Downtown car-pedestrian accident injures man

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 14, 2006 -- A man who looked to be in his 40s was struck by a car driven by a Winona State University student in the downtown bar district about midnight. The victim was conscious but not responsive to the questions. People flooded out of Gabby's bar when they heard the impact. Off-duty paramedics at the bar assisted the man, who was limp in the street. Police arrived within three minutes. An ambulance crew spent about five minutes with the victim, who then attempted some movement. He was taken to the hospital. Blood was seeping from the man's forehead. No other injuries were visible. Witnesses said the driver stopped immediately after impact. Police cleared the scene in about 20 minutes. Reporter: Jeff Grier

GABBY'S 179 E. Third St.

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Neighbors don't recall any disturbance

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 14, 2006 -- Neighbors don't recall much about the Halloween party that ended in a four-hour police stand-off when partiers barricaded themselves in an East Broadway house. In fact, a canvass of neighbors found that most slept through it. Holly Palbicki, who lives across the alley on Fifth Street, recalled being home that night but doesn't remember any loud partying. Another neighbor, Dorothy Tomashek, at 560 East Fifth Street, didn't hear anything either but noted said that living one street over, she was somewhat distant. Even so, she saw no partying remnants that often mark a party site: "I did not see any scattered beer cans on the ground or notice anything out of the ordinary that night." MORE None of the neighbors acknowledged calling police. The call came in at 10:30 the night of Oct. 27. The cops, who were busy that night, arrived at the house, 560 E. Broadway, a couple of hours later. Of five neighbors questioned by reporters about the party, several of whom were home that night, none recall hearing anything out of the ordinary. The party became front-page news several days later when police reported they had been locked out for four hours. The case became a campus cause celebre at Winona State University, where some students objected that police were interferring with the right to party. There were 23 arrests made or citations issued that night. MORE The episode began with a telephone complaint to the cops about a loud party, although none neighbors whom were interviewed said it was their call. The 560 East Broadway house is nestled tightly among several others at Fifth and Sixth streets near Saint John's Catholic Parish Hall. The noise complaint was phoned to police around 10:30 p.m. MORE Florence Knopick, 89, and husband Stanley "Stosh" Knopick, 87, who live at 563 E. Broadway across the street, said were not home the night of the party. They were unable to recall any instances in which the house was unusually loud. The Knopicks call the neighborhood relatively quiet and said have had no problems with neighboring tenants. Stanley Knopick, who;s lived at 563 E Broadway for 65 years, said he sees lights at house at all hours but has "never see anybody there," he said. Even so, the house, occupied by Winona State students Alex White and Kenny King, has been a police target before. Just weeks prior to the standoff, on Sept. 22, police responded to a noise complaint at 10:30 p.m. and cleared out almost 100 people. Police reported hearing the noise more than 100 feet away. MORE In an interview last week, John Eger, who lives directly east of the WHite-King house, says the house has not been active since the night of the standoff. "I have never personally had a problem with Alex or his roommate," said Eger. "All college students have their occasional run-ins with trouble, you know." Eger was awakened the night of the party but didn't think much about it. "We are surrounded by three houses full of college kids, so we expect a lot of activity,” said Eger. "There are usually a lot of kids outside," said Eger, referring to earlier in the fall. I don’t see that very much anymore." Despite the occasional noise, however, “I have never personally had a problem with Alex or his roommate,” said Eger. MORE Police reports portray the Oct. 27 party differently. There were about 100 partiers at the place that night, some of whom were outside when the police arrived, according to police documents. Officer J.J. Squires reported seeing students at the corner of the St. John's parish hall and in the alley behind the house, just feet away from the Palbicki house. "There were several male and female subjects walking around," Squires said. "I would estimate the number of subjects to be 10." Sgt. David Allen supports Squires: "I immediately heard the sound of loud voices consistent with a large gathering of people." Allen said several people, alerted to the presence of police, ran east down the alley. MORE Squires called the noise was unmistakable: "From my squad I began to hear several female and male voices. I was well over 50 feet away from the property. I could also see beer cans and plastic cups in the parking lot of the church." MORE All but four of the 23 partiers whom police tagged, most for underage boozing, have paid their fines. Still open is the case against Alex White, whose attorney has sought delays in proceedings. Like King, White is a Winona State varsity football player. White also is an at-large student senator.

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WINONA, Minn., Feb. 11, 2006 -- Still steamed over a bar fight, Winona State University dorm council president John Huggenvik is pushing for prosecution of the other guy. Huggenvik has agreed to assist in a criminal assault complaint against the Byron, Minn., man in the fight. Both were charged with disorderly conduct after police broke up the fight outside the downtown college bar Brothers. At the time, police said, neither Huggenvik nor the other combatant, Patrick Arthur Campbell, 23, was interested in assisting in a criminal assault prosecution. Later, after calling an officer who helped break up the fight, Huggenvik decided to press charges against Campbell. MORE According to Winona County Attorney Chuck MacLean, the term "press charges"is a misnomer. "The victim doesn't actually press charges," said MacLean. "If assault charges are filed, it means that the victim agreed to cooperate with the state, or law enforcement, in prosecuting the crime." MORE MacLean said now that the criminal assault complaint process is in motion, the next step will be to determine the severity of Huggenvik's injuries. If Huggenvik suffered "serious bodily harm, lasting or temporary," the complaint would go to MacLean for prosecution. The complaint would also go to MacLean if Campbell is a repeat assault offender or is on probation. If the injuries are not serious or permanent, and Campbell is not a repeat offender or on probation, typical procedure would be for the matter to be referred to police, who in turn wouild issue appropriate citations. MORE Huggenvik and Campbell are next due in court Feb. 13 at 8:15 a.m. for the disorderly conduct citations. Reporter: Chandler MacLean Background: Dorm leader charged in bar fight

