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Kandiyohi Co., Minn., hopes to be in running for dairy research, teaching center

WILLMAR -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture this week announced the formation of a new Dairy Research, Teaching and Consumer Education Authority whose main task will be to oversee the...

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Editorial: MCROC opening is a vital addition, MinnWest Tech gets a great partner

"Folks, this is a big deal." -- U of M Regent Dean Johnson The official opening of the University of Minnesota's new Mid-Central Research and Outreach Center on the MinnWest...

opinion / editorials Thu, May 17, 2012 - 12:00am

Mid-Central Research and Outreach Center to host official opening Tuesday in Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR -- University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler will visit Willmar on Tuesday to meet with community and business leaders and to mark the official opening of the university's Mid-Central...

news / local Sat, May 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Stacy Bender blogs about her life and thoughts at slowingtheracingmind.areavoices.com.

Areavoices: Komen controversy sparks discussion, awareness

Controversy apparently is calling to me this week! On Wednesday, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a national fundraising and donating organization that promotes breast cancer awareness and research, announced...

life Fri, Feb 03, 2012 - 8:43am

Tribune readers invited to complete market research study, qualify for gift cards drawing

The West Central Tribune is conducting a market research study in the newspaper's readership area. All individuals completing the online survey will be eligible for drawing for one of five...

life / news / local Fri, Jan 06, 2012 - 6:58am

American Opinion: On a U.S. federal judge's stem cell research ruling

From The Associated Press An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: On a U.S. federal judge's stem cell research ruling: A federal judge has seen through...

opinion / commentary Mon, Sep 13, 2010 - 12:00am

Dr. Robert Jones, senior vice president at the University of Minnesota, meets Tuesday with local officials at the Minn-West Technology Campus in Willmar. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

University officials outline plans for a research, outreach center in Willmar

WILLMAR -- The opening of a University of Minnesota research and outreach center at the MinnWest Technology Campus will open new doors for regional partnerships in the biosciences, university officials...

news / local Wed, Aug 04, 2010 - 12:00am

Luminaries line the track during the Kandiyohi County Relay For Life in this 2009 file photo. The middle one honors Zachary Madsen, who was diagnosed with cancer at 3 months old. He has now been cancer-free for 10 years. Luminaries also honor those who have lost the fight against cancer. Submitted photo courtesy of Kim Madsen of the American Cancer Society

Relay For Life teams walk for 12 hours to raise money for cancer research

WILLMAR -- In the pre-dawn hours of Saturday morning, long after most Willmar residents have gone to sleep, hundreds of determined, caffeinated people will still be awake and working to...

news / local Fri, Jul 23, 2010 - 12:00am

Jennifer Kingery, research coordinator at Willmar Regional Cancer Center, collects and enters data for a patient who's being tracked through a clinical study. The cancer center last month joined the Minnesota Metro Community Clinical Oncology Program, which will quintuple the number of clinical trials available locally. Tribune photo by Anne Polta

Research program at Willmar Regional Cancer Center expands, enhancing patients' options

WILLMAR -- Jennifer King-ery's desk is laden with daunting-looking files and paperwork. One of the files belongs to a former cancer patient who participated in a clinical trial at the...

news / local Tue, Apr 06, 2010 - 12:00am

Dr. Shawn Schottler, senior scientist with the University of Minnesota St. Croix Research Station, spoke in Willmar on Wednesday about research that used the "fingerprint" of lead and cesium isotopes to identify the sources of sediment reaching Lake Pepin. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Minnesota River's sediment load growing

WILLMAR -- Like a stuck accelerator pedal, we've speeded up the delivery of sediment to Lake Pepin so that it will fill up in a mere 300 or so years,...

outdoors Sat, Feb 06, 2010 - 12:00am

Geothermal firm helps warm a cool economy

APPLETON -- Appleton is celebrating welcome news on the jobs front after learning that one of its homegrown manufacturing operations will soon be doubling its output and increasing employment. Econar's...

business Tue, Nov 03, 2009 - 12:00am

Willmar native might be unknown soldier buried in France

Oscar E. and Anna Anderson of Willmar died believing that their only son had been buried at sea after being killed in action during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France,...

news / local / region Sat, Oct 24, 2009 - 12:00am

Commentary: Too many eggs in Obama's basket

WASHINGTON -- As he lifted the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research Monday, President Barack Obama proclaimed that scientific decisions now will be made "on facts, not...

opinion / commentary Thu, Mar 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Minnesota has more than 27,000 miles of open ditches, and from the earliest days, as depicted in this old newspaper clipping, they were designed on what might be a flawed premise. The channels were designed only for peak flow events, and not the low water flows that occur through much of the season. That has led to never ending and costly maintenance due to sediment build up. Submitted photo

Can 'self-sustaining ditches' clean up waters?

WILLMAR -- There are 27,000 miles of open ditches in Minnesota, and quite possibly, every mile has been built based on a flawed design. Engineers have always designed ditches to...

news / local / news Tue, Feb 17, 2009 - 12:00am

This building on the MinnWest Technology Campus in Willmar will house the new biotechnology research and business development center.

Biosciences center slated for Willmar's Minnwest campus

WILLMAR - A $2.5 million bioscience research laboratory and business development center is being launched on the MinnWest Technology Campus, providing a major step for the future of the campus,...

state / local / state / state Tue, Oct 21, 2008 - 12:00am

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