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WILLMAR — Minnesota’s students scored better than last year in state standardized tests in math but not quite as well in science. The kids took reading tests, too, but those scores can’t be compared, because the test was new this year. The days of frequent changes in standards...

WILLMAR — To hear the girls talk about it, spending a couple hours in the Wal-Mart parking lot was one of the best things they did this...

WILLMAR - They have plenty of time to plan their futures, but 27 Willmar-area students are spending this week at Ridgewater College exploring their future career options. Ridgewater College Summer Camp, which focuses on a wide array of careers, leadership, team building and sportsmanship,...

WILLMAR -- Dale Martin watched his son Spencer change and grow into a responsible adult in the past two years, thanks to Focus House. Spencer, 21, has learned what it's like to have a job and has had a couple different ones, including one at the West Central Tribune. "He's more...

WILLMAR — Michelle Syverson stood in the dressing room and turned to show off the strapless ball gown she had tried on. “I love the color green,” she said, and the dress with its beaded and fitted top fit her perfectly. Michelle, a junior at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg High School,...

WILLMAR — This Christmas, more than 1,000 local children will have gifts under the tree thanks to some generous donations — including one from 130 eighth-grade students. On Wednesday, eighth-graders from Willmar Middle School presented the Salvation Army with a check for $1,015,...

GROVE CITY -- On Friday morning, 48 Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City fourth-graders braved the cold and a few raindrops to harvest vegetables from the...