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Gutknecht war chest at $121,00

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2006 -- Southern Minnesota Congressman Gil Gutknecht reported slightly more than $121,000 in his re-election campaign war chest at the end of December. Gutknecht, a Republican, listed no debts. In the mandatory periodic accounting, Gutknecht reported he raised about two-thirds of the money from individuals and the rest from political action committees. The Democratic candidate, Iraq war veteran Tim Walz of Mankato, reported $43,000 and $1,800 in debts. Walz said more than 90 percent was from individual donations.

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Bail set at $100,000 in bar stabbing

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2006 -- An Anoka, Minn., painter and part-time pizza-delivery driver, Jonathan Hanz Minor, 21, who is accused in a stabbing at Schyde's Tuesday night, was ordered held in jail pending more court appearances unless he can come up with $100,00 bail. Judge Jeff Thompson set the bail. Minor was arrested outside Schyde's after being pulled off an off-duty bouncer who had been stabbed five times. The bouncer, Steve Adams, is recovering. In court Minor wore an orange jump suit size XL, and a large cast on his right arm. He had cuts on his upper right arm and above his left eye. MORE Charges against Minor include two counts of first-degree burglary, each with a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail and a $35,000 fine, and three other felony counts. To the judge, Minor said, "I would like to be home, to let my injuries heal." The judge said no -- unless the $100,000 bail is posted. Richard McCluer, Minor's attorney, was not present at the hearing. Minor has two drunken driving convictions on his record, along with other minor consumption charges. His next court appearance was set for Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. before Judge Maragaret Johnson.

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Bagpipes for WSU's Scottish lass?

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2006 -- Inaugural planners at Winona State University are scouting for a bagpiper. In light of President Judith Ramaley's Scottish heritage, a bag pipe player for her inauguration April 7 would be a fitting personal touch, said Jim Schmidt, chair of the inauguration committee. His committee members are excited about the bag pipe idea, Schmidt said. MORE Schmidt said that a budget hasn't been established for the inauguration but that Ramaley doesn't want an expensive party: "She doesn't want to send that message." In a memo Nov. 14, Ramaley asked the committee to "focus on the essence of the university" and not "a traditional, high cost party." A subcommittee is in place to raise private funds, said Schmidt, who is the university's fund-raising vice president. MORE The Schmidt committee, comprising seven sub-committees, meets Wednesdays to discuss progress, said Schmidt. The subcommittees will finish their work onm on staggered schedule, he said. The subcommittee in charge of invitations will finish sooner than the luncheon subcommittee, Schmidt said. Details all will be handled by the committee and no outside consultants have been hired, said Schmidt. Subcommittees are open to student and faculty participation, he said. MORE Schmidt said the inauguration is less about the president and more about showing off the university to the community. The main ceremony, originally scheduled at 2 p.m., has been pushed back to 2:30 p.m. to accommodate campus musicians, who earlier had earlier scheduled their annual Song Fest the same day. A reception at Krueger Library, originally at 4:30, now is set for 5. A grand piano will be placed at the library entrance. A small combo will play on the second floor. MORE A community service day is planned week of the inauguration with students from Winona State, St. Mary's University and South East Tech. Projects haven't been identified yet, but the inaugural committee is thinking of rewarding the student club that signs up the most students. MORE The university's communications director, Tom Grier, said that the ceremony could be covered on both ITV and webcast. The university's Rochester branch might have a small ceremony for Ramaley if her schedule permits.

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Bail at $20,000 for SMU hockey player

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2006 -- Bail was set at $20,000 for a St. Mary's University hockey player, Cullum Seth Buetow-Staples, who is accused of breaking into cars around the Winona State campus. Before bail was set, Beutow-Staples told Judge Jeff Thompson: "This was strictly a one-time incident. I don't commit crimes and I fully intend to go back to class. I'm going to school to be a teacher." Unfazed, Judge Jeff Thompson ordered Buetow-Staples held in jail unless he deposits $20,000 with the court to guarantee future court appearances. Buetow-Staples next court date is Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. before Judge Maragaret Johnson. MORE Buetow-Staples is charged with felony theft, possession of stolen property, and tampering with a motor vehicle. He was tackled by a Winona State security guard after attempting to run away with the stolen property, according to Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams. Buetow-Staples was caught on 11th Street near the Winona State power plant with CD cases containingh more than 50 store-bought CDs, a car stereo, and a cell phone, Williams said. Beutow-Staples faces a maximum of five years in jail and $10,000 in fines. MORE At St. Mary's, Buetow-Staples is a junior majoring in secondary education. On the hockey team he played forward. He is from Arden Hills, Minn., who in high school played with the Danville Wings. The St. Mary's varsity hockey roster lists him at 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds. This season he scoed one goal, in the 3-2 Nov. 19 loss to St. Thomas. Megan Buesgens

