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August 30, 2012
Video: Acton Battlefield Marker Dedication
A permanent historic site marker is dedicated Wednesday on the location of the Acton Battlefield near Litchfield where a battle between U.S. soldiers and the Dakota Indians took place in 1862 during the U.S. - Dakota Conflict.
newsAugust 30, 2012 - 5:44pm
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August 26, 2012
Video: Antique Tractor Plowing Event
Over twenty vintage tractors take part in a plowing event Saturday on a field north of Olivia. The West Central Antique Power Collectors sponsored the antique plowing bee.
newsAugust 26, 2012 - 4:12pm
August 11, 2012
Taking a sesquicentennial tour of U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862
There is heightened interest as Minnesota marks the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862. Hundreds of monuments and markers are scattered throughout southwestern Minnesota and the Minnesota River Valley to remember the tragic conflict. There are also historical...
extraAugust 11, 2012 - 12:00am
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June 16, 2012
Kandiyohi County: 'Where the lakes begin'
WILLMAR -- It's no secret that Minnesota boasts some of the most gorgeous natural scenery in the United States, due in large part to the state's...
local / outdoorsJune 16, 2012 - 12:00am
June 14, 2012
Airshow Saturday offers glimpse of WWII museum in the works in Granite Falls
GRANITE FALLS -- While this weekend's airshow is expected to bring thousands of visitors to the Granite Falls Municipal Airport, it's likely only the beginning in terms of people making this site a destination. The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum will open this fall to permanently remember...
showcase / region / worldJune 14, 2012 - 12:55pm
May 23, 2012
Minnesota begins observance of 150th anniversary of the U.S. Dakota War of 1862
Ground Zero in what many consider Minnesota's most difficult and yet most significant historical era is here at the Lower Sioux Agency Historical...
news / regionMay 23, 2012 - 12:00am
February 25, 2012
Willmar, Minn., women celebrate 'real' birthday this year on leap day
When you only have a birthday once every four years, you learn to make it count. At least, that's the motto that Tracey Erickson, a leap day baby, has adopted. On Feb. 29, she'll turn 12 -- or, technically, 48. A speech and language clinician at Willmar Middle School, Erickson...
extra / localFebruary 25, 2012 - 8:00am
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February 7, 2012
Grant to help Yellow Medicine County, Minn.'s settlement-era records be placed online
GRANITE FALLS -- There were roughly 14,800 births recorded in Yellow Medicine County during its settlement era from 1870 to 1910. We know this...
news / regionFebruary 7, 2012 - 12:00am
December 21, 2011
Agreement protects Wood Lake Battlefield site as Minnesota prepares to observe 150th anniversary of 1862 US Dakota Conflict
WOOD LAKE -- One of the most important battlefield sites from the 1862 US Dakota Conflict is being protected as Minnesota prepares to observe the 150th anniversary of the war. The Wood Lake Battlefield Preservation Association announced this week that it has signed a conservation...
news / regionDecember 21, 2011 - 3:26pm
November 8, 2011
State nominates Lakeland Hotel building in Willmar, Minn., for National Historic Register
The Lakeland Hotel building in downtown Willmar has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. The Lakeland was among 12 buildings...
news / businessNovember 8, 2011 - 12:00am
October 20, 2011
Historic Litchfield house nearing its new location west of Willmar
WILLMAR -- An historic house that stood on Sibley Avenue in Litchfield since 1894 is now yards away from a new location just west of Willmar and south of Minnesota Highway 40 near the airport. Workers with Stubbs Builders and Movers, Long Lake, moved the house across Minnesota Highway...
news / local / regionOctober 20, 2011 - 12:14pm
October 1, 2011
Public television documentary may help correct blemished legacy of Andrew Volstead
GRANITE FALLS -- For George Boman, there is no question about how Andrew Volstead should be remembered. "They were nice people,'' said Boman of Volstead and his wife, Nellie, and daughter Laura. Boman grew up on a farm owned by Volstead, and got to know him well enough to be called...
news / region / entertainment / televisionOctober 1, 2011 - 12:00am
March 29, 2011
Letter: All this for an old hangar?
You've got to be kidding me. The old Willmar airport hangar will possibly be on the National Historical Register. It's a cement block building with a domed roof. It is an inhabitable, musty, moldy, old, cement block building. Perhaps some investor will build a 200- or 300-room hotel/motel...
opinion / lettersMarch 29, 2011 - 12:00am
March 16, 2011
Renville Co. considers Morton SNA, history center proposals
OLIVIA -- The Renville County community of Morton could become the launching point for students looking to learn about Minnesota's cultural and...
news / region / lifeMarch 16, 2011 - 12:00am
March 5, 2011
Cartoon by Michael Ramirez
opinion / cartoonsMarch 5, 2011 - 12:00am
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