WSU student charged with indecency
WINONA, Minn., March 19, 2009 -- A Winona State University junior has been charged with unveiling his genitals to a female taxi driver two months ago. Deputy Chief Tom Williams said the cabbie reported that the incident occurred at 2:30 a.m. in the 450 block of Main Street, near the main Winona State campus. The man, Gregory Paul Dennis, 20, was a passenger in the cab, William said. The charge is indecent exposure, a misdemeanor, which carries a maximum $500 fine. Dennis has been scheduled to see a judge April 6.Triple-soused drunk to detox
WINONA, Minn, Minn., March 18, 2009 -- A Winona State University student, drunk out of his mind, was sent by police to the hospital for detoxification. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said the student, age 20, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.238 percent, nearly three times the legal limit for driving. Williams said officers had been called to Eighth and Huff streets and found the man at 2:07 a.m. An ambulance was called.Punch at bar leads to assault charge
WINONA, MInn., March 18, 2009 -- A fifth-degree assault citation was issued against a Winona State University student for a fight outside Schyde's Bar and Whatnot. The man, 26, punched the man in the face after closing time, according to Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams.Condolence card being signed for Coatney family
WINONA, Minn., March 10, 2009 -- A card of condolence is being signed by WInona State University people for the family of sophomore Kellen Coatney, who died over the weekend in a fall from a roof. The university's student life vice president, Connie Gores, said the card would be available at the Student Resource Center in the lower level of Kryzsko Commons through Friday. Gores said the shock of Coatney's death comes at a time when students are dealing with the stress of midterm exams. Support services are available at the campus Counseling Center at Wabasha 220 at 101 E. Wabasha St., she said.Background: Funeral Saturday in Lakeville
Novelist to share "12 Rivers" passages
WINONA, Minn., March 10, 2009 -- A Winona State University English prof, Elizabeth Oness, will read excerpts from her new novel, "Twelve Rivers of the Body" as part of Women's History Month. The book has won the 2007 Gival Press Novel Award.Date: Tuesday, March 17
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Place: Minne second floor lounge.
Cost: Free
WSU student's funeral to be Saturday
EAGAN, Minn., March 10, 2009 -- A funeral for a Winona State University sophomore who died after falling from a rooftop over the weekend will be Saturday, the family said. The service will be at a Lutheran church in nearby Lakeville. The family released this obituary:Coatney, Kellen Donald, age 20 of Eagan passed away suddenly on 3/7/09. Student at Winona State University. Preceded in death by Grandfather Donald L. Coatney. Survived by Parents Brian & Kathryn; Brother Brennan & Sister Bridgette; Grandmother Marilyn Coatney; Grandparents Terry & Jane Tambornino. Also by many other Uncles, Aunts, Cousins and friends. Funeral Service 11AM Saturday, March 14, Hosanna! Lutheran Church, 9600 163rd St. W., Lakeville. Visitation 4-8pm Friday, White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Ave and also one hour prior to service at church. A memorial offering will be given to Peninsula Village Scholarship. White Funeral Home Apple Valley 952-432-2001 www.whitefuneralhomes.comBackground: Police say alcohol a factor in death
Survey: Division III jocks lag in studies
| NEW YORK, March 9, 2009 -- A study of colleges with NCAA Division III athletic programs found that jocks are doing better in their studies but still lag behind their nonathlete classmates, the College Sports Project reported. The center's study is a continuation of an annual longitudinal survey of athletes and other students at 75 colleges going back to 2006. Female athletes continue to do better relative to female nonathletes than male athletes do relative to other male students, the new report said. Also, recruited male athletes do worse still, the report said. |
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Forums set with WSU nursing dean hopefuls
WINONA, Minn., March 9, 2009 -- On-campus interviews for a new Winona State University nursing dean will begin Wednesday, campus hiring czar Robin Delong said. This schedule for one-hour public forums as released:William McBreen: 10:15 a.m., Wednesday, Purple Room 104, Kryzsko Commons, main Winona campus, and 10:30 a.m., Thursday, CF 202, Rochester campus.
Stephanie Genz: 11:15 a.m., Purple Room 106, Kryzsko Commons, main Winona campus, and 10:30 a.m., Friday, CF 202, Rochester campus.
Susan Fetsch: 1:15 p.m., Monday, March 19, Stark B6, main Winona campus, and 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 20, Rochester campus.
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Delong said that biographical sheets on the candidates would be available at the forums. State law requires that finalists be identified publicly in advance, which Delong did Monday but without offering any further information on he candidates. The university administration's new names-only minimalist policy on releasing information on candidates, and doing so less than 48 hours before interviews, has been criticized as inconsistent with the openness in hiring practices envisioned by the law. Specifically, critics say, releasing names only, and doing so at the 11th hour, impedes campus people from preparing adequately for interviews and short-circuits full reviews of the candidates.
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University administrators have not explained the new practice, which was implemented quietly this year. Critics say the policy moves away from collegial consensus in hiring and allows administrators, who have full access to candidate files, to act with less than full public oversight.
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At Winona State, deanships typically pay $125,000 to $160,000. The univerity has five academic deans, each in charge of a college. Deans are third-rier executives, who report to academic Vice Ptesident Sally Johnstone at the second tier. Johnstone reports to university President Judith Ramaley.
