LANESBOTO, Minn. — A Harmony man who had driven a horse-drawn buggy 14 miles to Lanesboro was injured in a collision with a motor car. Harvey J Hershberger, age 74, was taken 24 miles to a Rochester hospital. His injuries were described as sustainable. The accident occurred about 6:20 p.m. on U.S. Highway 16 through Lanesboro at Sheridan Street West. The car was a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro driven by Richard James Horihan, 76, of Lanesboro. He was unhurt. Alcohol was suspected, local police reported the State Patrol.

Masters of camouflage. Like all kaydids, this tiny baby is attracted to plants in the carrot family, like Queen Anne’s lace. They often lay their eggs on the flower stem. Katydids are nontoxic to people and pets and don’t do any significant plant damage, so you can just enjoy them if you are lucky enough to see one in your yard. Images: Andy Frank

WILSON, Min.— A van with nine persons aboard left Interstate 90 at the Winona exit and overturned. The driver and five passengers were taken seven miles downhill on State Highway 43 to the Winona hospital. None of the injuries was life-threatening, said first-responders. The accident was about 7:40 a.m. on the eastbound lanes toward Wisconsin. Speeds of 70 mph are allowed in the area. Pavement was dry. To the hospital:

> Dhavalkumar Bharatkuma Doshi, 44, of South Elgin, Illinois, the driver of the 2026 Mercedes Sprinter.

> A boy,13, of Aurora, Illinois, whose name was not released by authorities.

> A boy, 11, of Aurora.

> A boy, 11, of Aurora, the only passenger who wasn’t belted.

> A girl, 10, of Aurora.

Injured but not needful of hospital attention:

> Krunal Doshi, 35, of Carol Stream, Illinois.

> A boy, 11, of Aurora,.

Uninjured:

> Syed Muhammed Muhammed, 48, of Aurora.

> Axay Doshi, 37, of Aurora.

LANESBORO, Minn. — A motorcyclist lost control on a dangerously curvy section of U.S. Highway 16 near Inspiration Point and hit a guardrail. Nolan Braeden Kubat, 20, of Owatonna, was taken 44 miles to a Rochester hospital. Kubat was helmeted and his injuries appeared non-life threatening, Fillmore County deputies said. Pavement was dry. The accident was about 4:30 p.m. Kubat was riding a 2025 Kawasaki EX500 sports bike and heading southwest toward Preston.

UTICA, Minn.  — A sentry was posted overnight to secure the site of a light plane that crashed Thursday evening in western Winona County. The pilot, Glenn Edward Jackson, age 61, of Byron, 40 miles away, survived and was recovering at a Rochester hospital. Jackson had taken off from the Rochester airport. Unclear was whether Jackson was out for evening pleasure whirls or had a farther destination to the east. The National Transportation Safety Board asked Winona County authorities to protect the site until its investigators arrive.

Earlier: Pilot survives crash landing near Utica

Stylishly stubby. The Glasair I RG, assembled from a kit, is popular with amateur fliers. Kits cost about $17,000 with150-horsepower Lycoming engine.

PETERSON, Minn.  — A Rushford driver was injured when she collided with a guardrail near the U.S. Highway 16 outlet into Peterson. Amber Marie Spece, age 36, was taken 26 miles to the Winona hospital. Fillmore County deputies assessed her injuries as sustainable. The crash was just after midnight. Deputies suspected alcohol was a factor. Spece was driving a 2015 Toyota Corolla west toward Lanesboro. She was not belted but her airbag deployed, deputies said.

UTICA, Minn. — The pilot of a kit-built small airplane was injured when he crash-landed adjacent to cornfields six miles south of Utica in western Winona Cunty. There was no fire. The pilot, who was alone, climbed out of the plane and waited for help.  Winona County deputies quoted him about an engine problem on the single-propeller craft. Deputies didn’t release the man’s name at the scene but said he was 62 years old. Medics from Lewiston took him 30 miles to a Rochester hospital for his head injuries to be evaluated. The crash was about 6:50 p.m. near County Road 33 south of Utica and County Road 6 west of Fremont. The plane, a Glasair I, is a two-seater with retractable landing gear.

