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February 13, 2019

Erica Dischino / Tribune

Darren Hardebeck looks at the chocolate selection Wednesday at Mr. B’s Chocolates in Willmar.

Sweets for your sweetie

WILLMAR - Customers were buying some last-minute sweet treats Wednesday at Mr. B's Chocolates for their loved ones before Valentine's Day.

community/people February 13, 2019 - 11:04pm

Tom Cherveny / Tribune

Ethan Schwinghammer as an eighth-grader participated in a ride-along with a police officer and knew right then that a career in law enforcement was for him. The 18-year-old is now a licensed peace officer with the Clara City Police Department.

Ride in squad car set 18-year-old on career path; Clara City police officer brings experience as community service officer

CLARA CITY — A ride-along that Ethan Schwinghammer took as an eighth-grade student in the Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa Schools set him on a...

community/people February 13, 2019 - 6:28am

$Erica Dischino / Tribune Bone Builders exercise class participants use weights and other tools Tuesday to increase muscle strength and bone density, which protect against fractures caused by osteoporosis. The class is conducted at the Willmar Community Center.$

Building bones together in Willmar

WILLMAR — Older adults came to build stronger bones Tuesday at the Bone Builders exercise class at the Willmar Community Center. The class...

community/people February 13, 2019 - 6:02am

February 12, 2019

Jeff Belmonte from Cuiabá, Brazil / Flickr via Wikimedia Commons

Kandiyohi County marriage licenses for week ending Feb. 8, 2019

Kandiyohi County marriage licenses Danelle Renae Cook, Osseo; Zachary Harlan Lundstrom, Champlin Doreen Marie Ryan, Rochester; Jason Lee Schrotberger,...

community/people February 12, 2019 - 7:17am

February 10, 2019

Mike Christofiles (Tim Middagh / Forum News Service)

Fifty years later, Minnesota Vietnam vet gets his honors

ROUND LAKE, Minn. — More than 50 years after serving his country as a pathfinder and paratrooper with the 101st Airborne in the Vietnam War,...

community/people February 10, 2019 - 4:59pm

February 5, 2019

Live it! Magazine, February/March 2019, now available online

The February/March 2019 issue of Live it! Magazine is now available online. In this issue we explore victim's rights and advocacy for victims,...

community/people February 5, 2019 - 3:12pm

February 3, 2019

Megan Bah of Hutchinson, Minn., shows some of the breast milk she has collected and donated to a mother in need in St. Paul. Bah and her fiance lost their baby just days before she was due last month.
Special to Forum News Service

Hutchinson mother coping with grief by donating breast milk

HUTCHINSON, Minn. — One late evening last month, Megan Bah noticed that her baby, Eleanor, was not moving as much in her womb as she usually...

community/people February 3, 2019 - 10:55pm

By permission of Boys’ Life Magazine, February 2019, published by the Boy Scouts of America.

Comic strip depicts Brainerd Boy Scout’s lifesaving efforts

BRAINERD, Minn. — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Ben Soukup, Scout in Action! Not many people can say they’ve been immortalized as...

community/people February 3, 2019 - 8:54pm

January 24, 2019

Erica Dischino / Tribune

Liane Yungerberg, left, and Adult Services Librarian Syrena Maranell work on craft projects Wednesday at the Willmar Public Library during the newly designated "Craft and Coloring" session, a combination of formerly separate programs called "Craft Circle" and "Serene Scenes." Attendees can bring their own crafts or use provided supplies for such things as coloring, paper folding or paint by sticker.

Crafting a masterpiece at Willmar Public LIbrary

WILLMAR — Crafters came to create and color Wednesday at the Willmar Public Library. The Craft Circle and Serene Scenes decided to combine...

community/people January 24, 2019 - 7:03am

January 23, 2019

Jayme Closs

Jennie-O, Hormel to donate $25,000 reward directly to Jayme Closs

BARRON, Wis. — Jennie-O Turkey Store and parent company Hormel Foods announced Wednesday that the $25,000 in reward money offered for...

community/people January 23, 2019 - 6:18pm

January 10, 2019

Erica Dischino / Tribune

Willmar High School graduates Linda Hustoft Hinz, left, and Nancy Kamholz French perform the school song Thursday at Hodapp Field in Willmar. The duo graduated in 1977 and were on the cheerleading squad together.

Blast from the past: Two Cardinal cheerleaders, 42 years, 1 friendship, countless memories

WILLMAR — It was 1977. Linda Hustoft Hinz and Nancy Kamholz French were seniors at Willmar High School and on the cheerleading squad together...

community/people January 10, 2019 - 11:21pm

January 9, 2019

Kandiyohi County marriage dissolutions issued December 2018

Kandiyohi County marriage dissolutions Lynn Drever and John Glen Drever, Dec. 4 Lorraine Eulalia King and David Lee King, Dec. 6 Manuel de...

community/people January 9, 2019 - 4:16pm

January 4, 2019

Jeff Belmonte from Cuiabá, Brazil / Flickr via Wikimedia Commons

Kandiyohi County marriage licenses for week ending Jan. 4, 2019

Kandiyohi County marriage licenses Eduardo Antonio Caballero Villamil, Willmar; Leslie Sandy Garcia Juarez, Willmar Keilah Elizabeth Quimby,...

community/people January 4, 2019 - 4:59pm

December 27, 2018

Tom Cherveny / Tribune

Jim Williams, brother to the late Steven Williams, right, visits with Josh Cornelius, left, and Brandon Groenhoff as they watch the Vikings game on Sunday. They were among those who gathered as the Steven Williams Family Trust presented $991,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Minnesota and the Dakotas.

Small setting for a big $991,000 presentation to Muscular Dystrophy Association

CLARKFIELD — The largest gift ever to the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Minnesota and the Dakotas was presented not in a major venue,...

community/people December 27, 2018 - 7:38am

December 22, 2018

Erica Dischino / Tribune

Adam Froehlich, 15, left, looks at the lights under his tree with Chad Koosman at the Celebrate the Light show Wednesday at Robbins Island Park in Willmar.

Adam's tree: Founder of Willmar holiday light display creates special structure for teenage fan he befriended

WILLMAR — Adam Froehlich is on the edge of his seat in his mom's car, nose pressed against the window on the right before he quickly leans...

community/people December 22, 2018 - 6:28am