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Ex-Willmar Rail Steve Wetterling batted designated hitter for the Midway Snurdbirds, who won the Class C title in dramatic fashion over the Moorhead Brewers on Monday. The Birds had a...

At the end of October on the football field in Hutchinson, the Cardinals varsity football team seemed beaten coming off the bus. The Tigers were huge, obviously more muscular and...

With this the weekend of the Eagle Creek Golf Club Match Play championship, it's a good time to bring up the name of D.N. Tallman. David Newton Tallman won three...

Casey Johnson has the Willmar Cardinals wrestling program on an upward trajectory but he won't be on board to savor it. The 29-year-old physical education teacher will be teaching and...

Tennis tournaments are part of the Willmar summer. It wasn't always this way. The Rice brothers, twins Brad and Bryan, while still in high school, decided something was missing during...

One of Bryan Thiery's last chores as an activities director at the YMCA was to supervise the Law Day/Memorial 5k at Robbins Island. "I'm going to miss the people the...

Danny Anderson, an ex-Cardinal, will join the Dakota professional golf tour in July. The 26-year-old St. Cloud State graduate said it's the first step in his goal to reach one...

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Long-time teammates Andrea Brown and Callie Nelsen close out their respective four-year softball careers at Gustavus Adolphus this spring. The best scenario would be a return trip to the Division...

After three years on the Willmar Cardinal varsity and two with the Ridgewater College Warriors, Casey Sussenguth leaves town next fall to attend Southwest Minnesota State University. "I really wanted...

Willmar met Hutchinson in the section football semifinals last Halloween. The Tigers hung a 30-point loss on the Cardinals. The outfits have changed for the section basketball final, but many...