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4:39 With the crime rate skyrocketing and much of Over-the-Rhine falling into disrepair, the city of Cincinnati and the business community decided to spend $30 million to buy up 200 buildings in the early 2000s. They did it through the Cincinnati City Center Development Corporation (3CDC). 3CDC begins land banking abandoned, vacant, dilapidated and problem properties in Over-the-Rhine for future redevelopment. Senate was one of the first restaurants 3CDC got to move into Over-the-Rhine and some...

(4/7/2021)   Drive down Huff Street right now or pass Windom Park on Broadway and you’ll see tree after tree wrapped with green ribbons. These ribbons aren’t marking them for the chainsaw. Quite the opposite — the ribbon-wrapped trees are all ashes, doomed to die from emerald ash borer and be cut down in the coming years unless people like us care an awful lot. In several of Winona’s most beloved parks and boulevards, a huge percentage of the mature trees are ash. In retros...

(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...

Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock said Wednesday he was "disappointed" by the production of rookies Henry Ruggs III and Damon Arnette, the teams first-round picks in the 2020 NFL draft. Mayock explained on the Upon Further Review podcast (via Levi Edwards of Raiders.com) there were various factors in play that led to their lack of impact, but he added the onus is now on the players to have a strong offseason to set the stage for a better 2021 cam...

Judge sends Daley Farm variance back to county (1/27/2021)   Winona County will get a do-over in the Daley Farm case. A judge ruled last month that Winona County officials’ bias “severely tainted” their decision to reject the Daley Farm’s expansion request, but how the court would resolve that issue — ordering the county to reconsider the expansion or simply ordering the county to approve it — remained up in the air. On Monday, the judge took the latter opti...

Judge sends Daley Farm request back to Board of Adjustment Winona Countys Board of Adjustment will again hear the Daleys request for a waiver of the animal unit cap. 10:50 pm, Jan. 25, 2021 × Members of the Winona County Board of Adjustments, from left, Wendy Larson, Philip Schwantz, Cherie Hales, Larry Greden and Rachel Stoll, listen to testimony before the board concerning the proposed expansion of Daley Farm during a Feb. 21, 2019, BOA meeting. (Post Bulletin file phot...

Judge weighs what to do with Daley case (1/13/2021)   After a years-long regulatory and legal saga, a judge is set to rule in the coming weeks on the Daley Farm’s bid to expand its Lewiston dairy and get an exception to Winona County’s limit on farm size. Olmsted County District Court Judge Kevin Mark ruled last month that members of the Winona County Board of Adjustment (BOA) — who actively opposed the farm expansion just before they supposed to serve as impartia...

County Board names new BOA (1/6/2021)     With often-contentious appointment decisions on the docket and tensions high around  the ongoing Daley Farm lawsuit, the Winona County Board majority extended some olive branches at its last meeting. Meanwhile, in response to the lawsuit’s revelations, County Board Chair Marcia Ward raised the prospect of rejecting the reappointment of a Planning Commission member. County Board member Chris Meyer has historically voted with ...