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Country music singer and songwriter Michelle Murray is launching a solo career and keeping an ever hectic pace as both performer and mother. She will be in western Minnesota today through Sunday performing, in part, for a local benefit for Elizabeth Giese of Benson. (Submitted photo)

Warm-hearted singer visits cold country

A warm-hearted country singer and song writer is on her way to take the chill out of a western Minnesota winter. Michelle Murray, a Nashville, Tenn.- based recording artist, will...

region / community / entertainment / music Thu, Jan 06, 2011 - 8:00am

Benefit schedule

Today 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Andes Tower Hills near Alexandria 8 p.m. - Franny's Bar & Grill in Starbuck with movie sneak preview and concert; $10 cover Friday...

region / community / entertainment / music Thu, Jan 06, 2011 - 7:59am

Sharon Schendel of Willmar, from left, Kathy Propp of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Rachael Molenaar of Willmar fill the plates assembly line-style at the free dinner served Sunday night at the United Methodist Church in Willmar. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

news / local / community Mon, Dec 27, 2010 - 12:00am

Each 2-bedroom townhouse, like this unit, which was toured by local officials Tuesday, has 1,080 square feet on one level and rents for $460 per month. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Community land trust creates affordable housing solution

WILLMAR -- The Westwind development is offering affordable single-family housing opportunities as well as affordable rental housing. Homeownership is more affordable because developer Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership established a "partnership...

news / local / community Sat, Dec 18, 2010 - 12:00am

The old city airport is seen in this file photo. The Community Development Committee wants the city to challenge a state agency's determination that the old airport terminal is eligible for historic preservation. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Committee recommends challenging 'historic' determination on old airport

WILLMAR -- The Community Development Committee will recommend the Willmar City Council challenge a state agency's determination that the old airport terminal is eligible for historic preservation. The council will...

news / local / community Wed, Dec 01, 2010 - 12:00am

Ashley Chavez, 11, left, and Skyra Schwab, 11, both of Willmar, serve a Thanksgiving meal to Leonore Mireles on Saturday at Kennedy Elementary School in Willmar. The traditional Thanksgiving meal from the Mahanaim Asemblea de Dios Espana was free to the community. This is the first time the church has offered the holiday meal, and organizers say they hope to offer additional meals as part of an outreach ministry. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

news / local / community Mon, Nov 22, 2010 - 12:00am

A bus departs Thursday near the student crosswalk opposite Community Christian School in Willmar. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Community Christian School seeking safer crossing for students

WILLMAR -- Community Christian School in Willmar is asking the city to improve safety for students who cross busy 19th Avenue Southwest to get to and from the school. School...

news / local / community Fri, Nov 12, 2010 - 12:00am

Tom Thompson, left, and Susie Drexler, both of Willmar, dance Friday to the music of the Moonlighters during the Friday dance at the Willmar Community Center. The Moonlighters trio provided live waltz, polka and schottische music for dancing. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Fridays are just made for dancing

news / local / community Sat, Nov 06, 2010 - 12:00am

Letter: Education should be priority

One of the primary missions of a community college is to provide anyone access to a college education. This access comes without the pedigree or financial burden usually required at...

opinion / letters / community / education Wed, Oct 13, 2010 - 12:00am

Virginia and Lennard Erickson look over the quilt blocks she fashioned from her husband's neck tie collection dating back to the 1940s. The bow-tie themed quilt will be raffled to benefit the Blomkest Fire Department. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Quilters 'recycle' his Sunday best

BLOMKEST -- During his working years, Lennard Erickson ran the Blomkest Auto Body Shop with his brother Ted and never shied from the grime that came with the work. But...

news / region / community Mon, Oct 11, 2010 - 12:00am

Dave Milbrandt, a maintenance worker at Heartland Community Action Agency, gives the building a fresh look Friday as he paints the outside of the agency's downtown Willmar headquarters. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Heartland gets a new coat of paint

news / local / community Sat, Oct 09, 2010 - 12:00am

Maintenance workers Kenny Ziesmer, left, and Ralph Haglund spray a sealant Thursday on the exterior brick of the Affiliated Community Medical Centers clinic in Willmar. The weather seal is being used to prevent moisture from getting through to the inside of the building, which has happened when the summer's heavy downpours were from the certain directions. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Keeping the moisture out

news / local / community Fri, Oct 08, 2010 - 12:00am

Care providers benefit from casino

UPPER SIOUX COMMUNITY -- A fund-raising effort by Prairie's Edge Casino Resort has raised $12,000 to benefit the Yellow Medicine and Chippewa counties Relay for Life chapter, Rice Hospice and...

news / region / community Sat, Oct 02, 2010 - 12:00am

Women's Fund looks to improve life for women, girls across area

WILLMAR -- When organizers with the Women's Fund of the Willmar Area Community Foundation were looking at how to allot grant money this past year, one program that caught their...

news / local / community Tue, Sep 14, 2010 - 12:00am

Jim Petersen of Willmar, from left, Pat Studanski of Willmar and Audrey Buzzeo of Spicer play a game of "hand and Foot" with two others at the Willmar Community Center. The group found being inside on a rainy day the perfect place to be. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Great place to be on a rainy day

news / local / community Fri, Sep 10, 2010 - 12:00am

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