The Winthrop News is a local newspaper serving the cities of Winthrop, Gibbon, Lafayette and the surrounding area.
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And this is why there are road closed signs on Second Street. Tuesday morning an Amazon truck came off North Carver Street and entered Second Street hoping to get to the Post Office. After the rain overnight, the road was sloppy and the truck proceeded to get stuck.
The Lafayette Lion's held their annual Hog and Corn Roast this weekend and also crowned Miss Lafayette Kylie Berdan and Princess Emma Hoffmann. Photo provided by Sandy Burger
Here is an aerial view of the new GFW School site. Photo provided by Mark Turtle
The Winthrop Area Chamber of Commerce paid a visit to AJ Storage on Second Street and CSAH 33 for a ribbon cutting on Monday. The Trouts took over the storage facility in January. From left to right: Brianna Pagel, Doug Hanson, Charle Collins, Janaly Trout, Andrew Trout, Sarah Giskaas and MichelleWalz.
Photo by Michael Mattison
Our website has added some videos from the Farm City Fun Fest celebration this past weekend. Go to winthropnewsmn.com and click on the News tab at the top of the page to find the videos.
Two new inductees to GFW Athletic Boosters Hall of Fame.
Bill Alexander and Halley (Busse) Knudson
GFW Class of 2024
Go to our website winthropnewsmn.com and check out the GFW 2024 Prom photos. Just go to the Photos tab at the top of the home page and select the 2024 Prom folder.
Good news. We received an email from our website company that, although they are not fully operational, they are now able to take our pages for online subscribers and get them uploaded. Thepages were just sent up so they will be available some time today. Thank you for your understanding.
We regret to inform you that there will be a delay with our online subscription and updates to the website this week. We have been informed that the company we go through for our website has experienced a network outage at its data center that affects emails and websites. They have been working on the situation since last night but have no estimation when it will be resolved.
We will update both our site and online subscription once it is up and running.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Grackle Days was a huge success. Check out the April 10 issue of the Winthrop News for event information and many more photos. Bob Miner received the Minneapolis Aquatennial Honorary Commodore Award at the Miss Winthrop Coronation Thursday evening.
On Friday, April 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.GFW will be holding a Groundbreaking Celebration event at GFW Elementary School in Gibbon that will feature fun activities for the whole family.
The groundbreaking will kick off in the gym at 5:30 with a welcome address and visits from special guests followed by a display of GFW History throughout the years in the ECFE room, carnival games in the gym, inflatables outside, an appearance from the Big Ideas Mobile Learning Lab, free hot dogs and refreshments, and rides out to the site of the new facility for opportunities to take photos and learn about our new the plans for the school. While walk-ins are welcome, it is suggested you RSVP online at https://bit.ly/RSVP-GFW
The free shredding service is currently (Friday) available on Second Street and runs until noon.
It was announced yesterday that Crow River Press, the Hutchinson Leader and Litchfield Independent Review will cease operations on April 28.
The Winthrop News is printed at Crow River Press and we are currently looking into our options for printing our paper.
We have had a long and wonderful relationship with Crow River Press and our heart goes out to the great employees there.
Congratulations to Miss Winthrop Trinity Stearns (center), Princess Eden Messerli (left) and Princess Ashlynn Hubred (right). The were crowned Thursday night at the first of the Grackle Days events.
We sincerely appreciate the hard work and long extra hours that Crow River Press put in yesterday to get our paper out as soon as possible.
We have papers. Please allow the post office time to get the papers into the boxes. Rural carriers should have them on their routes tomorrow. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We are sorry for the delay with the Winthrop News this week. The servers at Crow River Press went down yesterday and they were not able to print the Winthrop News as well as four other papers. As of 7:10 a.m. on Wednesday, we have not heard if the problem has been solved yet. We will get the papers out as soon as we are able to pick them up.
Thunderbirds finish runner up in Sub-Section boys basketball tournament.
GFW held a Career-College Fair for its students last week. Check out the article in the Winthrop News.
Dancing with Wolves. Maryn Forst dances for the Pups at select Timberwolves and Lynx games. Check out the story in the Winthrop News.
Gibbon Fire and Rescue visited GFW Elementary school and Prairie Lutheran School in Gibbon last week for Fire Prevention Week.
Kristine Schwartz, Kellie Sloot and June Oman were honored by the Winthrop General Federation of Womens Club at the annual Women Who Make A Difference banquet Monday night at Hahn's Dining and Lounge.
It was a busy weekend in Winthrop as people had the chance to meet the newest member of the Winthrop Police Department (K-9) on Friday, supported the Winthrop Fire Department at its open house on Saturday and had a tailgate party at Tanker Bay on Sunday.
The tent went up this morning and is ready for the circus to have two performaces today.
Miss Winthrop Lily Paulson at the Minneapolis Aquatennial.
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Miss Winthrop Lily Paulson at the Minneapolis Aquatennial.
Minneapolis Aquatennial week - Emily Burns 2021 Miss Sibley County shared how special the Arlington Raceway and Sibley County are. Great job Emily in representing Sibley County and our area.
Minneapolis Aquatennial week - Brooklyn Werner 2021 Miss Gibbon shared how special the Gibbon Reds are and that they are truly the heart of the community. Great job Brooklyn in representing Gibbon and our area.
It’s Minneapolis Aquatennial week and we have several girls from our area highlighting what makes our area of the state special. Emilee Kuehn our 2021 Miss Winthrop shared how Winthrop has amazing argricultural businesses and 3 town celebrations. Great job Emilee in representing Winthrop and our area.
