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    Water tumbles over rocks in Stony Brook at Fritz Loven Park in Lake Shore Tuesday afternoon. Above-normal temperatures have left many rivers and creeks running without an ice cover in northern Minnesota. (FORUM NEWS SERVICE/Steve Kohls)
    A warm winter
    Water tumbles over rocks in Stony Brook at Fritz Loven Park in Lake Shore Tuesday afternoon. Above-normal temperatures have left many rivers...
    newsJanuary 27, 2015 - 11:50pm
    Tribune photo by Rand Middleton Danny Anderson studies his 12-foot putt to win on the 10th green, the first playoff hole, Sunday at the Eagle Creek match play championship in Willmar.
    Anderson wins Eagle Creek match play championship
    WILLMAR -- Danny Anderson is known as the best golfer at Eagle Creek never to win the Match Play Tournament. Until now. Anderson held on to...
    sportsAugust 27, 2012 - 12:00am
    June 4, 2012
    A sample of the pet tags available at the Hawk Creek Animal Shelter. The IDs are being placed on every pet who's adopted and every pet who arrives at the shelter and is claimed by an owner. They're also for sale to the public. (Tribune photo by Anne Polta)
    New project of Willmar, Minn., shelter focuses on need for pet ID tags
    WILLMAR -- Pets with ID tags are more likely to be reunited with their owners -- and reunited sooner -- if they're ever lost. It's a message...
    newsJune 4, 2012 - 12:00am
    April 12, 2012
    Watson: Dry Weather Creek ... by the numbers
    1910 the year Albert Angrimson began farming in Chippewa County 1917 Agnes & Edward Erickson took over the farm and a tornado whisked the barn away 1918 built a new barn 2003 Mark & Cindy Lange launched Dry Weather Creek 2009 Eric Lange took over
    newsApril 12, 2012 - 2:59pm
    Eric Lange has taken over operation of Dry Weather Creek mill and farm north of Watson. It mills locally raised wheat and other grains, including oats for steel cut Irish oatmeal. It's all about locally grown. "People want to know where their food is coming from,'' said Lange. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
    Watson: Dry Weather Creek mills its own
    When Albert Angrimson began farming this land in western Chippewa County in 1910, just about every community had its own mill to grind wheat...
    newsApril 12, 2012 - 2:53pm
    February 20, 2012
    Savannah, left, a female Lhasa apso-poodle mix, and Reed, a male Pomeranian, were apparently abandoned on the edge of Willmar. Hawk Creek Animal Shelter staff rescued the pair who now have a chance to be adopted. The shelter, owned and operated by the Humane Society of Kandiyohi and Meeker Counties, spends an average of $209 to care for each animal, and adoption fees do not cover those costs. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)
    Local Humane Society seeks support at Save Our Tails fundraiser Friday in Willmar, Minn.
    WILLMAR -- Bobbie Bauman thinks the two small dogs were abandoned somewhere on First Street Northeast, near KWLM Radio on Foot Lake at the edge...
    newsFebruary 20, 2012 - 12:00am
    January 2, 2012
    Sue Lea of Kandiyohi volunteers Friday and spends some quality time with the dogs, like Eve, at the Hawk Creek Animal Shelter. Tribune photo by Ron Adams
    Humane Society to give 'state of the shelter' report this week
    WILLMAR -- A "state of the shelter" report will be given at the annual meeting this week of the Humane Society of Kandiyohi and Meeker Counties. The...
    newsJanuary 2, 2012 - 12:00am
    September 21, 2011
    Eagle Creek senior tournament Sept. 30
    Eagle Creek Golf Club's senior golf tournament is Friday, Sept. 30, beginning with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. Members and non-members are welcome to compete in the 18-hole tournament, which is open to golfers age 50 and older. Flight assignments will be based on handicap and age. Cost...
    sportsSeptember 21, 2011 - 12:09am
    September 19, 2011
    Crater Cup to feature 8-inch cups
    The 2011 Crater Cup Classic at Hawk Creek Golf Club is a new tournament with a new twist: 8-inch cups. The four-person, 18-hole scramble begins with a noon shotgun start on Sunday, Sept. 25. Instead of the standard 4-1/2 inch cups, 8-inch cups will be used on the greens. The entry...
    sportsSeptember 19, 2011 - 12:14am
    August 29, 2011
    Jacobson completes Eagle Creek 'grand slam'
    WILLMAR -- Defending champion Andy Jacobson held off a bid by first-time finalist Pete Hannig to win the Eagle Creek Golf Club Match-Play Men's...
    sportsAugust 29, 2011 - 12:00am
    August 23, 2011
    Hinrichs, Armstrong, Boelter win titles at Hawk Creek Country Club
    RAYMOND -- Dave Hinrichs won his third Hawk Creek County Club men's club championship on Saturday, shooting 77-33-110. Three players tied for second at 112, including defending champion Zach Gerdes.
    sportsAugust 23, 2011 - 1:03am
    August 18, 2011
    Hawk Creek club tourney is on Saturday
    The Hawk Creek Club Tournament at Raymond begins teeing off at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The Men's Championship Flight is 27 holes; Men's A (11-19 handicaps) and B Flights (20 & above handicaps); Men's Senior (65+) Flight and Women's Flight are all 18 holes. The $10 entry fee includes...
    sportsAugust 18, 2011 - 12:10am
    July 29, 2011
    (Tribune photo by Rand Middleton) Matt Gorans made 10 birdies in his record-tying round Tuesday at Eagle Creek in Willmar.
    Gorans' 62 ties course record at Eagle Creek
    WILLMAR -- With a walk-off birdie on No. 9, Matt Gorans put the exclamation mark on a record-tying round of 62 at the Eagle Creek Golf Club on...
    sportsJuly 29, 2011 - 12:00am
    Smith Open for hockey Aug. 6 at Eagle Creek
    The five-person Smith Open scramble to raise money for the Willmar hockey programs will be held Aug. 6 at Eagle Creek. Registration opens at noon with a 1 p.m. shotgun. The entry fee of $350 per team or $70 per person, which includes dinner and prizes. Pre-registration is encouraged...
    sportsJuly 29, 2011 - 12:00am
    July 27, 2011
    (Tribune photo by Rand Middleton) When the original No. 4 tee box at Eagle Creek Golf Course in Willmar was shifted further east because tee shots too often scattered into backyards along the fairway, the old tee box was planted in flowers. The view is looking north toward the No. 4 green and No. 5 tee.
    Eagle Creek flowers with helping hands
    WILLMAR -- Among Doc Peterson's passions were flowers and trout fishing. One he pursued on the streams near Park Rapids, the other at his home-town...
    sportsJuly 27, 2011 - 12:00am
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