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They were once grade-school buddies, studying, eating, saying the Pledge of Allegiance, playing games at recess together at the two-room schoolhouse in Stockton.

The Society of St. Pius X, a controversial ultraconservative Catholic group, has ordained three new priests despite being warned by German bishops and the Vatican that the move would be considered illegitimate.

An early version of a report on pnj.com on Tuesday incorrectly stated that Thomas Brown, associate men's basketball coach at Winona State University in Winona, Minn., is a finalist for basketball coach at the University of West Florida.

Winona also boasts the Great River Shakespeare Festival, which has brought summertime stagings of the Bard to the rivertown community since 2004.

Was that Joshua Bell walking the streets of Winona last summer? It may sound incongruous to find a superstar violinist in a small southeastern Minnesota city, but there he was.

Submitted by Todd Abeln on June 23, 2009 - 9:43am. Jeff Vizenor has been hired as theA boys' hockey coach at Shakopee High School,A Athletic Director John Janke said.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS The attorney for the Minnesota woman found liable for sharing copyright-protected music on the Internet says he expects the $1.9 million verdict to be reversed on appeal.

Monsignor Lefebvre ordains four schismatic bishops - Bernard Fellay, Alfonso Gallareta, Richard Williamson and Tissier de Malleray Eric Preau / Sygma / Corbis When Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication of four bishops from an ultra-conservative movement in January, even his admirers worried that he was taking the proverbial lid off Pandora's ...

WINONA A breakaway Catholic group in Minnesota plans to ordain 13 priests on Friday, but they won't be recognized by the Roman Catholic church.

Performances by Moscow Festival Ballet, the Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company and the Wailin' Jennys highlight the 2009-2010 Page Series at Saint Mary's University in Winona.

Some observations by DNR conservation officers from last week: * Joel Heyn worked mainly anglers and boaters during the week.

There is much debate on the topic, but depending on who you ask, the Messengers were either the first -- or merely one of the first -- white acts ever signed to Motown Records.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Staff writer Helen Strand was born in rural Minnesota.

She grew up six blocks east of where the West begins, in what some might jokingly call the "middle of nowhere," a place where people, like her, decide to become teachers because that's what their daddy did, and that's what grandma did.

WINONA, Minn. - Authorities are asking for tips on what might have caused a diesel spill last week that caused a 6-mile slick on the Mississippi River.

Authorities are asking for tips on what might have caused a diesel spill last week that caused a 6-mile slick on the Mississippi River.

The Mankato area has a pair of representatives on a key railroad planning committee and those representatives have three decisions they'll be trying to influence.

A lot can happen to a person in two years, and Ji Hoon Kim knows it can change your perspective on the future.

The United Way of Olmsted County is hoping to get area teens away from the computer this summer and out into the community.

WINONA -- Blake Duane Hein, 86, of Winona, MN, died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at The Golden Living Center -Whitewater in St.