LANESBORO, Minn. — A Winona motorcyclist was injured in a collision on U.S. Highway 16 at the road out of Lanesboro to Mabel.  Mathew Christian Barnholtz, age 57, suffered sustainable injuries. He was taken 32 miles to a Rochester hospital. With Barnholtz on his bike was a  woman from Galesville in Wisconsin. Troopers delayed releasing her name until family could bc notified. They were westbound toward Preston. The driver of the second vehicle, Robert Lee, 74, of Rochester, was unhurt. Lee was in a lightweight 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage. Troopers said his airbag deployed. He was unhurt. The Barnholtz bike was a 2005 Harley FLHTCI Cruiser and heading east into Lanesboro. Barnholtz was not wearing a helmet, troopers said. They believed alcohol was a factor.

Softball: St. Francis Fighting Saints 6, Byron Bears 1

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Rochester Public Schools will add the Islamic feast day Eid-al-Adha to its 2028 calendar as a holiday. The holiday typically falls in May. The change was recommended by the district’s teachers and principals, who noted that absences on Eid-al-Adh have been high anyway.

DULUTH, Minn.  — The mystery delegate at the Republican state convention, who created an unscheduled tribute to a convicted murderer, has posted an explanation of sorts on You Tube. In the 10-minute video, Christopher Rocco meanders through a confusing nonsequitur retinue that killer-cop Derek Chauvin was railroaded through an unfair trial for murdering George Floyd. Rocco claimed that Chauvin deserves a retrial and a federal pardon. At the convention Rocco had taken a microphone during a preliminary open-mic proceeding and asked for a moment of silence for Chauvin: “I apologize because I know you asked me not to do this. I’d like to suspend the rules for a moment of reflection for Derek Chauvin.” There was a roar of approval from the floor, although nobody at the moment seemed to recall the high-profile 2021 Chauvin trial that attracted national news attention — “Chauvin who?” Convention Chair Danny Nadeau bowed his head. In respectful quietude. So did the crowded auditorium with 2,300 delegates. After that the convention moved on to other matters as if nothing untoward had occurred.

Earlier: Who conned GOP leadership into “Chauvin Moment”

Earlier: How Republicans came to their “Chauvin Moment”

Rocco. Flag-draped for his You Tube post. Where’d this guy come from: Nobody much knows.

Softball: Caledonia Warriors 5, Rockford Rockets 1

Softball: Adams Southland Rebels 3, Barnum Bombers 2

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — President Trump plans a one-day political swing to Chippewa County in northwest Wisconsin. His goal: To shore up his dismal approval ratings, now underwater 20 percentage points nationally. His following also is sagging in rural  areas like Chippewa County because of upward spiraling diesel and fuel costs for farmers due to Trump’s Iran war, and lost farm export markets due to  Trump’s global tariff war. Here’s what to expect in Trump’s Wisconsin visit:

> Eau Claire airport. Trump will arrive at the regional airport in Eau Claire (population 72,000). The airport has two runways. One is 5,000 feet and the other is 8,600. Both are too short for the requirements of the Boeing 747 Air Force One that Trump usually flies. He will be in a smaller plane, a Boeing 757, to land and take off.

> Motorcade. Several routes are available to the event’s host, Custer Farms, which is 10 miles north of Eau Caire in Chippewa County. Trump’s optics-conscious security usually chooses routes that are least likely to be lined with anti-Trump demonstrators.

> Custer Farms. A large dairy spread 12 miles west of Chippewa Falls (population 14,700)., the county seat. Custer Farms is operated by Kenneth D. Custer.

Custer Farms. Equidistant from Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire. Will be an indoor event, inside the dairy barn. Weather forecast: Rains perhaps drenching.

> Venue. A dairy barn has been set up with a long table facing 900 folding chairs for the event. Trump will be center stage at the long table with a cabinet retinue from Washington; Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson; WI-7 Congress member Tom Tiffany, who is running for governor; and WI-3 Congress member Derrick Van Orden.

> Audience: Carefully screened to assure security, to assure a friendly crowd, and to weed out dissidents.

> Political context. Chippewa County is solidly Republican. In 2016 Trump defeated Hillary Clinton 17,900 to 11,900. In 2020 he defeated Joe Biden 21,300 to 13,900. In 2024 he defeated Kamala Harris 23,400 to 14,700.

> Format: The White House used the misleading term “roundtable” for the event. It will not be a normal  “roundtable,” in which voters would have opportunity to exchange thoughts and ideas.” Nor will it be a debate.” Trump will pontificate without any possibility for feedback or possibly inconvenient questions. Trump can be expected to invite pre-programmed praise from those at the front table.

> Seating. Trump will be seated for the entire event behind the draped front gavel. This will conceal his swollen legs, and the purple marks from excessive aspirin as a pain-reliever. There are staff concerns whether Trump has the stamina to be upright for extended periods.

 > Music. Trump will enter from a “green room” behind the long table to a recording of “Take Me Home Country Roads” in which the late John Denver expresses disdain for urban life. There is irony here on Trump’s history as an urban New Yorker and in recent years as a Miami Beach billionaire.

In heart solidly Republican farm country. GOP yard signs no strangers in these parts.

