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    October 13, 2012
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    Visitor from South America's most democratic nation arrives as election campaigns heats up
    MONTEVIDEO -- Uruguay is lauded as the most democratic nation in South America, and its people pride themselves on their involvement in politics...
    news/educationOctober 13, 2012 - 12:00am
    August 18, 2012
    Kari Michelson, a United Way volunteer, helps collect school supplies as part of the Stuff the Bus event Friday. The United Way of West Central Minnesota has been collecting donated school supplies since July to be distributed to families in need. The drive wrapped up with the actual "Stuff the Bus" event Friday at the Dairy Queen on First Street in Willmar. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)
    United Way's Stuff the Bus collects school supplies for west central Minn.families
    WILLMAR -- As families gear up for the start of another school year, the local community and the United Way of West Central Minnesota are trying...
    newsAugust 18, 2012 - 12:00am
    July 2, 2012
    Schwanke, farmer from Willmar, Minn., leaves $1M estate to Nature Conservancy
    WILLMAR -- A Willmar man who farmed in Swift and Kandiyohi counties has left his $1 million estate to The Nature Conservancy. The Nature Conservancy...
    newsJuly 2, 2012 - 9:44am
    April 19, 2012
    Ridgewater College instructor honored by MnSCU as an Educator of the Year
    Shawn Mueske, a biology instructor at Ridgewater College, was honored this week with an Educator of the Year award from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees. Four faculty members at MnSCU institutions were chosen for the honor. The Educator of the Year...
    sportsApril 19, 2012 - 3:09pm
    Video: Feed the Children Packaging Event in Willmar, Minn.
    Feed the Children Packaging Event in Willmar, Minn., on Feb. 18, 2012. Volunteers from 29 churches in the Willmar area gather to package food packages for Somalian refugees.
    newsFebruary 19, 2012 - 1:43pm
    February 1, 2012
    Letter: No home run for Obama
    I watched Jan. 24 as President Obama hit one over the left field fence. Too bad bases weren't loaded with players like "Spending Cuts," "Debt Reduction" and "Keystone Pipeline." Perhaps his coaches should have signaled for some sacrifices earlier in the game so his team wouldn't...
    newsFebruary 1, 2012 - 12:00am
    December 17, 2011
    Warm the Children at 67 percent of goal
    WILLMAR -- With just over a week to go until Christmas, the West Central Tribune's 2011 Warm the Children campaign is at only 67 percent of its holiday goal. Goal of this year's drive is $40,000. A total of 387 donations have been received during the 2011 campaign. To date, donations...
    newsDecember 17, 2011 - 12:00am
    September 13, 2011
    Freeze warning issued, temperature to drop to 28 Wednesday night
    WILLMAR -- The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for much of central and south central Minnesota for Wednesday evening into Thursday morning. The Weather Service is expecting a low temperature of 28 degrees overnight in Willmar and low temps in the upper 20s and...
    newsSeptember 13, 2011 - 3:44pm
    January 12, 2011
    Musburger's 'This is for all the Tostitos' line rolls into sports history
    sportsJanuary 12, 2011 - 12:00pm
    January 10, 2011
    Warm the Children just shy of 2010 goal
    WILLMAR -- One week into the new year, the 2010 Warm the Children campaign is just short of its goal of $39,000. Donations to-date total $38,892 from upwards of 510 individual donations, including some 73 anonymous donations.
    newsJanuary 10, 2011 - 12:00am
    January 8, 2011
    The last time Reed Aronow visited Montevideo was in October 2009, when he rode into town on his bicycle as part of a 700-mile circuit around the state. On this most recent visit, Aronow toured the area along the Minnesota River on cross country skis with his hosts. He came to speak on his role as Minnesota's youth delegate to the world conference on climate change. Tribune photos by Tom Cherveny
    Changing climate
    MONTEVIDEO -- There's still time and all the incentives in the world to do something about climate change before Minnesotans, as one wag put...
    newsJanuary 8, 2011 - 12:00am
    December 31, 2010
    Long-dead Billy the Kid denied parole by New Mexico governor
    SANTA FE, N.M. -- Billy the Kid, the Old West outlaw who killed at least three lawmen and tried to cut a deal from jail with territorial authorities,...
    news/nationDecember 31, 2010 - 9:14am
    December 18, 2010
    Warm the Children at only 72 percent of goal
    WILLMAR -- With less than a week to Christmas, the annual Warm the Children campaign is at only 72 percent of its 2010 goal of $39,000. As the colder temperatures and snowfall have set in, the Warm the Children campaign coordinators have been busy arranging shopping for children...
    newsDecember 18, 2010 - 12:00am
    December 11, 2010
    Children help Warm the Children program
    WILLMAR -- "Let's do Warm the Children, because we're helping children and we are children." That is the statement made by a member of Scooter's Dozen 11th-grade confirmation class at the Church of St.
    newsDecember 11, 2010 - 12:00am
    November 27, 2010
    Warm the Children slowly coming in
    WILLMAR -- Contributions are slowly starting to come in for the 2010 Warm the Children campaign. The goal of this year's drive is $39,000. Last year, the Warm the Children campaign took in $40,004, exceeding a goal of $38,000. The donations received helped to clothe 550 children...
    newsNovember 27, 2010 - 12:00am
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