Area News
Roots Coffee House opens on Highway 19
by Michael Mattison With the weather turning cooler now, the new place on Highway 19 and Main Street is a great place to stop to warm up. Roots Coffee House opened its doors on Monday, Oct. 6. Even though the weather was warm when she started, business has been booming. “A lot of things just…
Read MoreGFW’s move-in day delayed
by Doug Hanson In construction projects, situations come up that can delay the completion of a project. That’s what the GFW School Board was told on Monday at its Committee as a Whole meeting. A representative from Kaus Anderson stated that due to delays in the electrical portion of the project, the gymnasium may not…
Read More‘How the West was Dun…’
GFW and Sibley East performed “How the West was Dun or…Left High and Dry in Low Humidity Chasm’ this past weekend. For photos of the performance check out the November 5 issue of the Winthrop News.
Read MoreWinthrop Council takes no action on public forum
by Michael Mattison At last month’s Winthrop City Council meeting, the Council members heard a request from Council member Martha Santelman and resident Tom Witucki to reinstate the public forum to City Council meetings. At its regular November meeting, the Council was in consensus to leave the public forum off the monthly agenda with no…
Read MoreHalloween 2025
There were several Winthrop residences that decorated their yards for Halloween. Gibbon also had a Trunk or Treat. Check out the photos in the November 5 issue of the Winthrop News.
Read MoreSTREAMS addresses contingent on bonding bill tour
by Michael Mattison Members of the Minnesota Capital Investment Committee visited Winthrop last week as part of its bonding bill tour to hear information and a request for funding for the STREAMS regional wastewater treatment facility. STREAMS is requesting $4 million from the state in its bonding bill. That funding would support the design and…
Read MoreGran receives Good Citizen Award, Lavender Boutique best business
Katie Gran received the Good Citizen Award and Lavender Boutique the Best Business Award at the Winthrop Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet on Friday. For the story on the award recipients and the Chamber president, check out the October 29 issue of the Winthrop News.
Read MoreActors set to hit the stage at GFW on Saturday and Sunday
Actors are putting the final touches on the fall play. “How the West was Dun or… Left High and Dry in Low Humidity Chasm” which will be performed Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. at the GFW Middle/High School auditorium. For the entire story, check out the October 29…
Read MoreGFW enrollment up a couple
by Doug Hanson Last Spring the GFW School Board was conservative in its budgeting process. It projected a reduction of 15 students this year based on a graduating class of 54 and a Kindergarten class of 40. But fortunately those numbers were more positive this fall as the District gained instead of losing students. The…
Read MoreBruns family honored at Alzheimer’s event
by Michael Mattison The family of Barb Bruns was named the honorary family at the Walk To End Alzheimer’s Greater Mankato event at Spring Lake Park in North Mankato on October 5. The Bruns family started fundraising for Alzheimer’s after Barb was diagnosed in 2015. “With Alzheimer’s there is no cure so you leave there…
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