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    November 27, 2014
    Thanksgiving dinner at Redeemer Lutheran Church
    WILLMAR -- This was the 10th year of the Redeemer Lutheran Church community Thanksgiving dinner in Willmar. The volunteers have served up to 350. Helen Pederson, 92, attended the dinner this year. “I live just around the corner but have never been here before,” said Helen,...
    newsNovember 27, 2014 - 11:14pm
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    July 31, 2014
    United Way Growmobile brings Willmar kids running
    WILLMAR — It looks like a bus, and it brings fun things to do for children in the community. Why wouldn’t the new United Way Growmobile...
    news / localJuly 31, 2014 - 11:36pm
    July 21, 2014
    Willmar man honoring brother with a message of forgiveness
    WILLMAR –– A Willmar couple leaves Tuesday for Australia where they will attend the memorial service for two family members who were among the 298 people killed when Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in Ukraine. Drew Ryder and his wife, Edith, will travel to the western...
    news / localJuly 21, 2014 - 11:35pm
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    July 13, 2014
    Sonshine Festival opens Wednesday in Willmar, set-up already underway
    WILLMAR — Sonshine is fast approaching and the annual Christian music festival again promises to supply something for everyone with big-name and local bands of all genres playing on the largest stage in Sonshine’s history, shopping, recreation, camping and food all on site.
    news / localJuly 13, 2014 - 11:27pm
    June 22, 2014
    Veterans Home starts program treating vets to special trips
    HASTINGS — During the first week of June, Ken Ross was treated to a special overnight trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior.
    news / stateJune 22, 2014 - 11:09pm
    June 19, 2014
    Caregiver support tops priority list of local initiative on Alzheimer’s
    WILLMAR — Support for caregivers of aging adults with dementia topped a list of priorities identified at a community forum earlier this month on Alzheimer’s disease and age-related dementia. Increased awareness and knowledge of dementia also was high on the list. Lagging a little...
    news / localJune 19, 2014 - 10:48pm
    Willmar Fests Junior Royalty named
    Junior Royalty The hand-picked Willmar Fests 2014 Junior Royalty are Junior Prince Ivan Mares and Junior Princess Eloina Ibarra. Both will be third-graders at Kennedy and Roosevelt elementary schools in Willmar, respectively. Their names were drawn by outgoing royalty Lakyia Gustafson...
    news / localJune 19, 2014 - 10:45pm
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    June 18, 2014
    Research shows inequality persists for women and girls
    WILLMAR –– A presentation Wednesday in Willmar by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota was billed as the “road to equality tour.” But the stark numbers and graphs that laid out the reality of women and girls when it comes to economic, safety, health and leadership equality...
    news / stateJune 18, 2014 - 11:28pm
    June 17, 2014
    Local woman’s appearance on ‘Price Is Right’ to air Thursday
    ATWATER — Linda Marshall did not try out for “The Price Is Right” to win prizes or for the fame of being on national television. Rather,...
    news / localJune 17, 2014 - 11:14pm
    4-H members teach younger peers about horses
    WILLMAR — High-school-aged 4-H club members spent their day on Tuesday teaching younger kids about horses for the annual “I Wish I had a Horse Day” on the Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds in Willma
    news / localJune 17, 2014 - 11:05pm
    June 16, 2014
    From picking up a shovel to decades of success: Family-owned TerWisscha Construction celebrates 50 years
    WILLMAR — John TerWisscha began his construction career in the summer of 1954 digging footings with a shovel for Mel Werder. Werder was building a hog barn 4 miles south of Willmar. “I asked if Mel had any work for a dude like me,’’ recalls TerWisscha who had returned in...
    businessJune 16, 2014 - 11:45pm
    Willmar Fests Junior Royalty finalists named
    WILLMAR — The finalists for Willmar Fests Junior Royalty have been announced. A prince and princess will be chosen randomly at 4:15 p.m. Thursday at the Jaycees Block Party in downtown Willmar. Princess candidates are Ariel Olvera, daughter of Crystal and Alex Olvera; Qiara Christenson,...
    news / localJune 16, 2014 - 11:31pm
    June 10, 2014
    Jennie-O Turkey Store donates $10,000 to United Way for Growmobile food backpack program
    WILLMAR — Jennie-O Turkey Store, which made a $60,000 donation to United Way for a new Growmobile earlier in the year, announced Tuesday another $10,000 donation to the United Way for the Growmobile food backpack program.
    news / localJune 10, 2014 - 11:07pm
    June 9, 2014
    Barbers arrive to shave the heads of teachers, staff members after Willmar Middle School students raise $1,600 to support classmate
    WILLMAR — As the school year came to a close, final assignments were turned in and middle school students were making plans for summer vacation,...
    news / localJune 9, 2014 - 11:15pm
    Roosevelt Stars battle from behind but lose to Willmar Stingers in kickball game
    WILLMAR — The old saying, “I could beat you with one hand tied behind my back,” took on new meaning Monday morning. The Willmar Stingers players each tucked one arm into their jerseys for a couple innings, and some of them even played blindfolded, but they still won the annual...
    news / localJune 9, 2014 - 11:12pm
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