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Stabbing victim, others recount what happened

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2006 -- A Winona bar bouncer who was stabbed five times Tuesday night, Steve Adams, 24, said from his hospital bed that he still had a lot of pain in his lower back but felt better and seemed to be recovering well. Adams was lucid. He said had been thinking clearly since doctors removed an intravenous morphine tube Wednesday morning. "I'm glad that it happened to me and not someone else," said Adams. "I'm OK, and I'm glad that no one else was hurt." MORE Here is Adams' firsthand account of what happened, coupled with facts reported in the criminal complaint and interviews with eyewitnesses: According to the criminal complaint, Jonathan Hanz Minor and a friend drove from their homes in Anoka, Minn., to Winona on Tuesday. Minor's 21st birthday was the next day. The two were in town to visit a Winona State University friend and celebrate with a "power hour" -- a bar-crowd ritual of downing as much booze as possible in the first hour of the birth day, starting at midnight of a person's 21st birthday and ending at the 1 a.m. bar closing. The bar binging usually is preceded by boozing elsewhere. Since last summer, state law forbids serving anyone on their 21st birthday until 8 a.m., but the law is regularly flouted. MORE On the drive to Winona, Minor had brandished a black-handled folding knife with a 3.5-inch blade and said to his buddy, identified in the criminal complaint as Anoka Friend, that "if anyone tries to fuck with us I am going to carve them up like a turkey." Minor had a number of prior convictions in Anoka County and was on probation for drunken driving. MORE Steve Adams arrived at Schyde's Drinks and Whatnot, a college bar, around 9 p.m. He had worked there as a bouncer for 3-1/2 years. That night he was off-duty celebrating the birthday of another Schyde's employee. "There was a lot of staff there, and everyone was having a really good time," said Adams. Meanwhile, Minor, Anoka Friend and WSU Friend were bar-hopping in downtown Winona in celebration of Minor's 21st birthday although, only 20, he should not have been admitted inside any drinkery. MORE The criminal complaint said the three made their way to Schyde's around 11 p.m. Minor was turned away because he didn't have his driver's license, which a bouncer wanted to see to verify his age. Minor then walked one block to Brothers Bar to retrieve his ID and returned to Schyde's. He was allowed in. MORE Adams was sitting at the bar when Minor, Anoka Friend, and WSU Friend were admitted. Adams said he remembered seeing them come in and noticed they where heavily intoxicated but thought nothing of it. Adams said the three sat next to him at the bar, had a drink, and didn't say much. Adams went on celebrating his friend's birthday, while Minor and his two friends walked to another area of the bar. MORE Others in the bar later described Minor to police as "disoriented," "intoxicated," "belligerent," "wobbling" and "slouching." They said he had "glassy eyes," "slurred speech" and a "strong odor of alcohol." They said he was "confronting bar patrons." Shortly thereafter, Adams said he saw Minor in a dispute with another bouncer. According to eyewitness accounts, Minor initiated the conflict. Adams went over to help. Adams said he thought Minor had thrown a punch at the bouncer and had pinned Minor to the ground to restrain him. "I wanted to calm him down," said Adams, "I kept saying, 'Relax, relax, relax.'" MORE According to Adams, he and another bouncer removed Minor and Anoka Friend from the premises through a back exit. They then escorted Minor to the sidewalk on Johnson Street. Adams said he and the other bouncer gave Minor vocal commands every step of the way, as per Schyde's standard removal policy, to just keep walking. "It wasn't like he was real aggressive," said Adams. "We weren't physical at all with him, and he wasn't aggressive or physical with us." Adams said that Minor, as instructed, continued walking down Johnson Street without escort and away from Schyde's but after a few steps oddly turned around to face the two bouncers and stared blankly at them but said nothing. After a moment, Minor walked away. Adams returned to the bar to rejoin his friends. MORE Minutes later, Minor was trying to gain re-entrance at the front door. Adams said he went over to help. MORE Schyde's front entrance consists of two double-doors separated by a small entryway. Minor was in the entryway between the double-doors as Adams approached. Adams said Minor was incoherent and mumbling but again neither confrontational nor aggressive. Adams said there wasn't even any physical contact during the stand-off. MORE Unable to persuade Minor to leave the entryway, Adams said he decided to call the police. Another bouncer gave Adams his cell phone to place the call. Adams said that at the time, he assumed Minor would likely be taken to detox. MORE According to the criminal complaint, Adams turned to dial the police. As soon as Adams looked away, Minor attacked, stabbing Adams five times in the lower back, the complaint said. In the hospital interview, Adams said: "I thought he was punching me in the back," said Adams. "I thought it was really weird, but he was really drunk. He was out of his mind drunk." Adams said that although he thought it was odd that Minor was punching him in the back, stranger yet was the fact that the "punches" were hurting so badly. "I thought I was having back spasms or e cramps," said Adams, who is an athletic trainer. "My back was really hurting." MORE Adams said he put Minor in a bear hug and got him to the ground. On the ground, Adams said he saw the black-handled folding knife that Minor had been "punching" him with, partially open, in Minor's left hand. In an instant, the realization of what had happened became clear to Adams. He said he managed to free the knife from Minor's hand. MORE County Attorney Chuck MacLean said there are no known witnesses of the stabbing itself except Minor and Adams. MORE According to the criminal complaint, another bouncer went to check on Adams and found Minor on top of Adams, who was bleeding from his back. Bouncers and bar patrons then intervened, pulled Minor off of Adams, called 9-1-1, and gave Adams medical care. Adams said police were on the scene less than a minute later and took Minor into custody. In the process he called officers "assholes" and "dumb mother-fuckers." MORE Minor suffered a nearly amputated left pinky finger, and was taken to St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester to have it re-attached. MORE Adams was first evaluated at Community Memorial hospital in Winona, and then transported to Gundersen Lutheran hospital in La Crosse, Wis., because of the severity of his stab wounds. MORE Adams suffered five stab wounds, each two to three centimeters wide, two on the left side of his back, and three on the right side. One of the cuts on the right side of his back missed his spine by only two inches. Another cut displaced Adams' kidney. Adams also had cuts on his left thumb and ring finger, the latter requiring three stitches. MORE At Schyde's, Anoka Friend was quickly identified when a police officer overheard him on his cell phone. "Jon fucking stabbed somebody," Anoka Friend was quoted saying into his cell phone. The officer who interviewed Anoka Friend told him: "I guess Jon stabbed somebody?"