Earlier: Trump plans trip to uneasy Wisconsin farm country

WINONA, Minn. – A St. Charles driver was injured, albeit not seriously, in a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 43 heading downhill toward Winona. Scott Vernon Ehlenfeldt, age 40, was taken five miles to the Winona hospital for evaluation. The accident was about 5:30 p.m. near the Gilmore Valley turn-off. The vehicles, a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Ehlenfeldt, and a 2017 Subaru Outback driven by Angela Sue Weber, age 39, of Winona, were on a two-lane section of Highway 43. Weber and two toddlers, girls, ages 3 and 2, were unhurt. They were belted. State troopers said. Ehlenfeldt was not.

WINONA, Minn. — A judge accepted a plea deal for a Winona man who shot up houses in Rollingstone late at night a year ago. Kimari Jordan, age 22, received five years of probation and 100 hours of community service. Jordan and a companion drove along residential Speltz Drive in Rollingstone, 15 miles from Winona. Bullets hit two homes and an outbuilding  No one was hurt. The second man, Damein Lamont Smith Jr., age 30, of Winona, also has negotiated a plea deal. His sentencing is scheduled for July.

Earlier: No more Rollingstone drive-by arrests seen

Earlier: Winona man jailed for mystery Rollingstone drive-bys

Earlier: Probe continuing in Rollingstone shootings

Earlier: Drive-by attacks: Bullets hit three Rollingstone homes

MARINETTE, Wis. — A northeast Wisconsin company, Tyco Fire Products, agreed to pay $10 million for contaminating well water with a fire-fighting foam. The foam contained cancer-causing PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals” because they never ever break down chemically. The State of Wisconsin sued Tyco in 2022, alleging that the company had been contaminating acres around a firefighting training center in this Green By  community since the 1960s. In Madison the settlement was hailed by Governor Tony Evers as “a key step toward making su e polluters are held accountable, take responsibility for their actions, and ensure Wisconsinites don’t have to foot the bill for cleaning up the messes that others made.” Tyco is a corporate unit of Irish-owned Johnson Controls.

MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. — Officers on policing patrols were alerted to watch for a man for an assault reported up Hidden Valley. The assault was called to the sheriff’s office about 11:15 p.m. Deputies said the victim, a woman, showed them red marks on her neck. The assailant had left, she said.

LAKE CITY, Minn. — A Frontenac motorcyclist was injured when he ran into a deer on two-lane U.S. Highway 61 at Maple Springs south of Lake City. David Cadet Kumferman, 74, was taken to the Lake City hospital. His injuries appeared non-life threatening. The accident was about 9:10 a.m. Kumferman was northbound into Lake City on a 2008 Harley Davidson FLHTCUI Touring. He was without helmet, said Wabasha Countv deputies.

LEWISTON, Minn. — A driver escaped injury when he missed a curve, entered the ditch, launched back across the road, took out a couple signs, and continued through the ditch. This was about 5:40 a.m. south of Lewiston on County Road 29 in the Rush Creek dip above Enterprise. The driver told Winona County deputies he fell asleep.

WINONA, Minn. — Police say Aiden Michael Wilson’s first mistake was hopping on a motorcycle outside the Kwik Trip at Huff and Sarnia. A police officer saw Wilson and knew that his driving license was revoked. After the ensuing traffic stop, Wilson, age 19, of Dakota was in jail. The charges:

> Underage drinking and driving.

> Carrying a pistol without a permit.

> Carrying a pistol while under the influence

> Driving after revocation.

The arresting officer gave this account: At the stop , about 12:30 a.m. a few blocks away, the officer immediately detected an overwhelming odor of alcohol. Wilson’s eyes were bloodshot and watery. Wison’s backpack was leaking. Wilson initially denied consuming alcohol but later admitted that he had beer in his backpack and had consumed three to four drinks. Wilson also admitted that he did not have insurance and that he had no driver’s license. It had been revoked after a drunk-diving arrest three weeks earlier. Asked whether he had weapons, Wilson first denied having any but later admitted to handgun in his backpack. Officers searched the backpack and located nine cans of Busch Light Apple, a 4.1% alcohol product.  One was uncorked and leaking. Also in the backpack: Several marijuana-related items, including loose marijuana, rolling papers, and a marijuana pipe. Wilson admitted to smoking marijuana earlier in the day. The revolver was a .357 Taurus. A breath test showed his blood was 0.07% alcohol — a legally tolerable level, but at 19 he legally ineligible to imbibe at all. Then there was the bike. It had been stolen. The owner discovered the theft after noticing fraudulent charges on a card that had been inside a wallet on the bike.

Baseball: Winona Cotter Ramblers 11, Rochester Lourdes Eagles 5

Softball: Olyvia Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Warriors 4, Adams Soutlhand Rebels 1

Softball: Mendota Heights Visitation Blazes 4, Caledonia Warriors 2

Softball: Byron Bears, Inver Grove Heights Simley Spartans 0

Tennis (boys): Winona Cotter Ramblers 4, Pine City Panthers 3

Tennis (boys): Rochester Mayo Spartans 7, Becker Bulldogs 0

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn — The governing board of the Minnesota State High School League approved girls wrestling provisionally as an interscholastic sport. The decision gives organizing schools as many as five years to demonstrate stability prospects and logistics. Meanwhile the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association is continuing on its own with schools that include Chatfield. On the issue of girls flag football, the State High School League delayed action until organizers, which include the Minnesota Vikings, develop rules and a system of scheduling games.