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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...