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The Rev. Jeff Engholm prepares meatballs for Vinje's supper last year. Submitted photo

Annual Election Day lutefisk supper more about food than politics

WILLMAR -- Forget Republican or Democrat. At the Vinje Lutheran Church lutefisk and meatball supper, held every year on Election Day, people align themselves with two different but equally polarizing...

news / local Mon, Nov 05, 2012 - 12:00am

Doug Doering, left, leads Willmar's new Teen Dads group that aims to help the young men become better fathers. Mike Harrell, right, one of the participants, said he is grateful for the guidance, and the group is a comfortable place for the fathers to share advice with each other as well. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

Teen Dads group in Willmar, Minn., helps young fathers become the role models many of them never had

WILLMAR -- When Mike Harrell was 18, he met a girl named Amanda who had a six-month-old baby boy. He fell instantly in love -- with the baby and Amanda...

news / local Sat, Jun 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Grant awarded for children's mental health services in west central Minn.

A new grant initiative will help make mental health services more readily available to young children and their families in greater Minnesota. The $450,000 grant, awarded to Lutheran Social Service...

news / local / region Thu, Jan 12, 2012 - 2:14pm

Millie Buer is one of the organizers of the volunteers who will create 17 different areas decorated to tell the Advent story at the Calvary Lutheran Church Advent Festival in Willmar. (Tribune photo by Gary Miller)

Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar, Minn., hosts Advent Festival

WILLMAR -- Calvary Lutheran Church hosts its Advent Festival this weekend at the church along the 300 block of Olena Avenue Southeast in Willmar. The event "Ponder Anew - What...

showcase Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 10:05am

As shoppers flock to the stores today for the holiday opener, financial counselors urge a reality check. Overspending can be a problem if shoppers don't have a plan. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Scrimp or splurge: Financial counselors advise a consumer reality check

WILLMAR -- Scrimp or splurge? As shoppers flock to the stores today for the holiday opener, financial counselors urge a reality check. Consumers who fail to set spending limits or...

news / local Fri, Nov 25, 2011 - 12:00am

Lutheran youth gather this weekend in Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR -- About 1,200 young people and adults will gather this weekend at the Willmar Conference Center for an event planned and coordinated by the Southwest Minnesota Synod Lutheran Youth...

news / local Thu, Nov 17, 2011 - 2:41pm

ACMC recognized as financial advocate for patients, employees

WILLMAR -- Support for patients and employees dealing with financial difficulties helped earn Affiliated Community Medical Centers a financial advocacy award from Lutheran Social Service. The awards were recently announced...

news / local / community Mon, Aug 01, 2011 - 12:00am

Man who assaulted woman at Belgrade church faces more prison time

ST. PAUL -- Lindon Roy Knutson, 62, of St. Cloud, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of failing to register as a sex offender. Knutson, who was sentenced in...

news / local Thu, Jan 06, 2011 - 12:00am

A matter of faith might ultimately split rural parishes

ROCK VALLE -- A matter of faith is splitting the congregations of some Lutheran churches affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Ch-urch in America. Just over two years ago, the ELCA...

news / region Fri, Dec 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Owners John and Patty Nefstead have spent more than three years transforming the former Grace Lutheran Church in Lake Lillian into an event center. Just this weekend the couple came up with a name for their enterprise: the Kermit Burton Big House. A view of the main floor here shows the choir loft and the roof beams, both of which were preserved. (Tribune photo by Anne Polta)

Born again: Local couple transforms Lake Lillian church into event center

LAKE LILLIAN -- In what used to be the choir loft at Grace Lutheran Church, intimate tables for four are clustered under the rafters of the sloping ceiling. Church pews...

business / local Tue, Dec 14, 2010 - 12:00am

Charles Ulrich III, 18, left, serves a plate of pancakes to Deb Hill of Cook at Calvary Lutheran Church Saturday during the troop's annual Scout pancake feed. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Annual Scout pancake feed

news / local Mon, Nov 29, 2010 - 12:00am

The Rev. Steve Bielenberg, left, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar, and his wife Corinne serve the annual Thanksgiving dinner in 2009. Redeemer will serve again this year on Thanksgiving Day, and Mahanaim Asemblea de Dios Espana is serving Saturday. (Tribune file photo by Ron Adams)

Two Willmar churches offering free Thanksgiving meals to community

WILLMAR -- Two Willmar churches are offering free community meals to help people who can't put a Thanksgiving dinner on the table or who would otherwise be alone on the...

news / local Fri, Nov 19, 2010 - 12:00am

Woman sentenced for Lutheran Social Service theft

WILLMAR -- Jessica Beth Kruger, 29, of Litchfield, was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in jail, five years of probation and a $50 fine on felony theft charge for taking...

news / local Fri, Jul 16, 2010 - 12:00am

St. John's Lutheran School suspends operation for coming year

news / local / region / education Thu, Jun 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Sophie Peterson of Spicer cuts lefse rounds into quarters Monday in preparation for the Faith Lutheran Church traditional Norwegian meal which was served in observation of Syttende Mai. The meal included all of the traditional Scandinavian trimmings and musical performances. Proceeds raised go to Faith Lutheran's Community Garden. Tribune photoby Ron Adams

news / local Tue, May 18, 2010 - 12:00am

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