Background: Nursing dean search narrows to three
Cops: Booze probably factored in fatal fall
WINONA, Minn., March 9, 2009 -- Evidence suggests that a Winona State University student who fell to his death off a downtown rooftop early Saturday had been drinking, police said. Kellen Donald Coatney, 20, of Eagan, Minn., died Sunday. Alcohol appears to be involved, Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said. Typically an autopsy is required in such cases. Coatney died at Gundersen Lutheran hospital in La Crosse. Family members, summoned from Eagan, were at his bedside.Background: WSU sophomore dies of fall injuries
Witch to discuss goddess worship
WINONA, Minn., March 9, 2009 -- A documentary film on ancient worship traditions, "Goddess Remembered," will be shown at Winona State University as part of the Women's History Month, gender studies prof Tamara Berg announced. Berg said that a discussion with a practicing witch will follow the screening. "Goddess Remembered" offers insights into these ancient cultures and explores the contemporary women's spirituality movement inspired by them, Berg said. The film, a documentary, examines pre-Christian, goddess worship based on the work of archaeologist Marija Gombutas, art historian Merlin Stone, and scholars Jean Bolen and Charlene Spretnak.Date: Monday, March 16
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Gildemeister 155
Cost: Free
WSU sophomore falls from roof, dies
WINONA, Minn., March 8, 2009 -- A Winona State University broadcast student, Kellen Donald Coatney, who had taken the semester off, fell off a roof and was fatally injured. Coatney, 20, died at a La Crosse, Wis., hospital of severe head injuries. The fall occurred about 2 a.m., Saturday He remained in coma into Sunday. As friends pieced together what happened, Coatney had been partying at an upstairs apartment at 222 West Second St. and climbed out a window onto a frost-covered metal roof for a cigarette. He slid off the roof. Coatney was from Eagan, Minn.Background: WSU student critically hurt in falL
Two SMU dorm rooms burgled
WINONA, Minn., March 8, 2009 -- A thief stole computers and other gear from two dorm rooms at Skemp=mp Hall at St. Mary's University, police said. One woman said she had left her room unlocked.Missing was a laptop computer, a calculator, credit crds and $45 cash. The other woman, who said her room key was missing from her key ring, reported a laptop, backpack and occurred missing, The thefts were between 11:45 p.m., Saturday, and 12:30 a.m., Sunday.Student home burgled over spring break
WINONA, Minn., March 7, 2009 -- A Winona State University student returned from spring break to find his rented place had been burgled while he was away. Missing were a video game console, athletic shoes and DVDs, the man told police. The front door, in the 250 block of Lafayette Street, had been forced open, police said.Fall from roof critically hurts man
WINONA, MInn., March 7, 2009 -- A man, reportedly a Winona State University student, fell off a steep roof near the downtown bar zone after closing hours and suffered what appeared to be serious neck or spinal injuries. The man did not respond to emergency workers who loaded him onto stretcher and into an ambulance, witnesses said. The man apparently had been at a party in a second-floor apartment and for some reason went onto a lean-to metal roof and slid off. He landed in an alley. The ambulance was summoned about 2 a.m.| MORE |
The apartment, at 222 West Second St., is above the former Ramer's fish market and Bluff Country Archery, just east of the ramp up to the Interstate Bridge.
WSU nursing deanship narrows to three
WINONA, Minn., March 6, 2009 -- The interim nursing dean at Winona State University, William McBreen, is among finalists recommended by a arch committee for the deanship. A source knowledgeable about the search said other candidates are Susan Fetsch of Avila University in Kansas City, Mo., and Stephanie Genz of Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.
McBreen was named interim dean after Tim Gaspar resigned last year for a deanship in Ohio. McBreen, on the Winona State faculty since 2000, holds a doctorate from the University of Texas.
Fetsch is the nursing dean at Avila, where she has taught since 1993. She holds a doctorate from the University of Kansas and a nursing master's from the University of Minnesota.
Genz is assistant dean of nursing at Viterbo. She holds a doctorate from the University of Minnesota in education. |  WILLIAM MCBREEN Winona State  SUSAN FETSCH Avila  STEPHANIE GENZ Viterbo |
Cars damaged in WSU neighborhood
WINONA, Minn., March 6, 2009 -- Somebody smashed windows on four cars parked on streets west of the main Winona State University campus overnight, police said. The vandals took loose papers and personal items from the vehicles and scattered them, police said, Nothing of value was reported missing. The incidents were in the 350 block of West King, the 400 block of West Sanborn, 400 and 600 blocks of Harriet.Sports group seeks control of game news
STEVENS POINT, Wis., March 5, 2008 --The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, which coordinates high school sports in the state, filed a lawsuit to prevent newspapers from covering games. The association wants a court order to affirm that the right to "control the transmission, Internet stream, photo, image, film, videotape, audiotape, writing, drawing or other depictions or description" of high school games." The association seeks to create revenue by selling exclusive rights to selected media organizations to cover games, particularly tournaments. The suit resulted from a live webcast by the Appleton, Wis., Post Crescent of a playoff football game between Appleton North and Stevens Point high schools.| MORE |
The issue itself has been simmering since 2007, after the association gave a Madison-area photography business exclusive rights to cover games, in effect denying coverage. The core n question is whether the association can control coverage of interscholastic sports at public high schools.
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WINONA, Minn., March 2, 2009 -- Candidates are testing waters for the November 2010 elections:
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Matt Entenza (Democrat)
Mark Dayton (Democrat)
Tom Bakk (Democrat)
Steve Kelly (Democrat)
Paul Thissen (Democrat)
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