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Anoka man charged in Schyde's stabbing

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2006 -- A man arrested in the parking lot of Schyde's bar after the stabbing of an off-duty bouncer was charged with the crime. Multiple charges against Jonathan Hanz Minor, 21, from the northwest Minneapolis suburb ofAnoka, could carry prison time of as much as 72 years. Meanwhile, the victim, Steve Adams, 24, a former Winona State University football player, continued recovery from wounds that have been described as shredding his lower back muscles. Police said Adams was stabbed at least five times with a four-inch pocket knife. The stabbing was a little after 11 o'clock Tuesday night. MORE Here are the charges against Minor from the criminal complaint: COUNT 1: Burglary (first degree): Assault on person in building or on property. Maximum penalty: Twenty years and $35,000. Minor entered a building without consent and with the intent to commit a crime, or entered a building without consent and committed a crime while in the building, either directly or as an accomplice, and the burglar assaulted a person within the building or on the building’s adjacent property. MORE COUNT 2: Burglary (first degree) -- Possession of dangerous weapon or explosive: Maximum penalty: Twenty years and $35,000. Minor entered a building without consent and with the intent to commit a crime, or entered a building without consent and committed a crime while in the building, either directly or as an accomplice, and the burglar possessed, when entering or at any time while in the building, a dangerous weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a dangerous weapon. MORE COUNT 3: Assault (first degree) -- Great bodily harm: Maximum penalty: Twenty years and $30,000. Minor assaulted another and inflicted great bodily harm. MORE COUNT 4: Assault (second degree) -- Dangerous weapon. Maximum penalty: Seven years and $14,000. Minor assaulted another with a dangerous weapon, specifically a knife. MORE COUNT 5: Assault (third degree)-- Substantial bodily harm: Penalty: Five years and $10,000. Minor assaulted another and inflicted substantial bodily harm. Reporter: Chandler MacLean Background: Witnesses: Stabber had been bounced twice

SCHYDE'S 102 Johnson St. FILE PHOTO STEVE ADAMS Stabbing victim

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INCIDENT AT SCHYDE'S

Witnesses: Stabber had been bounced twice

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2006 -- A stabbing outside Schyde's drinkery Tuesday night followed at least two confrontations with bar bouncers, according to a reconstruction of the night based on interviews with several witnesses. Winona State University student Steve Hill said the man first was kicked out of the bar after becoming belligerent with other patrons. Then, according to police investigator Tom Williams, the man sneaked back through an alternate entrance. Hill said he then saw a bouncer confront the man again and knock him to the ground. The man was then removed from the bar a second time, Hill said. Then, outside the bar, another bouncer, Steve Adams, was attacked with a four-inch folding knife. "I went outside when I saw police," said Hill. "There was blood everywhere." A second witness, who asked that his name not be used in this story, said this about the assailant: "He was really drunk, and he was drugged out." MORE Hill said the man earlier had tried to pick a fight. "He was so drunk he didn't even no where he was," said Hill. "He said, 'Dude, what are your boys looking at?" Said Hill: "He looked like he was gonna puke at any second." Another witness said that he had noticed the man because he was so inebriated. Later, he said, he learned that the man was celebrating his 21st birthday a day early and thought nothing of the odd behavior. In an interview with the Daily News, Schyde's co-owner Corey Hyde desccribed the threesome as "pretty lit up." Hyde said that had been drinking elsewhere. Hyde said they had been "raising quite a bit of hell at quite a few places." MORE Hill said the man, who was not a Winona State student, was in town visiting a college friend. County Attorney Chuck MacLean confirmed that the man and a second out-of-towner were visiting a friend. MacLean declined to give further specifics other than to acknowledge that all three members of the man's party had been identified. The assailant was decribed by witnesses as Caucasian, 5-foot-10, and "scrawny-looking." MORE Charges are pending against a man whom police arrested at the scene with a bleeding hand. The man was transported to a Rochester, Minn., hospital, where he was kept uner polce guard. Meanwhile, bouncer Steve Adams has been moved out of intensive care at a La Crosse, Wis., hospital, where he was being treated from five stab wounds in the lower back.

