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    March 14, 2018
    Willmar's Hannah Johnson shields the ball from DeLaSalle's Elaina Jones during the first half of Wednesday's Class AAA state quarterfinal game at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Jake Schultz / Tribuneplay button
    Cards trick: Willmar comes back, downs DeLaSalle in OT at state
    MINNEAPOLIS — To simply call it a comeback would be an understatement. The Willmar girls basketball team dramatically and emphatically...
    sports/basketballMarch 14, 2018 - 9:15pm
    March 12, 2018
    Erica Dischino / Tribune Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon speaks to Ken Heitzman’s history class Friday morning at Willmar Senior High School. Students in the class were able to ask Secretary Simon about his experience in politics and how to become more involved as younger citizens.
    Election security is top of mind for state Secretary of State
    WILLMAR — State and federal officials have been working together to ensure the security of the upcoming midterm elections across the country,...
    news/educationMarch 12, 2018 - 6:35am
    March 1, 2018
    Cael Carlson, middle, congratulates his brother Caden, left, on his win at 106 pounds in Class AAA quarterfinal against Albert Lea at the Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. Curt Hogg / Tribune
    Photo Gallery: Willmar vs. Albert Lea state wrestling
    Photos from Willmar's 50-18 quarterfinal win over Albert Lea at the Class AAA team wrestling state tournament.
    sports/wrestlingMarch 1, 2018 - 12:13pm
    February 23, 2018
    Willmar's Bronwyn Tollefson competes in the beam on Friday during the Class A state meet. Curt Hogg / Tribuneplay button
    Gymnastics: Willmar finishes in 6th place at state
    MINNEAPOLIS—The Willmar gymnastics team capped off its season with a sixth-place finish at the Class A state tournament at the Maturi Pavilion...
    sportsFebruary 23, 2018 - 7:00pm
    December 29, 2017
    Erica Dischino / Tribune Mary and Dave Baker lost their 25-year-old son, Dan Baker, to an opioid addiction in 2011. Dan became addicted to opioids after he was prescribed vicodin to treat a herniated disc. Dave Baker, a member of the state House of Representatives, turned his pain into passion and plans to offer legislation that could make Minnesota the first in the nation to require drug companies to pay a surcharge of one cent on each opioid pill sold.
    Proposed legislation by Willmar's Rep. Baker could make drug companies pay to address addiction
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 29, 2017 - 6:22am
    December 18, 2017
    Rep. Tim Miller
    State Rep. Tim Miller ends campaign for Congress, to run for re-election
    WILLMAR — State Rep. Tim Miller, R-Prinsburg, has ended his campaign for Minnesota's Seventh Congressional District. Instead, Miller will...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 18, 2017 - 12:03pm
    December 13, 2017
    Tom Cherveny / Tribune file photo Lt. Gov. Tina Smith holds the pheasant she shot while joining Rep. Collin Peterson during the 2016 Governor's Pheasant Opener hosted by Montevideo. Peterson applauded the appointment of Smith to the U.S. Senate representing Minnesota, crediting her with being "a good shot."
    Smith praised by Minnesota delegation members
    WILLMAR — Seventh District U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson and Minnesota's two senators weighed in Wednesday on Gov. Mark Dayton's pick to succeed...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 13, 2017 - 10:07pm
    September 6, 2017
    Dr. Stephen Park, a weight loss specalist, takes notes as he talks to Angle Lundsten in late August 2017 after she lost 15 pounds in the past month. Park was set up on the lower level of his rural Ely, Minn., home in lake and forest country. Lundsten was in a clinic near her Hayward, Wis., home. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Rural health: One way around health provider shortage is audio-video hookup
    ELY, Minn. — Angie Lundsten was thrilled. The Hayward, Wis., woman sat in her local medical clinic telling Dr. Stephen Park she had lost...
    newsSeptember 6, 2017 - 9:18pm
    September 4, 2017
    Fast-food workers strike in St. Paul for $15 minimum wage
    ST. PAUL — About 200 fast-food workers and community allies rallied for a strike Monday morning, Sept. 4, to push for a $15 minimum wage. "Hold the burgers, hold the fries, make our wages super sized," attendees chanted, according to Stephanie Gasca, one of the event organizers....
    newsSeptember 4, 2017 - 9:52pm
    September 1, 2017
    A bright light illuminates the teeth of Estrella Paxtor Lopez as dental student Nick Schulte works on her in early August of 2017. Schulte and other University of Minnesota dental students work at Rice Regional Dental Clinic in Willmar, getting experience and learning about rural living. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Rural health: Dental students exposed to rural practice
    WILLMAR, Minn. — Estrella Paxtor Lopez sat motionless in the dental chair, a perfect patient. Dental student Nick Schulte and dental assistant...
    newsSeptember 1, 2017 - 9:31pm
    Rural health: Health professional shortages force changes
    BRAINERD, Minn. — Howard Cronquist baled hay the other day, and also fit in some time to work on one of his farm buildings. That may not...
    newsSeptember 1, 2017 - 9:28pm
    August 23, 2017
    A wooded area between Birch Avenue and Elmwood Drive, which is east of where Jasmine Block went missing, was searched Wednesday morning by a group of volunteers from fire departments around the county. Wade Lerfald with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office led the group. Celeste Edenloff | Forum News Serviceplay button
    Searchers comb areas near trail for signs of missing Alexandria teen
    ALEXANDRIA, Minn.—Law enforcement officials and volunteers spent Wednesday, Aug. 23, searching for any sign of missing Alexandria 15-year-old...
    newsAugust 23, 2017 - 9:50pm
    August 3, 2017
    U.S. Rep, Collin Peterson of Minnesota talks to a Farmfest visitor before a U.S. House Agriculture Committee listening session Thursday, Aug. 3. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Minnesota gives ideas for farm bill
    REDWOOD FALLS — Crop insurance. Organic agriculture. Young farmers. Conservation. Sugar help. Vaccine. Feeding the poor. International...
    newsAugust 3, 2017 - 10:32pm
    August 1, 2017
    Little Falls man dies in ATV crash
    LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — A 30-year-old Little Falls man was killed Sunday when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving crashed on a driveway approach...
    newsAugust 1, 2017 - 11:50am
    Former Cottage Grove pastor sentenced in child porn case
    MINNEAPOLIS — A former youth pastor in Cottage Grove, Minn., is heading to prison for sending sexually explicit images of children to others on social media sites, authorities say. William Leonard Helker, 47, of Pine City, was sentenced in federal court in Minneapolis this past...
    newsAugust 1, 2017 - 10:31am
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