Red Wing

Get Ready to Ramble offers families a fitness option

May 23, 2018

Mayo Clinic Health System and the Red Wing Family YMCA encourage families to get active together by participating in Get Ready to Ramble. This free nine-week program prepares participants of all ages for the River City Ramble, a 5K walk/run, 2-mile walk and a kids’ fun run on Saturday, Aug. 4. For...

Red Wing church to host trumpet-organ duo

May 16, 2018

Seipp Sheets duo will perform Thursday, May 24, at 7 p.m. at Red Wing’s First Presbyterian Church, 503 W. Sixth St. They will perform music arranged for trumpet and organ including Vivaldi’s “Violin Concerto,” Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” “Carnival of Venice” and “Rhapsody in Blue.”...

Traffic delays expected in Red Wing May 14

May 9, 2018

Motorists at Plum Street (Highway 58) and Third Street in downtown Red Wing will encounter traffic delays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, May 14 as construction crews conduct utility work and remove pavement and sidewalks, according to the Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of transportation....

Meeting to discuss opportunities to 'Make it OK' to have mental illness

Apr 18, 2018

Goodhue County Make It OK is a campaign to reduce the stigma that is associated with mental illness. People who want to help start the conversation can attend a meeting at 5:30 on April 24 at Caribou Coffee in Red Wing. “We’ll buy you a coffee (or other beverage) and talk about fun, upcoming...

Overnight detours planned April 10-12 for bridge ramp demolition

Apr 4, 2018

Motorists on Highway 61 near the Highway 63/Eisenhower Bridge in Red Wing will be detoured during three nights April 10-12 as construction crews demolish the remainder of the slip ramp bridge over Highway 61, according to the Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of transportation. The Highway 63/...

Temporary bridge on Hwy. 61 scheduled to open this week

Mar 28, 2018

Motorists using the Highway 63/Eisenhower Bridge in Red Wing will have a different route to and from the bridge on the Minnesota side beginning sometime between March 30 and April 1, according to the Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of transportation.The slip ramp into Red Wing is scheduled to...

Registration for poverty simulation ends March 26

Mar 21, 2018

The deadline to register for the April 14 United Way Poverty Simulation in Red Wing is Monday, March 26. It is designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low-income family trying to survive from month to month. It is a simulation, not a game,...

HOPE Coalition to hold fundraising banquet

Mar 7, 2018

Hope and the miracles it can perform in turning a life around are the theme of local nonprofit agency HOPE Coalition’s 2018 banquet. The annual fundraising event will take place on Thursday, March 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the St. James Hotel Summit Room, 406 Main Street in Red Wing....

Beginning genealogy class offered at Historical Society

Jan 31, 2018

On Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 p.m., the Goodhue County Historical Society will host a genealogy class which will provide participants with tools to discover their family history. Co-sponsored by Red Wing Community Education, the class will be led by Vickie Albu, a lifelong resident of Dakota County...

Quilt show coming to Red Wing Feb. 3 and 4

Jan 17, 2018

The Red Wing Evening Star Quilt Guild will present a quilt show with 300-400 of members’ quilts on Saturday and Sunday, February 3 and 4, 2018 at Sargent’s Nursery in Red Wing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Quilt Show admission of $4 includes entry in the drawings for door prizes including a...