Winona Daily News media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Winona Daily News in the centre. We have seen it on 66 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Winona Daily News biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Winona Daily News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Winona Daily News left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Winona Daily News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Winona Daily News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Winona Daily News are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Winona Daily News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Winona Daily News’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
Winona Daily News reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
Winona Daily News reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
Winona Daily News reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
US manufacturing activity expanded for the tenth consecutive month in October, with the ISM Manufacturing PMI increasing to 55.5. While production and new orders saw growth, input prices remained elevated, indicating persistent inflationary pressures.
Winona Daily News reported it asManufacturing in US strengthens in October (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have filed a motion to block a Trump administration lawsuit. The federal action seeks to prevent Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate election results if incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, citing voter confusion.
Winona Daily News reported it asDemocratic candidate files to dismiss lawsuit (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Average gasoline prices during Donald Trump's second term have surpassed those during Joe Biden's term. This development comes as voters express dissatisfaction with fuel costs, with a significant majority disapproving of Trump's handling of the issue.
Winona Daily News reported it asAverage gas prices now exceed those of Biden (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her position as an assistant United States attorney. The judge ordered her reinstatement, stating the termination violated civil service rules and constitutional separation of powers.
Winona Daily News reported it asJudge: Comey firing was illegal (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate a figure on the Iwo Jima monument. Police estimate the damage to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The suspect's motive remains unclear, with police reporting "multiple contradictory reasons" for his actions.
Winona Daily News reported it asMan accused of beheading Iwo Jima statue in Virginia with sledgehammer (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American teacher, has been released by Russia after nearly five years of detention. He was convicted of serving as a mercenary. The release was announced by former President Donald Trump, who stated Russia demanded nothing in return.
Winona Daily News reported it asRussia frees retired US schoolteacher held since 2022 (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that US support for Vladimir Putin would be a 'historic mistake'. He also expressed hope that US President Donald Trump would reconsider decisions he believes are wrong and unhelpful to Ukraine and the US.
Winona Daily News reported it asTRUMP WAIVES RUSSIA SANCTIONS (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
An international study projects that annual new dementia diagnoses will more than double by 2050, reaching an estimated 24.7 million cases. The research also found that women and individuals in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected.
Winona Daily News reported it asDementia cases to double by 2050. Here's why (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Federal authorities are investigating a series of suspicious letters containing an unidentified white powder sent to election and government officials across the United States. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is leading the inquiry into the connected incidents.
Winona Daily News reported it asSuspicious white powder sent to Minnesota Secretary of State’s office (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Kyiv will no longer abide by US President Donald Trump's demand not to strike Russian oil refineries. He met European leaders in Brussels to rally support as relations with Washington have soured.
Winona Daily News reported it asEU leaders rally around Zelenskyy as Trump calls Ukrainian strikes on Russia a 'disgrace' (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump stated Kimberly Guilfoyle was not a member of his family and that he did not like the allegations against her. The White House had requested her resignation as US ambassador to Greece.
Winona Daily News reported it asWhite House says it asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Hassan Kariem, a teacher at Wesley International Academy, died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Police stated he was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling. Six Flags temporarily closed nine similar roller coasters.
Winona Daily News reported it asSix Flags closes multiple roller coasters similar to one linked to Georgia park death (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
The Food and Drug Administration's safety review of the nation's main abortion pill, mifepristone, will extend into next year, according to a court-ordered update. The agency expects to complete a safety study by mid-December and issue a report by March 2027.
Winona Daily News reported it asReview could lead to changes (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
A majority of Greenlandic lawmakers have signalled support for a recent security agreement with the United States. Opposition members questioned its economic benefits. The deal was signed by the US, Denmark, and Greenland on September 22, 2026.
Winona Daily News reported it asGreenlanders indicate support for agreement (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy and communications infrastructure, hitting facilities in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Russia's Defence Ministry stated the targets served military purposes, while Ukraine reported civilian deaths and injuries and a lack of prior warning from Western allies.
Winona Daily News reported it asKyiv says Russia hits energy targets (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine did not receive advance intelligence from its partners regarding a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv. He described the attack as "particularly vile" and stressed the importance of early warnings for saving lives.
Winona Daily News reported it asKyiv says Russia hits energy targets (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Microsoft President Brad Smith has called for urgent global regulation of artificial intelligence, stating that AI currently faces fewer safety requirements than everyday products like milk and washing machines. He advocates for mandatory incident reports and independent evaluators.
Winona Daily News reported it asMicrosoft CEO: AI requires regulation (opens Winona Daily News in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Lee EnterprisesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- winonadailynews.com
- Seen publishing on
- winonadailynews.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 66
- Reports listed
- 66
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
66 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Winona Daily News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 67 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Winona Daily News’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 2 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Winona Daily News, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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