(KWNO)-The Miss Winona Steamboat Days 2025 competition is here! The competition requires a one-page essay and interview with a panel of judges on June 11, 2025. The winner will receive a generous $3,500 scholarship from the Steamboat Days Committee to put towards loans or furthering their education. Both 2nd and 3rd place will also receive $1500 and the opportunity to ride in the Steamboat Days Kiddie Parade, Steamboat Days Grand Parade along with Miss Winona Steamboat Days.
This is a chance for local young women to highlight who they are, grow their interview skills, and compete for the title of Miss Winona Steamboat Days 2025.
For more information on eligibility and rules to compete, visit the Steamboat Days Website.
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Spring has sprung! Which means its time for those spring projects to begin. Leighton Media is teaming up with LT Construction and want to help you Dust off the Rust with $5000 to help with those projects! Put your cash towards landscaping, cleaning or hey, how about a new pool or hot tub!? Yeah, that sounds more like it! Be listening for daily keywords to text in:
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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."
