Author: Sarah Word

  • Contagious Toys Opens Its Doors To Winona

    Contagious Toys Opens Its Doors To Winona

    Contagious Toys is now open to the public!  The toy store’s owner, WSU graduate Mike Onstad, has quietly had their current space for over a year, but sales were strictly online.  Thankfully, as of December 9th, the store is open for all to stop in and play, browse, and buy!  Onstad stresses that he has…

  • Winona Brass Band Celebrates 20 Years

    Winona Brass Band Celebrates 20 Years

    Happy 20th Anniversary to the Winona Brass Band!  How do we thank them for twenty years of delighting audiences right here in Winona?  This is the fun part, we get to attend three shows full of all the brassy fun you’d ever need.  A win for everyone! Winona’s Brass Band is considered a British style…

  • Julie Johnston and Ramona Redig

    Julie Johnston and Ramona Redig

    This summer at Red Horse Gallery, in Fountain City, Julie Johnston and Ramona Redig converse during the opening reception for Julie’s and Gary Flynn’s art exhibit called, “Earthly Visions.” photo by Jade Fang

  • Jena Wood

    Jena Wood

    Jena Wood holds up a trophy she made for the winner of a chainsaw bicycle race.  Her talents for making things transfer to her place of work, DIBS Cafe, where she slings burritos and espresso drinks that also make people feel like winners.  photo by Jim Risser

  • Todd Randall

    Todd Randall

    Todd Randall, co-founder of Sanborn Canoe Company, glides down the Mississippi River with one of his company’s handmade paddles.  photo by Peter Boysen