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Willmar, Minn., elementary reading scores showing improvement

WILLMAR — Willmar’s elementary students have improved their reading skills in the first half of the school year, and in some cases the improvement has been dramatic. The Willmar School...

news / education Wed, Feb 13, 2013 - 10:53pm

Willmar author and Tracy native Scott Thoma, left, is a frequent speaker on his first book, "Out of the Blue,'' and in the process has won support from many well-known personalities, including WCCO's Don Shelby. (Submitted)

Willmar, Minn., author gets it right in first book

showcase / local / region Thu, Aug 23, 2012 - 9:31am

The books contained in these boxes will be mailed through the United Way of West Cnetral Minnesota's participation in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program. The United Way has been involved in the program for seven years. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Imagination Library helps instill a love of reading in littlest learners

WILLMAR -- Amid the research about early childhood learning, one of the figures that jumps out at Renee Nolting is this: By the time children from families with limited resources...

news / local / education Sat, Jun 09, 2012 - 12:00am

Children will explore the night with Willmar, Minn., summer reading program

WILLMAR -- Children will explore the wonders of the night as they "Dream Big - Read" with the annual children's summer reading program at Willmar Public Library. This year's theme...

news / local / education Mon, Jun 04, 2012 - 12:00am

Perfect activity

news / local Sat, Jan 08, 2011 - 12:00am

Victoria Lucht looks at a magazine Thursday while sitting in Willmar Public Library's designated teen area. The "teen zone" features comfortable chairs, big windows and a bright carpet and acts as a colorful refuge for teens to enjoy some quite time. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Willmar Public Library inaugurates new designated space designed just for teens

WILLMAR -- Shhh! Teens only, please. Comfy armchairs, a colorful rug, tables by the window and shelves laden with young-adult books mark a new venture by the Willmar Public Library...

news / local Mon, Jul 12, 2010 - 12:00am

Toss a couple of these books in your beach bag

WILLMAR -- The season of beaches, hammocks and road trips is officially upon us: why not occupy the lazy afternoons of summer with a book? Beach chairs and car rides...

news / local Mon, Jun 21, 2010 - 12:00am

Tribune photo by Ron Adams
Kathy Torkelson, children's librarian at Willmar Public Library, assists Beau Quisberg, 4, of Pennock, as he plants flower seeds Wednesday inside a cup assembled from an old newspaper. Quisberg was participating in a garden-themed story hour at the library. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Planting a seed

news / local Thu, Apr 29, 2010 - 12:00am

Denise Specht, secretary-treasurer of Education Minnesota, reads from the book "Broken Blade" during Sara Rucker's class Tuesday at Willmar Middle School. Specht visited the school as part of the annual Read Across America event. All students at the Middle School are assigned the book as part of a grant the school received that also paid to bring the book's author, William Durbin, to Willmar. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Expanding literary minds

news / local Wed, Mar 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Maddie Evans, 9, reads Wednesday with her Rotary "reading buddy" Shannon Becker during a noon recess at Kennedy School in Willmar. Every Wednesday, members of the Willmar Lakes Area Rotary Club visit students at local schools and read with them. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Reading buddies

news / local Thu, Jan 28, 2010 - 12:00am

Matt Peterson holds his daughter, Edda, 1, as his son Oscar, 3, sits nearby Thursday while they listen to a storybook read out loud inside the Prairie Woods Elementary School gymnasium in New London. The Petersons were participating in the Fathers Reading Every Day program, sponsored by New London-Spicer Early Childhood Family Education. Later in the evening, dads read to their children in the darkened gym with blankets and flashlights at hand. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

The wonder of words

news / local Fri, Jan 22, 2010 - 12:00am

Brad Hopman reads "Caps for Sale" during Dads and Kids Night Out on Tuesday at Kennedy Elementary School in Willmar. The event, for children age 7 and below, was held to encourage children to read and was part of the Fathers Reading Every Day program. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

The wonders of the written word

news / education / local Wed, Nov 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Hats off to Reading Buddy Program

Hats off from child guides Deb Kleven, Leah Thorpe and Christine Hilbert to the volunteers from the Rotary Club's Reading Buddy Program. These volunteers came once a week and spent...

opinion / letters Mon, May 04, 2009 - 12:00am

Chris Campos, right, a fifth-grader at Roosevelt Elementary in Willmar, reads a book Thursday with Dr. Marv Napgezek during Reading Buddies. The eight-week program matches 12 adults and 12 students over the noon hour on Thursdays for 20 minutes of reading followed by lunch in the school cafeteria. Students are able to share their favorite books and interests with an adult from the community. Napgezek, who is semi-retired, heard of the program from a friend and decided to volunteer. Tribune photo by Rand ...

Reading and a lunch

news / local / news Fri, Feb 20, 2009 - 12:00am

NLS students surpassing state expectations in reading, but not in math

NEW LONDON -- Results from the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments-Series II (MCA-II) tests were presented to the New London-Spicer School Board Monday during its regular meeting. According to the test results,...

local Tue, Oct 14, 2008 - 12:00am

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