Some residents might have wondered what was going on with all those police, fire, sheriff and ambulance lights around Winona, Houston and Fillmore counties Thursday, Dec. 21 from 1:30-8:30 p.m.
It wasn't a large sting operation. It was an annual event, Holidays with the Hidden Heroes.
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