Decreasing the risks
Minnesota Department of Transportation employee Jerry Schroeder installs new stop signs and flashing LED lights Thursday at the Business Highway 71 and 23rd Street Southeast intersection near the Health and Human Services building north of Willmar. MnDOT began installing the signs and lights Wednesday at the intersection, which has been the scene the past few years of multiple vehicle accidents. Tribune photo by Bill Zimmer

Off it comes
Ferrier Jerry Somerville of Raymond, right, shoes a horse Thursday during a demonstration outside the new Runnings store in Willmar. The horse, “Gus,” is a registered quarter horse who belongs to Bud Duininck of Prinsburg, left. The demonstration, held as part of the store’s grand-opening cermony, will take place again at 5 p.m. today. Tribune photo by Ron Adams