SCHYDE'S 102 Johnson St. FILE PHOTO STEVE ADAMS Former WSU football player recovering from stabbing

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Background: Schyde's bouncer recovering from stab wounds

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WSU student work in photo exhibit

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2006 -- A juried exhibit of 40 photographs by Winona State Univerity students has opened at the Winona Arts Center. In all, 330 photos were submitted. The opening reception: Date: Thursday, Feb. 9 Time: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Place: 228 E. 5th St. Cost: Free

ON EXHIBIT Work of photojournalist Michelle Johnson

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Rochester plan to UofM regents

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 9, 2006 --The plan to build a new University of Minnesota branch in Rochester will face its next hurdle Friday before 12 members of the university's board of regents. Marilyn Stewart, chair of the Rochester committee that has spent the last year putting the plan together, will make the presentation. The presentation is preliminary to a decision by regents scheduled for March 10, on whether to endorse the plan and seek funding from the Legislature. The proposal is for health, technology and business curriculums in Rochester to dovetail with the employee training needs of Mayo Clinic and IBM and to lay the foundation for joint research projects. Under the plan, the University of Minnesota would shut down current programs at the Rochester community college campus. Winona State and other colleges would continue to offer programs at the community college.

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Window smashed at Third Street bar

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2006 -- The front window of Rascal's bar was smashed Thursday morning around 1, police said. No charges have been filed. Reporter: Joel Shirek

RASCALS 151 E. Third St.

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INCIDENT AT SCHYDE'S

Bar bouncer recovering from stab wounds

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2006 -- Bar bouncer Steve Adams, stabbed five times in the lower back outside the Schyde's drinkery, hoped to be released from the hospital soon, he said in a brief telephone interview Thursday morning. Adams, 24, had been intensive care at Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse, Wis., after being repeatedly stabbed in the Schyde's parking lot Tuesday night. Adams said he suffered no injuries to vital organs. Doctors had taken him off morphine, and although acknowledgeding some pain he said he seemed to be recovering. MORE Earlier, Jason VanGundy, owner of Sylvester's Total Fitness, where Adams held a second job as a trainer, said Adams quoted doctors that if he didn't have so much e mass, the stab wounds likely would have been life-threatening. VanGundy said the wounds were in his lower back, which he said doctors had describved as especially susceptible to spinal injuries that lead to balance problems. VanGundy said Adams had been told that his back would heal from the hospital treatment in about two weeks. MORE A personal trainer himself, VanGundy said Adams' rehabilitation process will be lengthy and extensive. The injuries, he said, could affect Adams the rest of his life. "His back muscles were shredded," said VanGundy. VanGundy had learned of the stabbing late Tuesday in a phone call from a friend. "You just don't expect something like that around here -- not in Winona," he said. VanGundy said he didn’t know where Adams planned to go for recovery. Adams's family lives in Chippewa Falls, Wis., roughly an hour and a half from Winona. MORE Adams, a Winona State junior, had played varsity football. Like many football teammates, he held a part-time bar job since his freshman year. He worked his way to an assistant manager job at Schyde's. Thuis year he was taking a leave from his studies. "He's well-liked by everyone," said VanGundy, who described Adams as "just a big teddy bear." VanGundy said Adams had expressed regret after learning his attacker had nearly lost his finger during the struggle in a back parking lot at Schyde's. "That's just Steve," said VanGundy. "He's too nice for his own good." MORE Meanwhile, Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said that police have recommended that the assailannt be charged with felony assault, possession of a dangerous weapon, and underage drinking. VanGundy said he had heard that the man faces possibily five to eight years in prison. The man was under police guard Wednesday at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. He nearly severing his own finger during the knife attack. MORE An irony is that the attacker was stopped from entering Schyde's less than an hour short of his 21st birthday. The incident occurred about 11 p.m. At midnight the man would legally have been 21. Reporter: Chandler MacLean Background: Bar bouncer stabbed outside Schyde's

SCHYDE'S 102 Johnson St. FILE PHOTO STEVE ADAMS Morphine tubes have ben removed

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Inside word: Most likely Switchfoot

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 8, 2006 -- The concert booking that the Winona State University student amusements committee has hired for its spring rock concert is 99.9 percent positive that that alt-rock quintet Switchfoot will headline the show, said assistant student activities director Kristin Schumacher. Still there is still no solid confirmation, SChukacher cautioned. The committee offered $35,000 for the band. Concert subcommittee chairperson Mike Paul said he believs that an extra $15,000 budgeted for the security and staging will cover those expexnses. If Switchfoot is confirmed, Schumacher saied tickets for Winona State students probablyn would be $15 to $20

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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED FEB. 8, 2006 COMMITTEE DEFIANCE. School Superintendent Paul Durand informed the Daily News that closely guaded committee documents on the controversial four-period high school schedule would be provided in compliance with the state open meeting law. Larry Laber, chair of the School Board, however, dragged his feet. Laber said it wouldn't be until Thursday that the document would eb available -- even though the document had been distributed to committee members four days earlier. Earlier item EARLIER NEWS IN THE CITY

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Flynn: Lots of mystery still about L21

