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One of four touring pontoons leaves Saturday on a cruise on Green Lake during the Willmar area chapter of Let's Go Fishing walk, lunch and pontoon cruise. The event at the Spicer city park helped raise funds for the local fishing group, which benefits people of all ages. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

WILLMAR -- Let's Go Fishing is looking for support from individuals and other partners to help keep it afloat as state support for the organization ends, director and founder Joe...

news / local / outdoors Mon, Jul 25, 2011 - 12:00am

Laura Norling, 13, of Willmar manages to stay ahead of her brother Joey, 9, Wednesday in the go-carts at The Big Kahuna Fun Park in Spicer where the pair were treated to the park's rides by their grandmother. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

In the lead

news / local Thu, Jul 07, 2011 - 12:00am

A team of Let's Go Fishing volunteers from the Duluth chapter are pedaling a 1,460-mile route around the state to visit all 27 chapters, and raise funds and public awareness on behalf of the organization. They reached Willmar on Tuesday, when local representatives Sue Ripley and Roger Benson were on hand to greet them. From left are: Ripley, Chuck Wollack, Dr. Dave Spoelhof, M.D., Benson, Clarence Nylund, Sue Nylund, Nancy Saari, Dave Carlson and Dennis Hoelscher. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Pedaling optimism around the state of Minn.

WILLMAR -- Duluth Mayor Don Ness was on hand to wish them well, and 400 balloons were released as friends cheered their departure. Yet what's really etched in their memory...

outdoors / region / local Sat, May 14, 2011 - 7:57am

Willmar volunteer Don Weiske, center, led many groups on to local waters. The camaraderie is as important to many as the opportunity to fish again and enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and water. Submitted photo

Let's Go Fishing still big hit

WILLMAR -- Fishing greats like Ted Takasaki and Ron and Al Lindner were among the first to offer their voices in support of Let's Go Fishing with Seniors. These days,...

outdoors / local / region Sat, Oct 23, 2010 - 12:00am

Jenaye Vergin, 7, of Sun Prairie, Wis., casts as wary look at the sunfish that needs to be unhooked. Jenaye and her brothers and sister enjoyed a day of fishing on Green Lake with Let's Go Fishing with Seniors volunteers and her grandparents, Donald and Nancy Vergin. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Let's Go Fishing volunteers know how to set the hook

SPICER -- Roger Benson and Ray Oie spend their summer days baiting hundreds and hundreds of fishing hooks but almost never pull up a fish. Yet they consider themselves among...

outdoors / local / region Sat, Aug 28, 2010 - 12:00am

Atwater Speedway to hold Craig Hartman Memorial Kart Race

The Atwater Karting Speedway will be sponsoring the Craig Hartman Memorial Kart Race Aug. 20 with races beginning at 7 p.m. Hartman was an original founding board member of the...

sports Fri, Aug 13, 2010 - 12:00am

This cream can was among the debris that divers pulled from the depths of Green Lake as part of the second annual underwater recovery hosted by Let's Go Fishing with Seniors Minnesota. The Willmar chapter offers the cleanup as a way to give back to the lake that offers it so much, said organizer Joe Holm. Submitted photo

Green Lake divers give back

SPICER -- Scuba divers returned to the depths of Green Lake for a second year as part of the commitment by Let's Go Fishing with Seniors Minnesota to give back...

outdoors Sat, Jul 10, 2010 - 12:00am

Divers returning to clean up Green Lake

SPICER -- Scuba divers will be returning to Green Lake for a second annual Clean Day and Underwater Recovery Challenge on June 12. The event's sponsor, Let's Go Fishing with...

outdoors Sat, May 29, 2010 - 12:00am

Joe Holm, president of Let's Go Fishing With Seniors, carries a bucket load of walleye to Green Lake for stocking. The organization helped stock the lake with walleye thanks to $2,000 in contributions and sponsorships from last summer's underwater cleanup event. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Let's Go Fishing helps stock Green Lake, plans second underwater cleanup

SPICER -- Green Lake gave up a truckload of trash to volunteer scuba divers who scoured its depths near Saulsbury Beach in Spicer last June. In return, the lake received...

outdoors Sat, Apr 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Ingrid Figenshau, 11, of Spicer, from left, Chole Lykken, 7, of Willmar and Chloe's sister, Kennedi, 11, ram into each other Monday with bumper boats at Big Kahuna in Spicer. The fun park's also features go-carts and mini golf. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Gotcha!

news / local Tue, Aug 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Let's Go Fishing survives choppy waters

WILLMAR -- The nail biting is over, and now the work begins for Let's Go Fishing. Seven minutes before deadline, an omnibus bill containing state funding for the nonprofit organization...

news / local / region Sat, May 30, 2009 - 12:00am

Underwater clean up will bring 'secrets' to light

SPICER -- Green Lake has more secrets to give up than the 1,700-pound airplane that was pulled from its depths in August 2005, or 47 years after it had gone...

outdoors Sat, Apr 18, 2009 - 12:00am

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