Aquinas High School students of the month for September:
At Elder Network, we offer education, support and many non-medical services that are tailored to the need of older adults and caregivers. Our primary goal is to provide education on aging well, support to older adults and caregivers to improve quality of life and help elders remain in their …
The CDC recently reported a mild increase in COVID viral cases being registered. After finding five individual newspaper reports about this bump in the COVID road, it seemed proper to summarize the data and give perspective to the numbers. No, it does not appear to be a large wave or surge i…
Celery is often relegated to veggie trays where its built-in "scoop" makes it ideal for dipping. Or it's used to add extra crunch to holiday stuffing or tuna or chicken salad. But celery offers far more.
Among the quintessential sights and sounds of summer are bees and other pollinators buzzing around our yards. With more than 450 native bees in Minnesota looking for nectar and pollen, these important little creatures could use our help.
It’s time for a tick talk (not Tok). Mid to late July is high tick season in the areas of the country they inhabit. And we humans love to invade their environs to cavort and recreate in those same sylvan glades. Ticks are just trying to survive by finding some warm-blooded mammal to dive int…
I woke this morning to a heavy blanket of fog and mist shrouding the valley. Soon it will burn off as we move into the heat of the day.
One of Team Vogel vs. Cancer’s foundational mottos is to “Pay It Forward.”
Main topics of discussion will be soil testing, pasture invasive species, grass species selection for pastures and pasture rotation management.
A group of “elder statesmen,” or old guys, were discussing their medicines and the warning that some of them had gotten to avoid consuming grapefruit with some of their drugs.
There is nothing predictable about memories, which are sometimes as harsh as the strike of the hammer on the anvil and the next moment as soft as puffy clouds in the blue summer sky.
I grew up on a dairy farm in Neillsville, Wisconsin.
County and state fairs offer opportunity to show off hard work in agriculture and educate the public about where their food comes from.
The Winona County Office of Emergency Management said county fire departments have responded to six fires caused by hay since June 19. Only two hay barn fires were reported in the county for all of 2022.
I am thankful in many ways for growing up and moving back to the farm but also appreciative of not having to stack hay bales anymore.
Centerville, Wisconsin Toad’s Cove convenience store owners Andy and Tracy Todd say they hope to rebuild and be back up and running as early as May.
It’s said that the United States is the most philanthropic country in the world. That means we give more to charity than other countries. In fact, according to Giving USA, Americans gave nearly $500 billion to charities in 2022. However, despite that huge dollar amount, 2022 was one of the r…
As of June 1, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture warned to watch for the tree of heaven and the spotted lanternfly. These are two invasive species that, at the moment, are not common throughout the state, but they are spreading closer to the southeast corner of Minnesota from the easter…
The vessel that keeps commerce moving on the Mississippi River docked Saturday for Riverfest.
As I approach the last aid station, I see there is no one manning it. I follow the sparse signs to head toward the finish line … realizing that many of the markings have been removed already. Coming into the finish line, which has already been taken down, there is no post-race food left. The…
Beating the summer heat is a pretty simple task when it involves turning on the central air conditioning unit and staying indoors.
Family, friends and hundreds of community members gathered Sunday to mourn the loss of Madeline Jane Kingsbury.
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.
With a unanimous vote, the 21 members of the U.S. FDA’s vaccine committee recommended an update to the COVID-19 vaccine to better match the strains currently dominating infections in the U.S. and world.
Engage Winona is honored to announce that our newest graduates from the Lived Experience Leaders program finished their training in May. Congratulations to NDea Young, Margarita Licon, Amy Thorn, Nicole Volner, Lori Tian Sailiata, Mark Jacobson, Jessie King, Nicki Hennessey, Kristine Hipps a…