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Eden Valley man, 51, pleads not guilty in crash that killed Norwegian judge

WILLMAR -- An Eden Valley man has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor speeding charges stemming from an Oct. 5 motor vehicle crash that killed a Norwegian appeals court judge...

news Thu, Mar 03, 2011 - 10:00am

The program "Alt For Norge" -- "Everything for Norway" -- gradually eliminated contestants through a series of physical, cultural and culinary endurance tests.

Americans sought to compete on Norwegian reality show

"The Great Norway Adventure," an uffda-accented TV show that blended "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race" with goat cheese, herring and swimming in fjords, did so well in its debut last...

news / world Fri, Dec 10, 2010 - 9:48am

Ingeborg Eliassen, a correspondent in Washington, D.C., for the Norwegian daily newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad, visits the Tribune Wednesday. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Norwegian candidate: Byberg's accent is heard around the world

WILLMAR -- Voters in Minnesota's 7th Congressional District aren't the only people who have noticed Republican candidate Lee Byberg's Norwegian accent. Ingeborg Eliassen, a correspondent in Washington, D.C., for the...

news / local / region Mon, Nov 01, 2010 - 12:00am

LaVonne Hookom, left, and Jean Berg, both of Willmar, look at photos and books with information about people who came from eastern Norway. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

Finding Norwegian roots in Minn.

WILLMAR -- When early immigrants from eastern Norway organized a reunion in 1913 in Fargo, N.D.

news / local Mon, Sep 14, 2009 - 12:00am

Jane Norman, right, shows Lilly Black, 9, of Superior, Iowa, how to tat Monday during the Norwegian sommerskole at Kultur Hus in Sunburg. Norman and her sister, Ann Black, teach Norwegian heritage crafts, language, dance, music and food during the weeklong classes for children. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

Kultur Hus teaches children lessons of Norwegian heritage

Scandinavian roots grow strong and deep and can travel great distances. Even to New Jersey and Texas.

news / local Tue, Jul 14, 2009 - 12:00am

A quilt shows off the city of Sunburg's Scandinavian heritage. The quilt is one of many items to be raffled off this weekend during the community's Syttende Mai festival. (Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange)

Regional Syttende Mai celebrations . . .

Steeped for years in Norwegian culture and language, the northern Kandiyohi County community of Sunburg will be celebrating Syttende Mai in full fashion next weekend. At 1 p.m. Saturday, May...

extra / region Sat, May 09, 2009 - 5:06pm

Teaching the little ones the ways of Norway

As a circle of pre-schoolers tried to twist their chubby fingers in the complicated fashion required when singing the "Itsy-Bisty Spider" song, their tongues and brains were also undergoing a...

Sat, Oct 18, 2008 - 12:00am

Reassuring Norwegian kin of their value to home country

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The Norwegian charm offensive continues as another high-ranking diplomat tours the area to reassure descendants of the immigrants that they remain "giants in the Earth" --...

Thu, Apr 17, 2008 - 10:00am

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