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Jodi Wambeke, a coordinator with Willmar Early Childhood Initiative, gets her first look Wednesday at the children's book "Firefighters: On call for their community." The book, published by the Willmar Early Childhood Initiative and the Southwest Initiative Foundation, paints a portrait of the life of an on-call firefighter and also provides fire safety information for families. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Early Childhood Initiative, SW Initiative develop kids book about rural firefighters

WILLMAR -- More than 4 out of 5 fire departments use on-call and volunteer firefighters rather than full-time career employees and protect half of the population of the United States...

news / education Fri, Oct 02, 2009 - 2:32am

Kids caught TP'ing will face fine under amended ordinance

WILLMAR -- An amendment approved Tuesday by the Kandiyohi County Commissioners could mean a $300 fine for kids caught TP'ing during homecoming week. Under the amended nuisance ordinance, the Sheriff's...

news Wed, Sep 02, 2009 - 1:00am

Willmar Municipal Utilities will dedicate its two new wind turbines Thursday. Tours will be available until 7 p.m. Submitted photo

Dedication of turbines turns energy focus to new generation

WILLMAR -- Energy is an important issue for young people like Landon Peterson. That's why, when Willmar Municipal Utilities dedicates its two new wind turbines Thursday afternoon, Peterson and 11...

news Tue, Sep 01, 2009 - 8:36am

ATV accident kills Redwood Falls youth

RENVILLE - A Redwood Falls youth was killed Saturday evening in an All-Terrain Vehicle accident near Renville. Nicholas Scott Warner, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident,...

news Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 6:24am

Ibrahim Warsame of Willmar, left, and Andy Elwood of Alexandria arrange produce Thursday on their table at Becker Market in downtown Willmar. The produce was grown by the young men and others working in a summer youth employment program funded by stimulus money from the federal government. Tribune photo by Linda Vanderwerf

For these kids, stimulus was a blessing

Andy Elwood and Ibrahim Warsame showed off a table full of fresh vegetables at the Becker Market Thursday afternoon. They were proud of the box of jalapeno peppers sitting on...

news / government Tue, Aug 25, 2009 - 8:00am

Ridgewater College Bookstore clerks Jared Piepenburg, center, and Patrick Johnson, both of Litchfield, pack books Friday for Ron Klein of Willmar, left, who was making a purchase for his daughter, Emily, at the bookstore on the Willmar campus. Classes at the campus begin Monday. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Ridgewater to see increase in students this semester

WILLMAR -- Ridgewater College expects to see a 3.5 percent increase in enrollment when the fall semester begins Monday. The year also brings new recognition for the college and its...

news / education Mon, Aug 24, 2009 - 6:25am

Amendment would create tool to curb homecoming pranks, acts

WILLMAR -- A proposed amendment to Kandiyohi County's nuisance ordinance would give law enforcement a tool to respond to unwanted homecoming pranks. The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday...

news Wed, Aug 19, 2009 - 8:22am

John Brawthen, of Redwood Falls, expresses his point of view with a sign Friday at the town hall meeting in Willmar about health care reform. (Tribune photo by Rand Middleton)

Civil tone at Peterson roundtable

WILLMAR -- U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson's health care roundtable Friday in Willmar was a civil affair, mostly. Certainly, it was a far cry from the raucous meetings -- full of...

news / government Sat, Aug 15, 2009 - 12:01pm

Kandiyohi County employees will take furloughs

WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi County employees -- from the top administrator to clerical workers -- will be taking one day off without pay this year to compensate for Gov. Tim Pawlenty's...

news / government Thu, Aug 06, 2009 - 7:10am

Peter Achermann

Missing Staples man's vehicle found, man still missing

WALKER - The Cass County Sheriff's Office reports that the vehicle owned and driven by Peter Achermann, who has been missing since Friday, was located Saturday evening in a southwest...

news Mon, Jul 27, 2009 - 4:58pm

Undated photo of Spc. Carlos Wilcox (left), 27, of Cottage Grove, and Spc. Jacob Benson, 22, of Willmar. Wilcox was killed along with two other soldiers and Benson was injured July 16 in an indirect fire attack on a U.S. base near Basra, Iraq. All four soldiers are members of the 34th Military Police Company, 34th Infantry "Red Bulls" Division.

Willmar soldier recovering from attack that killed comrades

By Eric Ludy West Central Tribune WILLMAR -- On July 16, just before 9:15 p.m. Iraqi time, Spc. Jacob Benson, 22, of Willmar was talking with his three closest friends...

news Thu, Jul 23, 2009 - 11:02am

Cathy Koetter, left, and Dave Hammerschmidt pick up the debris July 14 at the Country Stop stand near Jahnke's Foods in Spicer, in the aftermath of a twister. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Emergency personnel praised for response to EF-1 twister

WILLMAR -- Lessons learned in the 2008 twister that hit Willmar helped county emergency management personnel handle the tornado that skipped in and over Spicer last week. "I hate to...

news Wed, Jul 22, 2009 - 7:22am

Ridgewater schedules registration event for those still considering college

WILLMAR -- Ridgewater College will hold its first ever Walk-In Wednesday event at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Conference Center on campus. The event is for people who are still...

news / education Tue, Jul 21, 2009 - 7:09am

Stephen Deleski, a Main Street member, has asked for the council's assistance to prevent downtown renters from using city garbage cans, like this one opposite the Willmar Public Library, for their personal trash. Deleski says disposal of private household garbage in Main Street's trash cans violates the intent of the organization's attempt to keep the downtown clean. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Main Street member seeking remedy to downtown garbage can problem; issue hampers organization's efforts, he says

WILLMAR -- During the past four years, Main Street Willmar has placed nine big brown garbage cans around the central business district.

news Mon, Jul 13, 2009 - 5:21am

Emergency personnel are pictured Tuesday at the scene of an accident near 19th Avenue Southwest after a Texas woman fainted behind the wheel of her minivan and crashed into a utility pole. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Driver faints, knocks out power around Kandi Mall

WILLMAR -- A Fresnos, Texas, woman fainted while driving east on 19th Avenue Southeast in Willmar on Tuesday, crashing head-on into a utility pole and knocking out power throughout the...

news Wed, Jul 08, 2009 - 7:47am

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