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 8, 2006 -- The student presdeint at Winona State, Ryan Flynn, a leader against former university Presdient Darrell Krueger's New University initiative, said he's more comfortable with the L21 plan of new President Judith Ramaley. Even so, Flynn said in an interview, he's not wholly convinced. L21, short for Learning for teh 21st Century, is Ramaley's new name for a program looking to enhance interactive teaching and learning followed by reflection on both what one learned and how it was learned. "It is much better this year, but it can improve," Flynn said, noting that Ramaley doesn't have the money to spend that Krueger was seeking. MORE Both the New Univerity and L21 are about innovation. In an interview Flynn said: "The idea of innovation is an important one, but a lot of times it comes at too large a cost to the students." Krueger had weanted a 10 percent plus tuition increase plus a phased in $1,000-a-year tuition surcharge. To that Flynn was opposed, saying high tuition keeps people out of college. "Access and affordability need to remain a primary goal of a public institution," he said. Flynn has not been provided an accounting of L21's expenses, but notged that Ramaley is having to make do with this year's 7 pecent tuituin increase, nexty ehar's 9 percent and whatever she can scarf up from miscellany funds around the university. MORE According to Nancy Jannik, who is honchoing L21 for Ramaley, there is about $400,000 allocated for the innovation stage already this year. Grants have been made for tghe money for a wide range of interactive hands-on learning porjects, Jannik said. Jannik is in charge of monitoring the budget. MORE Specifics of L21, however, remain largely a mystery to students, whose memory from the heated tuition surcharge debate with Krueger leaves them uneasy about how their tuiton is being expended. Said Flynn: "I would like to see a good conversation about where the university is going."

NANCY JANNIk Running the $400,000 L21 budget RYAN FLYHNN The Big Picture fuzzy still

Reporter: Sam Molter

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INCIDENT AT SCHYDE'S

Bar bouncer stabbed outside downtown bar

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 8, 2006 --A bouncer at the college bar Schyde's, former Winona State University football player Steve Adams, was stabbed apparently five times outside the bar late Thursday. Adams was hospitalized in La Crosse, Wis., with back wounds, police said. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said officers arriving at 11:12 p.m. found Adams on the ground bleeding in the parking lot on the south side of the building. Police identified the assailant as a 20-year-old man who had been asked to leave the bar because he was underage but later returned through a different door. When Adams approached the minor again, the man stabbed him, Williams said. At midnight the man would have turned 21, the legal age for bar access, Williams said. A knife with a four-inch blade was recovered at the scene, Williams said. MORE Adams was taken on a stretcher to the Winona hospital, then transported to Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse. The other man was transported also to the Winona hospital with hand cuts, then sent to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. William said the man had suffered lacerations to the fingers when his hand slipped on the knife. At St. Marys the man's room was being guarded by police. Williams said that charges of first-degree and second-degree assault were pending, as well as charges of possession of a dangerous weapon and underage consumption. MORE Adams was last enrolled at Winona State in the Spring 2005 semester. He was majoring in communications with a masscom minor. He covered politics for the CyberIndee in 2004. Reporter: Ruth DeFoster

SCHYDE'S 102 Johnson St. FILE PHOTO STEVE ADAMS Multiple knife wounds in back

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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED FEB. 7, 2006 COUGH IT UP. The Daily News formally requested copies of documents that a School Board committee had declined to release. The newspaper cited state openness law. The documents include assessments of the high school's four-period-a-day schedule. Earlier item EARLIER NEWS IN THE CITY

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Bus-car wreck injures two

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 7, 2006 -- A recent Winona State University student, Kai Oehler, 22, was seriously injured when his car pulled in front of a city bus. One of the four passengers on the bus, Charles Troope, also was hospitalized with what police described as minor injuries. The collision occurred at East Eighth and Adams streets Monday afternoon. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams quoted the bus driver that the Oehler car failed to stop completely at a stop sign and proceeded in front of the bus. Oelher was charged with failure to yield to the right-of-way, Williams said. At Winona State, Oehler is studying journalism. He has taken off spring semester. His work has appeared on the CyberIndee through December. Earlier he reported for the Winona Post.

KAI OEHLER Hospitalized WSU student

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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED FEB. 6, 2006 FIRE PROBLEM/ Fire Chief Todd Ives of suburbam Goodview said his vintage 1975 and 1985 pumper trucks are failing. A fire in a large commercial structure could not be handled, he told the City Council. Other trucks need repairs, Ives said. GANG RAPE. A woman accused of organizing a gang rape of an unconscious 16-year-old girl, which included a bloody beer-can intrusion, was convicted of trying to cover up the crime. The jury cleared ArmeeliBackgroinmda Vang on eight other counts. Vang's motivation for the crime? The prosecution said she didn't like the girl fro stealing her boyfriend. Five high school boys were involved. The victim, unconscious with a 0.30 blood-alcohol level, required emergency medical attention for instrusion. SCHOOL SECRECY. The chair of a School Board committee exmaining a four-period high school schedule, Eric Johnsrud, refused to release subcommittee reports that the committee is considering. Johnsrud, an attorney, called the reports preliminary. The puiblic would be better served by waiting for a polished final report, he said. EARLIER NEWS IN THE CITY

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BASKETBALL (MEN'S) St. Bernadette 71, SMU 60

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Rape or sex? Speaker: Sometimes hard to tell

