Driver, passengers avoid injuries after their vehicle crashes through the ice on local lake
SOLOMON LAKE — Workers with Donnie Hanson’s Auto & Truck of New London hooked the big one Wednesday, but it will take them another day to land it. A scuba diver attached a cable to a 2007 Ford Ranger pickup truck that went through the ice on Solomon Lake north of Willmar during a snowstorm Monday.West Central Tribune, 02/23/2012
Good fishing, but a bad day on the ice of Solomon Lake north of Willmar
WILLMAR - Workers with Donnie Hanson's Auto and Truck and Towing of New London are working to hoist up the latest vehicle to fall through the ice in the Willmar area.West Central Tribune, 02/22/2012
For Prairie Woods, energy goal is now a reality
SPICER — The first step toward energy independence was taken by the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center in 2004, when it added a corn-burning stove to the lobby of its education building.West Central Tribune, 02/21/2012
Smaller, renewable energy projects setting roots across west central Minnesota
It’s hard to miss the development of renewable energy at the University of Minnesota campus in Morris.West Central Tribune, 02/21/2012
Hockey players’ commitment goes beyond game for comrade
BENSON — You can measure the commitment by Paden Strutz to his favorite sport in miles. The senior on the Morris-Benson Area Storm hockey team makes an 80-mile, round trip five days a week from his home in Granite Falls to attend practices. He pays for all of his gas by working and saving during the off-season, according to his mother, Anne Brown.West Central Tribune, 02/17/2012
Quarry proposal opens mining debate on the edge of Minnesota’s western boundary waters
Western Minnesota has its own version of the mining debate taking shape on the edge of the Boundary Waters. Can we allow mining and still protect what remains of a unique and endangered natural environment?West Central Tribune, 02/16/2012
Mitigation a part of their Big Stone Co. quarry plan, Grand Forks (N.D.) quarry developer says
CLINTON — While plans for a quarry in Big Stone County have some concerned about the environmental impact, the developer says it is committed to mitigating any damage.West Central Tribune, 02/16/2012
Man to return to prison in burglary case 
GRANITE FALLS — A 35-year-old man will return to prison for a burglary that allegedly netted him an X-Box console and a game for it.
West Central Tribune, 02/16/2012
Court finds aggravating factors in killing of child
OLIVIA — A judge’s order issued on Wednesday means that Sergio Turrubiates could see a longer sentence for his second-degree murder conviction in the death of 19-month-old Tiana Moore in December of 2010.
West Central Tribune, 02/09/2012
Lawmakers listen to Clara City, Minn., mother’s plea in considering Jacob’s law
CLARA CITY — Sarah Guggisberg is speaking up so that young victims of sexual abuse do not have to suffer in silence.
West Central Tribune, 02/08/2012
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