Cotter's Whitney Wisecup plays agressive press defense on Kasson-Mantorville's Cassie Dorschner during the Hiawatha Valley League match-up on February 11 at Barb Bischel Memorial Gym. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Winona County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Cichosz and K-9 unit Blitz exit an abandoned home on E. Wabasha St. on February 18 after Winona Police recieved a call about a possible burglary at the residence. A neighbor told police he saw two people in snowsuits break into a side window at about 2 p.m., however no suspects were located. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Hockey

Some attempts at hockey... I don't know much about the sport though.

Dex, 3, braves the cold for a trip to Lake Park on January 1 while visiting his grandfather Duane. Dex says his favorite thing to do is ride the merry-go-round because then he feels "just like spiderman." (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

This is one of my favorite I have ever taken ... which is why I love getting sent out on wild art assignments. They always let me get creative :) Also, this one ran in the paper with the headline "The Wind Beneath His Wings" and I actually laughed out loud when I picked up the paper. The ear flaps flying definately makes this photo!

Car Fire!

Winona firefighters use a Sawzall to gain entry into the trunk of a vehicle they just extinguished on February 20 in the 900 block of E. Mark Street. Eric Drazkowski had been inside calling a tow truck for his car, which he had been attempting to get started, when he realized it was on fire. According to Fire Captain Dave Ritter, the fire apparently started in the back of the car in the fuel tank and quickly spread up the side of the garage. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)


As a regular human this stuff is hard to cover... but as a journalist this was AWESOME.

Local Sports

WSU Soccer, slide tackle. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)
Quincy Henderson. WSU (amazing) basketball! (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)
High school soccer. This is about as active as it gets... (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)
Volleyball feature story. WDN High School Player of the year I think. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)
Softball pitchers make great expressions. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Elise's Senior Pictures

My first... and most likely last attempt at senior pictures. Thanks atleast! You are great and beautiful!

And this last one looks like a converse ad. :)

Milwaukee

1-94 overpass in Tosa, Wis. at like 2a.m. one night when it was really foggy.

Baby Bedlam

My favorite photo from a photo story depicting "chaos" that I did at a Winona Daycare (infant room).

Cold Feet?

Haha here you are again becky. Modeling for my pun photo ... cold feet ;)

WSU Football - my favorite WDN sport to shoot :)

Winona State's quarterback Drew Aber throws a third down pass in the home opener Saturday August 25 against Michigan Tech. This was Aber's first game back from an ACL tear. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Michigan Tech’s Robert Haynes gets flipped upside down in a tackle by Winona State University’s Ryan Abbott (89) during WSU’s season home opener on August 25. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Winona State quarter back Drew Aber dives for a first down as Concordia-St. Paul defenders look on during September 29th’s homecoming game at WSU’s Maxwell Field. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Winona State University wide reciever Tyrre Burks catches a first-down pass during the Warriors 35-24 win over Bemidji State on October 10, 2007 in Winona. Burks had 10 catches for 133 yards and one touch down in the game. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Vis Comm Rugby Project

Vis Comm. Class

These are all from Visual Communication class last year with Bowey. All taken with film manually, and developed in a dark room, and then scanned. Makes me appriciate digital....

Mankato Ave ... Winona, Minn. at night.

I dont even remember what this was for... what the assignment was...
Pahaha. Becky you're huge. Love you favorite model :)
The days of 106....

Remember "My Little Pony" ... this isnt it.

A pasture of horses I happened across driving home from Independence? or maybe St. Charles? Somewhere in the back hills of Minnesota. At sunset. These three were the nicest/prettiest.

I Like Turtles....

Baby blandings turtle in Wabasha, Minn.

A female Blanding's Turtle crosses Wabasha County Road 84 in Kellogg on June 7, 2007 after laying her eggs in the Weaver sand dunes. Every spring, usually in the first two weeks of June, nearly 1,000 of these gravid (pregnant) turtles make the mile long journey from their home in the swamps to the dunes crossing the highway that separates them. The area is believed to be home to 15 - 20,000 Blanding's turtles along with seven other species of turtles. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Midwest Winter... yay?

Pretty standard scene here ... since it blizzards like once a week. Sometimes twice when mother nature feels like making us work. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

First big snow in Minn back in November ... Ridgeway, Minn. (photo by Katie Derus/Winona Daily News)

Winona, Minn. during a wind/snow storm

Winona, Minn. Sugarloaf and the Lake. During a windstorm/blizzard.

As much as I really hate snow.... SO PRETTY :)

Rockway Place, Wauwatosa. Home.

Front yard post really heavy wet snowstorm.

Oh my pretty house. After one of the 20 or so snow storms so far this year...