(KWNO)-Flooding is affecting driving conditions throughout Minnesota including near Elba. State Highway 74 between County Road 30 and County Road 26 was closed on Sunday. According to MnDOT the closure was 4-11 miles east of Elba. The water has receded, and the road has reopened. A Winona County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said deputies and work crews responded to several incidents of debris on roadways over the weekend caused by flooding and heavy rain but currently all Winona County roads are open.
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Two people are lucky to be alive after a drunk driving crash in Winona. It happened Saturday night near the intersection of 3rd Street and Mechanic Street. According to a Winona Police Spokesperson, 33-year-old Kyle Ostrander was speeding and rolled his vehicle. Officers arriving on the scene suspected Ostrander was intoxicated, and he was arrested. A passenger in the car suffered significant injuries from "deep lacerations on the head" but refused medical treatment. The spokesperson said the car was totaled and he "didn't know how nobody died."
