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Big changes ahead?

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. - Marie Kupietz goes to bed at 6 p.m. most nights, so she was unaware of the mayhem that awaited her Wednesday morning.

The bridge over the Mississippi River in Winona, Minn., had been closed for immediate repairs.

That was a shock, Kupietz said, because its the main artery to where she works behind the counter at The Spur Station a few miles south of Fountain City.

"You'd think they'd at least let people know a couple of days ahead," she said.

But there wasn't much advance notice. There was a pickup in business, she said, even though gas is a little cheaper on the Minnesota side of the bridge.

"I sold some gas," Kupietz said. "I was kind of surprised. It was people who ...

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