Into grove of trees. At remote crossroads. Airframe appears intact. Image: Winona County sheriff

Do you hear the crow? The hoppity-hop? The oink? The moo? The Fair winds up Sunday in St. Charles.

WINONA, Minn. — Federal aviation inspectors found no red flags were apparent before an ultra-light hobby plane crashed and killed at the pilot at the Winona airport 2-1/2 weeks ago. The pilot, Wayne Ledebuhghr, had bolted a new wing on his Australian-designed T-Lite and was on a test flight, according to to the inspectors. Ledebuhr was landing and had shifted his weight to steer the 200-pound craft. It was a small right correction followed by a 90-degree turn left. The right wingtip caught the ground. The aircraft tumbled. The details were from witnesses and an inspection of the wreckage. The report was what the National Transportation Safety Board calls a “30-day prelim.” The Board’s usual practice I to keep an accident file open a full year before classifying it as conclusive. The preliminary report says that Ledebuhr was making his third test flight of the day with the new fabric wing. The wing, a replacement for a two-year-old unit, was designed for easier hangar storage and hauling around. A friend who helped Ledebuhr attach the new wing said it was bolted firmly in place.

Windsport T-Lite tricycle. In same colors as Ledebuhr’s original wing.

Earlier: Parachute device not activated in fatal crash

Earlier: R.I.P.: Wayne Ledebuhr

Earlier: Cause of fatal Winona plane crash still unknown

Earlier: Winona aviation hobbyist dead in crash

Earlier: Pilot dead in crash at Winona airport

WINONA, Minn. – The Fire Department reported 38 emergency medical calls plus 9 fire calls in recent days:

> Tuesday, July 7:  7medical calls plus no fire calls.

> Monday, Julyn6: 2 medical calls plus 2 fire calls.

> Sunday, July 5: 3 medical calls plus 1 fire call.

> Saturday, July 4: 4 medical calls plus 3 fire call.

> Friday, July 3: 2 medical calls plus 4 fire calls.

> Thursday, July 2: 13 medical calls plus 3 fire calls.

> Wednesday, July 1: 7 medical calls plus no fire calls.

Earlier: Emergency, fire crews make 38 calls

WINONA, Minn. — A quick-thinking homeowner extinguished an attic fire after lightning struck a house near Fifth sand Sioux streets on the West Side. Damage was confined to the attic. There were no injuries, This was about 4 p.m. The fire was out when fire crews arrived. The firefighters found damaged insulation inside the attic. They used their extended-length ladder truck for an aerial inspection for hot spots

Bolt from thundering sky.  In 650 residential block of West Fifth Street. Image: Winona Fire Department

Sure looks real. The Jeep’s colors and markings closely resembled the World War II four-wheelers, which remain in production albeit through many  reincarnations.

Earlier: Adrenaline-surging scare at Viroqua gun show

WINONA, Minn. — A LeSueur driver, 116 miles from home, was arrested as drunk in a traffic stop on West Broadway Street in Winona. Stacy Jo Zinke, age 57, admitted she was drunk, the arresting deputy said. A breathalyzer test showed her blood was approaching 0.19% alcohol, more than twice the legal impairment level. The arrest was about 8:30 p.m.

Zinke. Also Bad plates, no license.

RED WING, Minn. — A two-car collision on U.S. Highway 16 through Red Wing sent a couple to the hospital. Patricia Joan Wuollet, 70, and Jerry Edward Wuollet, 79, of Red Wing, suffered sustainable injuries, police said. The collision was about 3:10 p.m. at the intersection with Spring Creek Road on Red Wing’s East End. Patricia Wuollet was driving a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander. Unhurt in the other vehicle, a 2012 Nissan Sentra, was Ethan Brody Krotz, 21, of Ainsworth, Iowa.  The vehicles hit from opposite directions.

