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OLIVIA -- As a dozen or more supporters watched, the Renville County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 on Tuesday to apply for Legacy funds to acquire lands for an off-highway vehicle park. The proposed park would be developed in the Minnesota River Valley on 272 acres of land to...

Hats off from the Willmar Post-Prom Party Committee to the generous local businesses and all the volunteers, especially Veterans on the Home Front and Calvary Church, who supported the event. "We couldn't have done it without you!" the committee says.

Hats off from Naida Carlson to the person who took her purse to the service counter at Cash Wise after she accidentally left it while packing her groceries. She writes, "I thank you."

Hats off from the Willmar Optimist Club to the more than 275 area merchants that purchased ticket packages for the recent Jose Cole Circus performances. Tickets were distributed to six area grade schools, Willmar Area Food Shelf, various day care centers, West Central Industries,...

Hats off from Winnie Palm to the person who found a lost check in the parking lot at Skylark Mall on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 25. She writes, "He picked it up and brought it inside to the first lady he saw. Karen was sitting behind an admittance desk for the eye clinic. She, in turn,...

Hats off from June Lynne and the Chippewa County Historical Society to the 122 students from Roosevelt Elementary and 17 from Community Christian School who participated in Heritage Week at Chippewa Village in Montevideo. Lynne writes, "They were polite and considerate to the other...

Hats off to everyone who helped with Willmar High School's prom and post-prom party, especially the chairpersons of the post-prom, Beth Piepenburg and Janell Olson. Their efforts, time and energy produced a fun and safe evening for the 275 students that attended from midnight to 4:30...

Hats off from Monica Villars to the gentleman who gave DEMO Inc, formerly Svea School, a gift of clearing out its parking area. Villars wrote, "It was greatly appreciated and we wanted to share with others this random act of kindness that meant a lot to us!"

SAN DIEGO -- Being liberal means never having to say you're sorry. Not when you, with Machiavellian flair, cheapen the attempted assassination of a congresswoman, the killing of six bystanders and the wounding of 13 others by seizing it as an opportunity to smear a rival and discredit...

Hats off to the people who helped launch the "Cans for Kids" trailer at Cullen's parking lot. All the aluminum cans tossed in this month raised $550 to help preserve music programs in the Willmar Public Schools. A special hats off to Gregg Hansen and his Hansen Silo Company employees...

Hats off to the guys who kept the parking lot cleaned off at Cash Wise during the last couple of snow storms, from a Willmar shopper. It made grocery shopping a whole bunch easier.