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 6, 2006 -- The difference between "drunk sex" and "date rape" is fuzzy at best, according to lawyer Bredet Sokolow, a specialist in sexual misconduct and campus security, who spoke at Winona State University. Sokolow asked 500 students to be jurors as he cited the facts in a case eight years ago. When he was done, Sokolow took a vote on whether the man was guilty. Sixty percent of the audiences said guilty, 40 percent not guilty. Sokolow said that in some cases, it is hard to see the fine line of drunk sex or date rape. After the questions from the audience, Sokolow told the real outcome of the trial was, all 12 of the jurors voted unanimously that he was guilty. "The man was sentenced for two years in prison for second-degree felony," said Sokolow. MORE After the presentation, campus disciplinary officer Shirley Mounce said that many questions put by students to Sokolow were a sign of comprehension of the students: "I think the students really took in what Brett had to say." Sokolow, president of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management in Philadelphia, was at Winona State on a national campus tour.

BRETT SOKOLOW He knows the law

Reporter:Amy Vergin
Background: "If you're drunk and horny, don't"

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Bush aims to cut federal college aid

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 7, 2006 -- Financially needy students need to look elsewhere for college money, especially if they're not strong academic performers. That was the message of President Bush in his budget proposal to Congress. The Bush plan will keep a $4,050 lid on Pell grants for the fifth year despite double-digit annual tuition increases. Bush also would terminate Educational Assistance Partnerships, which match each dollar that states commit to need-based aid. In addition, there would be no increase in federal work-study funding from current levels or in Supplemental Educational Opportunity grants, which augment Pell grants for needy students.

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Education Secretary Margaret Spellings conceded that the budget is austere but not as hard on low-income students as it might seem. Spellings said that financially needy students would benefit from a new grant program created by Congress last week. That program gives Pell Grant freshmen $750 and sophomores $1,300 for completing a "rigorous" college-prep program in high school and maintaining a B average in college. Juniors and seniors in math, science and certain languages would be eligible for as much $4,000 a year. Even so, the new program would serve only a small proportion of low-income students and is being funded through cuts in other loan programs.

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The Bush budget also would abolish all federal vocational programs, including Perkins loans for students from low-income and middle-income families. The vocational programs, the budget narrative said, have "produced little or no evidence of improved outcomes for students despite decades of federal investment." The Perkins program costs $1.3 billion with about 40 percent for community colleges to prepare students from low-income families for the workplace.

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The budget would expand a program for community colleges to train workers in health care and information technology. Between $125 million and $150 million would go to train 60,000 workers. Speaking last week in New Mexico, the president called for community-colleges to adapt their curriculums to meet the needs of "job providers."

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ROCHESTER HIGHER-ED

WSU to continue Rochester nursing programs

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 8, 2006 -- The plan to expand the University of Minnesota in Rochester, formalized in a committee recommendation last month, did not come as a surprise to Winona State University leaders. "It is not a new initiative, for me at least," said Tim Gaspar, dean of the Winona State nursing programs in both Winona and Rochester. "There's been discussions going on for some time." It has been a year since Gov. Tim Pawlenty got the ball rolling, but the discussion goes back many years. Nursing prof Joanne Stejskal said the Winona State plan is to continue to do what the nursing college has always done in Rochester -- to support the university's mission and meet the needs of the area. What about new competition from the University of Minnesota? "We serve two different missions and goals," said Stejskal. An expanded University of Minnesota in Rochester would focus on research, while Winona State would continue to provide undergraduate and graduate programs in a broad spectrum of academia, from business administration to nursing, she said.

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Winona State plans to add a doctoral degree in nursing practices in Rochester by fall 2007, the first doctorate degree in the university's history. The rights to offer a doctorate program were previously owned solely by the University of Minnesota. But a change in Minnesota law last spring allowed others, including schools in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, to share in those rights, said Gaspar. Winona State currently offers two undergraduate nursing programs and one graduate program to about 375 Rochester students. Until the doctorate program is up and running, Stejskal does not expect enrollment to increase for the existing nursing programs.

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A fixed number of students are accepted into the Winona State undergraduate nursing programs each year, with one program full and the other under capacity. Nearly 200 students are seeking a Winona State master's degree in nursing at Rochester, said Gaspar. Although unsure of exact enrollments, Gaspar believes that nursing is the largest Winona State prorgam in Rochester.

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States opt to deny aid after drug convictions

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2006 -- Nearly half of states consistently deny financial aid to applicants with drug convictions despite a lack of laws in most states to do so, according to the Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform. Twenty-four states routinely turn away applications for state-based loans and grants for students who are ineligible for federal financial aid. Chris Mulligan, the coalition's campaign director, said that a lot of states by using federal forms don't even realize they're denying state aid to students who should be eligible.

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Blackboard, WebCT meger OK'd

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2007 -- The Blackboard course-management software company will be allowed to merge with competitor WebCT Inc., the U.S. Justice Department said after a review of anti-competitive implications of the merger. The combined company will run under the Blackboard name and is expected to become the dominant player in the market.