WINONA, Minn. — City maintenance crews asked police to help find vandals who damaged porta-potties at Gabryck Park on the Far East Side and on the Gavin Heights overlook on the on the bluffs. Police said they are handicapped by the lack of surveillance cameras at the sites. It wasn’t clear whether incidents, a couple miles apart, were related. Clear was that the vandals have no civic decency nor respect for legendary  figures with significant Winona legacies

Gabryck Park

At 950 East Wabasha Street. With baseball diamond and playgrounds. Named for Gene Gabrych, who played baseball for Winona’s Polish National Alliance team and helped the club draw huge crowds and an 18-3 record in 1938. He was expected to be drafted by the New York Yankees. He went to war instead. He was killed, age 29, after in the Foret de Mont Castre after the Normandy invasion. His unit encountered massive. His body was returned to a grieving Winona in 1948 for burial.

Garvin Heights

Overlooking Winona from 540 feet. It’s the namesake of Herbert Garvin, born 1862, who donated land for the bluff-top park. Garvin co-founded Bay State Milling in Winona, still. Major employer. Later president of Winona National Bank. An early promoter of Winona as nucleus of a growing railroad network. He also donated 43 acres of open land and woods that became Farmers Community Park between Stockton and Lewiston. Also bearing his name is Garvin Brook, which is a Winona County tributary to the Mississippi River.  Garvin died in 1938.

WINONA, Minn.— Police were too late to catch a man acting crazy and yelling and screaming and kicking and throwwg things at a parked car. This was about 11:45 a.m. in the 500 block of Mankato Avenue. Police suspected a homeless man but were awaiting surveillance video. Because a gaaage door was dented,  charges likely will include damage to property, police said.

LACRESCENT, Minn. — A Rushford driver crashed into a guardrail and was injured on U.S. 14 across the swamp between LaCrescent and LaCrosse. Courtney Marie Metz-Kalbarczyk, age 36, was taken to a LaCrosse hospital for injuries that appeared no-life threatening. An infant boy in the van was belted and unhurt. Houston County deputies said Kalbarczyk was driving a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan into LaCrosse. This was about 10:25 a.m. on what locals call “the Pike.” The accdeng was near the exit to DNR Landing Road, just short of the Mississippi River high bridge.

WINONA, Minn. — Word seems to have spread among homeless people that a place to squat is a vacant house in the 150 block of East Broadway. For the second time in two days, police have rousted uninvited “house guests.” In the latest arrests, police were called by a neighbor about 7:30 p.m. for comings and goings at the house, where the elderly owner died a few months ago. The place has been locked and abandoned since. In making these arrests and also arrests the day before, police reported finding cocaine and items being packed up that belonged to the deceased woman. These included coins, decanters and collectible tea cup sets. The recent arrests:

WINONA, Minn. — Two men who were “riding the rails” were pulled off a Canadian Pacific freight that made a brief stop in Winona to have them removed. Cited for trespassing were:

> Angus Lee McKee, 27, of Tucson, Arizona.

> Kyle A. Swanson, 41, of Madison, Wisconsin.

Winona police were notified about 9:50 p.m. that a train with two hobos would be passing through town in 30 minutes. Through trains normally pass through town at 40n mph. This one coasted to a stop at the Amtrak depot on East Mark Street. Police were waiting. Police didn’t log where McKee and Swanson had climbed aboard or where they were headed. They were not jailed but released after the train ad resumed its journey.

How to catch a hobo

Most CP trains through Winonna have end points in Winnipeg, Chicago, New Orleans and Galveston. The company has thermal-mmaging  devices along its routes to catch problems — mostly mechanical irregularities that need attention  — and also free-riders inside or on  top of freight cars.

WINONA, Minn.— For an Independence Day weekend, police took relatively few citizen complaints about fireworks. On Saturday there were six calls from  the East End. On Sunday there were 16 calls from scattered points around town. Police didn’t find any of the celebrants. At Farmers Park out in the county, usually a favoroite place to set off fireworks, the ground was still soggy from flooding. Nobody was much around.

Earlier:  Storm saturates Farmers Park, downs trees

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