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This is the first time in more than 40 years that it is possible to hunt geese at the Lac qui Parle refuge. The December hunt at the refuge is being looked at as a learning experience, but hunters have praised the expanded opportunity it represents. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Lac qui Parle Refuge in December

WATSON -- Hunting geese in December takes some adjustment and, as we discovered, some cooperation from Mother Nature. For the first time ever, there's a December goose hunting season at...

outdoors / region Sat, Dec 18, 2010 - 12:00am

Darren Augeson had spotted this big buck twice before the season, but didn't know its antlers sprouted 18-points until he reached him after downing him in a grove north of Montevideo on Nov. 9. "It was one of those that grew instead of shrunk when you got to him," he said. It's expected to gross score over 190, he said. Submitted photo

Good hunting produces good-luck stories for many this season

MONTEVIDEO -- "I'd rather be lucky than good," says Darren Augeson of Montevideo. Augeson had both luck and some good, old-fashioned preseason scouting on his side when he harvested an...

outdoors / local / region Sat, Nov 20, 2010 - 12:00am

Guilty plea entered in poaching ring arrest

OLIVIA -- An Olivia man believed to be at the center of a deer poaching ring pleaded guilty Friday to two charges for shining deer, but investigators are still hoping...

news / region / outdoors Sat, Nov 20, 2010 - 12:00am

Gimse: 'It was a very good night' for GOP in Minnesota

WILLMAR -- With the exception of Republican Bruce Vogel's upset of 14-year legislative veteran Al Juhnke in House District 13B, voters in west central Minnesota returned incumbents to the state...

news / local Thu, Nov 04, 2010 - 12:00am

Area county commission and county office results

Unofficial results for races for county commissioner and county offices: Chippewa County Commissioner District 3 Mark Dahl - 394 votes, 44 percent Dennis L.

news / region Wed, Nov 03, 2010 - 8:34am

Wednesday morning results of area sheriff's races

Area voters have elected Scott Hable in Renville County, John Holtz in Swift County, Jeff Norlin in Meeker County, Tim Riley in Pope County and Rick Halverson in Lac qui...

news / region Wed, Nov 03, 2010 - 7:25am

Two new faces in Lac qui Parle County offices

MADISON -- Rick Halvorson is the new sheriff for Lac qui Parle County. Unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State's office showed Halvorson won over Dallas Schellberg by a...

news / local Wed, Nov 03, 2010 - 12:15am

Information sought in elevator burglaries

MADISON -- The Lac qui Parle Sheriff's office and the Ortonville Police Department are seeking information on burglaries to two grain elevators Sunday evening or early Monday morning. According to...

news / region Tue, Nov 02, 2010 - 3:01pm

District 20A: Backer believes healthy jobs climate is key for state

GRACEVILLE -- Jay Backer wants to pack twice the punch in St. Paul. Backer and his twin brother, Jeff, are both campaigning for the state Legislature. Jay is running as...

news / region / state Wed, Oct 27, 2010 - 12:00am

The property includes this 75-foot tall overlook of the Lac qui Parle River. The view looks over the Lac qui Parle County Park and the pioneer cemetery preserved in the park. Many of the graves in the small cemetery are those of children who died in a diphtheria epidemic in the 1870's. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Park looks to expand

DAWSON -- Lac qui Parle County's only park is getting discovered for all the right reasons. "You can come down here any day of the week and there are people,''...

outdoors Sat, Oct 09, 2010 - 12:00am

Brothers Jordan, left, and Jarrett Dahl have been carving a niche in the art world with their chainsaw works. They spend the summers creating their works together in Keystone, S.D. The two grew up on a farm near Dawson, and return there to work, as well. Jordan also farms while Jarrett devotes himself full time to the art. He will be carving this winter in Palm Springs, Calif. (Submitted photo)

Carving a niche

DAWSON -- To the hundreds of visitors who watch them every day, Jarrett and Jordan Dahl are surrounded by more noise than can be made by a frenzied crowd of...

showcase / region Thu, Sep 30, 2010 - 9:56am

Man airlifted after vehicle hits home near Dawson

DAWSON -- A 23-year-old rural Boyd man was taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson and later airlifted to another hospital for treatment of injuries sustained when the pickup he...

news / region Fri, Aug 27, 2010 - 8:51am

Lac qui Parle County wants to provide broadband service to educate and encourage residents to adopt computer technology into their lives. "We can't be good enough. We have to be striving to be the cutting edge,'' said Pam Lehmann, the county's EDA director. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Lac qui Parle County takes to the open road to put the digital divide in the past

Lac qui Parle County is taking to the road to put the digital divide behind it. The county on Wednesday plans to unveil its "computer commuter,'' a mobile comp-uter laboratory...

news / region Tue, Aug 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Tornadoes touch down in Lac qui Parle Co.

MADISON -- Four tornadoes touched down early Thursday evening in Lac qui Parle County as a powerful, quick-moving storm system swept across western Minnesota. The tornadoes, which were confirmed by...

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

Tornado spotted between Dawson and Madison, tornado warning issued until 7:15 p.m.

The National Tornado Service of Twin Cities has issued a tornado warning for central Swift Sounty , eastern Lac qui Parle County and northwestern Chippewa County until 7:15 p.m. At...

news / region Thu, Aug 12, 2010 - 6:25pm

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