, the Winona County Board had voted to table until its meeting Tuesday the issue of whether to allow DNR deer culling at the county-owned land there to combat chronic wasting disease (CWD). DNR culling proceeded on private land elsewhe...

An innocent Lee County man is suing the Lee County Sheriff’s Office over a typo that led to his wrongful arrest. Carlos Javier Lobos, 44, was arrested in 2018 and accused of child molestation. His lawyer says shortly after the false arrest, the sheriff’s office administratively expunged all records of it. While he was cleared of the crime after the detective realized the mistake, Lobos believes his name has been tainted after he was arrested in front of his family. Now, Lobos is fighting ba...

Source: Bloomberg No energy restrictions Last week, analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) published a research note about the banking industry aptly titled "What Energy Restrictions?" The research notes that JPMorgan provided nearly $250 billion of loans and bonds to fossil-fuel companies since the ratification of the Paris Agreement in December 2015, nearly 30% higher than its closest rival Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), which provided $193B over the timeframe. Collectively, Wall Streets biggest s...