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Schmoll to step down as executive director of Safe Avenues in Willmar, Minn.

“When I was staying at the shelter, I made the decision that someday I was going to be a director of a shelter,” Connie Schmoll told the Tribune in an interview. She has led the local shelter for more than a decade but will step down at month’s end. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Willmar, Minn., business prepares for groundbreaking on major building project

The new location at 1408 Willmar Ave. SE, in between the former Old Home Bakery Store and Independence Place. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Oklahoma residents come home to pick up the pieces (video)

Billy McElrath, left, sits on a 1968 convertible Corvette buried under rubble in what was the garage of his home in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, May 21, 2012. The residents of Moore, Okla., affected by a deadly tornado are coming back to find their belongings scattered and their homes left in pieces. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

Track and Field: Litchfield girls rule Section 5A-20 meet

(Tribune photo by Rand Middleton) Section 5A-20 student/athletes competed to advance to section on Tuesday in a soft rain at Belgrade. Adam Essler, second from right, of New London-Spicer won this boys 100 dash preliminary heat.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A child on a school field trip was killed and another remained unaccounted after a gravel slide Wednesday in a park...
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Council member Ahmann fails to sway votes on Willmar Council for policy to address business closings
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Olivia, Minn., man, woman charged with burglary, caught striping copper from house
WILLMAR -- Linda Ann Evans, 47, and Lance Anthony Klein, 56, both of Olivia, made their first court appearance Tuesday on second-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools charges for allegedly entering a rural Lake Lillian residence Saturday, and stealing copper wire and piping...
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Coverage: Stories and video of the F5 tornado that hit Moore, Okla. and the recovery
Here are a series of stories and videos on Wctrib.com about Mondays F5 tornado that devasted Moore, Okla., and the recovery that has started...
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Renville, Minn., sugar co-op reports improving water quality compliance
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Still time to apply for energy assistance, deadline is May 31
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Bids awarded for $2.1 million renovation of Rice Hospital medical imaging department
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Editorial: Be safe on this Memorial Weekend
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State lauds C.A.R.E. safety program
WILLMAR — A local program that specializes in helping people with mental illness overcome addiction has been recognized by the Minnesota Safety Council with a Governor’s Safety Award. The Willmar Community Addiction Recovery Enterprise program received an Outstanding Achievement...
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This is the records summary for May 22. Villard man killed in Pope County crash GLENWOOD — A 75-year-old Villard man was killed in a two-vehicle fatal crash around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning along State Highway 28 south of Villard in Pope County. According to the State Patrol,...
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