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Spam sales help boost Hormel 1Q net income

AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — Hormel Foods Corp. said Thursday its net income edged up as higher sales of Spam and Hormel chili and other products helped offset higher costs for...

business Thu, Feb 21, 2013 - 11:39am

Letter: Government vs. freedom

I would like to respond to Harlan Broers' June 8 letter. First, it is claimed that "the church will dictate how we will live". Luckily for us, we live in...

opinion / letters Fri, Jun 10, 2011 - 12:00am

In this June 6, 2010 file photo, Austin "Jack" DeCoster, right, appears in a Lewiston, Maine, court with Timothy O'Brien, a lawyer representing Maine Contract Farming, LLC, on 10 counts of animal cruelty stemming from an undercover investigation in 2009 by Mercy For Animals at the Turner egg farm. Maine Contract Farming, LLC, pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $134,674.11 in fines and restitutions. Friends and colleagues say DeCoster, who also owns of an Iowa egg farm at the heart of a massive salmonella r...

Maine, Iowa egg producer separates business, charity work

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Friends and colleagues say Austin "Jack" DeCoster, owner of an Iowa egg farm at the heart of a massive salmonella recall, is at once a...

news / nation Tue, Sep 21, 2010 - 8:22am

Letter: Put an end to partisan politics

A recent video created by the Democratic National Committee starts off by showing protesters and has a man narrating, "The right-wing extremist Republican base is back." Keep in mind, these...

opinion / letters Sat, Aug 08, 2009 - 12:00am

Letter: Hidden health care truths

A recent letter appeared on this page suggesting that "lots of other countries are doing it --providing health care to everyone who needs it." I challenge the author of this...

opinion / letters Thu, Jul 30, 2009 - 12:00am

Letter: How evolution is taught

Darwin's evolution is being taught in public schools across the country as the one and only science theory. Organizations like People For the American Way claim that they are "dedicated...

opinion / letters Sat, Jun 20, 2009 - 12:00am

Letter: How evolution is taught

Darwin's evolution is being taught in public schools across the country as the one and only science theory. Organizations like People For the American Way claim that they are "dedicated...

opinion / letters Sat, Jun 20, 2009 - 12:00am

Grove City teen sentenced to probation, jail, fine and ordered to pay restitution for role in Atwater burglaries

WILLMAR -- Austin Thomas Klinghagen, 18, of Grove City, was sentenced Monday to five years of probation, $1,000 in fines and 90 days of jail time for his role in...

region / business / news / local Thu, Apr 02, 2009 - 12:00am

Teen pleads in Atwater burglary business case

WILLMAR -- Austin Thomas Klinghagen, 18, of Grove City, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felony charges, for liability for crimes of another - third-degree burglary, for his role in burglarizing...

news / local / region / news Fri, Feb 20, 2009 - 12:00am

Lawsuit alleges man harmed at slaughterhouse

MINNEAPOLIS - An Austin man is suing Hormel Foods Corp. and Quality Pork Processors Inc., saying he was harmed because of a machine used to extract pig brains at a...

news / state Thu, Jan 08, 2009 - 11:00am

Willmar girls hockey loses to New Prague

AUSTIN -- The Willmar girls tightened up the defense, but crucial mistakes proved fatal in a 3-2 loss to New Prague Wednesday at the Austin Holiday Classic. Shannon Meyer scored...

sports / Cardinals Fri, Jan 02, 2009 - 12:00am

Three face charges for Atwater business burglaries

WILLMAR -- Two men made their first appearances Thursday in Kandiyohi County District Court on felony charges for allegedly burglarizing two Atwater businesses in October. A third man failed to...

business Sat, Dec 20, 2008 - 12:00am

Three men charged in Grove City burglaries

LITCHFIELD -- Three young men have been charged with burglary, theft and property damage in a string of business burglaries in Grove City. Kyle Richard Litzau, 18, of Atwater, Damon...

Fri, Nov 07, 2008 - 12:00am

District Court, Kandiyohi County, Oct. 30

n Marlon Vallecillo, 29, of Willmar, was sentenced to five years of probation, 68 days in jail and ordered to cooperate with agents from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs...

Thu, Oct 30, 2008 - 12:00am