Winthrop News

Donations are sought through Nov. 30 so a Winthrop-based organization can send holiday "care" packages to deployed area military members.

Michael Knauf and Jacqueline Miller announce their engagement. Michael is the son of Jim and Sherry Knauf of Mosinee; he is a salesman at Apple Ford in Shakopee, MN.

A 75-year-old rural Winthrop man died Monday afternoon inside a grain bin in Alfsborg Township.

A 75 year old Winthrop man is dead after being buried inside a grain bin...The Sibley County Sheriff's Department says it happened around 3:30 Monday afternoon near Gaylord.They say Jerry Wannarka was buried under corn in a grain bin.They say the Medical Examiners Office is investigating the exact cause of death.

What: Meeting on CapX2020 power line project from Brookings County S.D. to Hampton, Mn draft Environmental Impact Statement When: 1-4 p.m., and 5-8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov.

Earlier this week, the Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop School Board unanimously approved a custodial management, custodial building and grounds maintenance services and health, safety and risk management services bid from Dashir Management Services, Inc.

Three people were seriously injured in a broadside accident near Winthrop Sunday.

A dash of history and hint of the future sparked the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Coalition's Whistle Stop Tour that visited Arlington, Gaylord and Winthrop Tuesday.

Guardian Energy, a joint venture between ethanol plants in Little Falls, Benson, Claremont, and Winthrop, Minnesota as well as Mason City, Iowa and Minden, Nebraska has closed on the purchase of the 100 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Janesville, Minnesota, previously owned by VeraSun.

A group of farmer-owned ethanol plants in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska have teamed up become the guardians of a former VeraSun facility in Janesville, Minn.

Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop defeated Sleepy Eye 25-9, 25-23, 25-22 in Tomahawk Conference volleyball Thursday night.

An infusion of $2.5 million in federal economic stimulus funding puts a small railroad that serves Sibley County within striking distance of a big goal.

A Janesville, Minn., ethanol plant is finally going to open with the backing of a group of nine investors, including the Al-Corn plant in Claremont.

A Janesville, Minn., ethanol plant is finally going to open with the backing of a group of nine investors, including the Al-Corn plant in Claremont.

Arnold "Arnie" Berdan, 73, of rural Winthrop died Friday peacefully at his home after a five month battle-with duodenal cancer.

The city of Nicollet has nine too many residents for its own fiscal good and is asking the state, in effect, to pretend they don't exist.

Ricky Holmquist, Jr., 17, of Gibbon, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at his home in Gibbon.

It's the final week of classes for the small south-central Minnesota district of McLeod West in Brownton.

After a 2-year study, the Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop High School Wind Team concluded that a wind turbine project would be viable only if clean energy grants were obtained.

Zach Hoffmann blasted a home run and had two RBIs to lead New Ulm past Willmar 6-1 Monday in nonconference baseball.