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Red Wing has strong history of higher education

Over decades, Red Wing has seen many universities and colleges come and go. The history of higher education in the city has always been rich. ....

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Letter to the editor: An anniversary to remember

One hundred years ago, Sept. 21, 1923, a Ku Klux Klan rally and initiation ceremony was held in Red Wing. The KKK’s “The Call of the North” headline reported “Red ....

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New sidewalk art installation at place of Equal Rights Meat Market

In the late 1870s, barely a few years into existence, the St. James Hotel in Red Wing employed as one of its bellhops one Joseph Parker, who grew up enslaved ....

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