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    Tribune photo Kandiyohi County native Carolyn Mankell Sowinski, of Germantownm Maryland, recently published “Almost Saved, But Lost.”
    'Almost Saved, But Lost' details snowstorm: New London native publishes book on 1873 blizzard that killed 12 people in Kandiyohi County
    NEW LONDON — For three days in January 1873 a severe snowstorm struck the Dakota Territory, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. When it was...
    life/showcaseSeptember 21, 2017 - 9:35am
    November 19, 2016
    A New London backyard. Submitted photo / Sheila Purkat
    Saturday update: View and send your storm photos to: news@wctrib.com
    Please send your storm photos to news@wctrib.com. And we'll post them to this photo gallery. Remember to include your name, photo location and...
    news/localNovember 19, 2016 - 7:56pm
    A scene along Highway 19 Friday afternoon traveling eastward toward Lucan. Submitted photo / Jeffrey McCall
    A drive home to Lucan Friday afternoon during a blizzard
    I left work at 3:00 p.m Friday from Marshall. I live in Lucan. I traveled eastbound on Highway 19 and saw some spin outs and cars in ditch. It...
    news/regionNovember 19, 2016 - 7:43pm
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    Watch a fox take to a Willmar street Saturday afternoon
    A wild fox took to the plowed roadway of 16th Avenue Northeast in Willmar Saturday afternoon to travel. The fox apparently found the going along...
    news/localNovember 19, 2016 - 7:07pm
    November 18, 2016
    A tree on the northeast corner of the intersection of Trott Avenue and Ninth Avenue Southwest in Willmar was one casualty Friday morning of the winter storm that blew through west central Minnesota. Winds were the major problem: blowing snow reduced visibilitly and snarled travel, and power outages were widespread. (Briana Sanchez / Tribune)
    First snow also brings first blizzard of winter
    WILLMAR — Barreling winds and blowing snow Friday brought a flurry of traffic hiccups and power outages to west central Minnesota, the...
    news/regionNovember 18, 2016 - 9:14pm
    Nov 18 update: MnDOT advising no travel in parts of west central and southwest Minnesota
    WILLMAR — The Minnesota Department of Transportation has issued a no travel advisory for parts of west central and southwest Minnesota,...
    news/localNovember 18, 2016 - 10:43am
    November 17, 2016
    Blizzard warning issued for Friday in west central Minnesota
    WILLMAR – The National Weather Service has now issued a blizzard warning for Friday across much of west central Minnesota, including for Kandiyohi,...
    news/localNovember 17, 2016 - 9:29am
    October 31, 2016
    Remembering the Halloween Blizzard of 1991
    It started snowing on Halloween night and didn’t stop for four days. The Halloween Blizzard. The Megastorm. The big one. Thundersnow and gale-force...
    news/stateOctober 31, 2016 - 6:54am
    February 8, 2016
    As a northwest wind gusts to as much as 40 miles an hour around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, vehicles nearly disappear in blowing snow as they move along U.S. Business 71 near the MinnWest Technology Campus in Willmar. (GARY MILLER | TRIBUNE)
    Storm blows into Minnesota
    WILLMAR — Blizzard-like conditions blew through western Minnesota Sunday night into Monday morning, with southwest Minnesota experiencing the...
    news/stateFebruary 8, 2016 - 11:56pm
    As of 2 p.m.. Monday afternoon, travel is not advised in much of southwest Minnesota this morning. The purple roads are marked travel not advised or closed. The majority of west central Minnesota roads remain partially covered. Stay tuned to 511mn.org for road condition updates. Source: Minnesota Department of Transporation
    Update 2 p.m.: Storm blows into southwest Minnesota; conditions ease in west central Minnesota
    Blizzard-like conditions blew through eastern North Dakota and into western Minnesota, with southwest Minnesota experiencing the worst of the...
    news/regionFebruary 8, 2016 - 2:31pm
    As of 11 a.m. Monday morning, travel is not advised in much of southwest Minnesota this morning. The purple roads are marked travel not advised or closed. The majority of west central Minnesota roads remain partially covered. Stay tuned to 511mn.org for road condition updates. Source: Minnesota Department of Transporation
    Update 10 a.m.: Conditions ease in west central Minnesota; blizzard conditions continue in southwest Minnesota
    Updated 10 a.m.: Conditions ease in west central Minnesota; blizzard conditions continue in southwest Minnesota Blizzard-like conditions blew...
    news/regionFebruary 8, 2016 - 9:58am
    February 2, 2016
    MnDOT expands no travel advisory to Redwood and Renville counties, along with S.W. Minnesota
    WILLMAR — The Minnesota Department of Transportation is advising no travel in southwest Minnesota and parts of west central Minnesota due to blizzard conditions and near-zero visibility at times. The no travel advisory applies to the following counties: LincolnLyonMurrayPipesto...
    news/regionFebruary 2, 2016 - 7:33pm
    Winter storm creates hazardous conditions; no travel advised in southern Minnesota
    No travel is advised this afternoon and tonight across southern Minnesota, where snow and blowing snow are creating hazardous driving conditions. The National Weather Service reported poor visibility and white-outs along Interstate 90 today. Wind speeds of 25 to 30 mph an hour are...
    news/regionFebruary 2, 2016 - 2:58pm
    December 14, 2015
    On January 13, 1888, the day after the blizzard, large drifts blanketed most of Minnesota and the Dakotas, Nebraska and Iowa. The Children’s Blizzard was considered one of the deadliest of all time. SUBMITTED PHOTO
    The legend of the Minnesota blizzard of 1888
    We may be wrapping up an unseasonably warm December week, but Minnesotans are well aware that this is borrowed time. Soon the temperatures will...
    news/stateDecember 14, 2015 - 8:08am
    March 15, 2015
    At this farm south of Murdock, a four-foot cut had to be made in a deep snowdrift to uncover the telephone lines after the St. Patrick’s Day Blizzard of 1965. (TRIBUNE/File)
    Residents recall the paralyzing St. Patrick's Day blizzard 50 years later
    WILLMAR — On the afternoon of March 16, 1965, Lois Hurley and her four children, ages 3 to 14, boarded the train in Great Falls, Montana, to...
    news/regionMarch 15, 2015 - 11:44pm
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