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WSU dorm leader charged in bar fight

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 6, 2006 -- The two-term president of the Winona State University dorm council, John Huggenvik, and a Byron, Minn., man are due in court next week on disorderly conduct charges stemming from a fight outside a downtown bar. Police said an officer saw Huggenvik, and Patrick Arthur Campbell, 23, fighting at Third and Johnson streets in front of Brothers Bar at 12:16 a.m. on Jan. 26. The officer reported that he saw Campbell hitting Huggenvik and that he approached the two combatants, at which point they stopped fighting. Campbell then tried to walk away to avoid the officer, the report said, prompting the officer to handcuff Campbell and put him into a squad car. At this point, other cops had arrived. As they were attempting to speak with Huggenvik, he yelled, "Fuck you" and "We'll see how this goes on campus," to Campbell and Campbell’s brother from across the street. Campbell's brother, Joseph Howard Campbell, 21, is a junior at Winona State. MORE Joseph Campbell told police that Huggenvik has a "very smart mouth" and is "always cocking off" to him. According to Joseph Campbell, he was downtown drinking with his older brother and "saw Huggenvik at the bars." Joseph Campbell told police that Huggenvik then started talking smart to him, and Huggenvik and Patrick Campbell began fighting. MORE Huggenvik and Patrick Campbell were given citations for disorderly conduct immediately following the fight. At the time neither wanted to press charges against the other. Later that day, however, Huggenvik called the officer who had first arrived on the scene to go over his options for legal action. Instructions on filing charges were then mailed to both parties. Meanwhile, Huggenvik and Patrick Campbell are scheduled to appear in court together on their disorderly conduct citations on at 8:15 a.m., Feb.13. MORE Patrick Campbell is not a student at Winona State. Joseph Campbell was not given any citations. He was not included in the assault complaint. MORE At Winona State the dorm council is elected by dorm tenants to represent their interests. Huggenvik is in his second term. Last year Huggenvik received the president of the year award from the Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. Reporter: Chandler MacLean

JOHN HUGGENVIK Dorm Council president BROTHERS 129 W. Third St.

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WSU hires new publicity writer

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 6, 2005 -- The Winona Post's reporter, Andrea Mikkelsen, has been hired by Winona State University as public information director to handle campus news releases and publicity, oversee the daily campus newsletter, and work on the Currents alumni magazine. Mikkelson, a Winona native, is aa graduate of Truman State University in Missouri. Her salary: $38,368. Mikkelson replaces Lisa Klein Scholl, who returned to La Crosse, Wis., television station WKBT.

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Legion about old armory: Sorry, WSU

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 6, 2005 -- Winona State University apparently has been outmaneuvered by the American Legion in acquiring the old Army Reserve armory in the dorm's front yard. Tom Slaggie, a Legion executive, said a tentative deal has been made to pay $100,000 to the Winona post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to buy out the VFW share of the armory. The deal is subject to member ratification, Slaggie said. The two veterans groups have bern squabbling for six years over what to do with the structure. The new deal would clear the way for the Legion to use the structure as a club house, The WSU Foundation, which owns the East Lake dorm, also had wanted the building for student parking.

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The Foundation had made a legal claim for the structure if the Legion and VFW couldn't come to a settlement. The armory, a modest one-story structure, built cheaply in the 1960s, was abandoned by the Army with the property deeded by Congress to the WSU Foundation, the Legion and the VFW. The Foundation borrowed heavily to finance the 360-tenant dorm on part of the property. The Foundation leases the dorm to the university, which manages it.

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WSU biologist's book in 2nd printing

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6, 2006 -- The first printing of Winona State University prof Cal Fremling's "Immortal River," has been exhausted, the University of Wisconsin Press said. A second printing of 1,500 copies is scheduled due soon. Two-thousand copies of the 400-page book were in the first printing. Fremling, now retired from the Winona State biology department, is speaking this week about the river. Date: Wednesday, Feb. 8 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Science Auditorium Cost: Free Background: WSU river biologist opens book series

EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS Now 12 months in bookstores

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WSU prof: Freedom at issue in UCLA case

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 5, 2006 -- A bribery controversy at the University of California Los Angeles could be part of a larger agenda to limit free speech in the classroom, according to Cindy Killion, a masscom prof at Winona State University. Killion, a strident free-expression advocate, sees an attempt at intimidating professors to second-guess themselves in professing views with which some students may disagree. "Generation of discussions about different perspectives is how we generate new knowledge," Killion said. "If the state can regulate what is said in the classroom, I'm out of here." Andrew Jones, founder of the self-styled conservative Bruin Alumni Association at UCLA, recently offered students $100 for notes and tape recordings of lectures by professors whom he deemed radical liberal proselytizers. Killion called Jones' initiative a "witch hunt." MORE "Most of us in education recognize the power of words, and we are careful when we use words," Killion said. Asked about the ethical questions that arise from tape-recording professors without their knowledge, Killion said: "This could very well be an intellectual property issue, because what you do and say in the classroom is your intellectual property." It's akin to rules against taking photographs in a theater, she said. MORE Killion said that universities historically are a place for free speech. Noting that Jones is affiliated with a proposal called the Academic Bill of Rights, which seeks to regulate classroom discussion, Killion expressed concern about what she called a larger movement to limit free speech. "Universities are places where people should feel free to speak openly," Killion said. Jones, after being warned by school officials that what he was asking students to do was illegal in California, removed the offer to pay students fort notes and tapes but continues to seek volunteers to expose "the dangers of radical proselytizers in the classroom."

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