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The West Central Tribune photographer rounded up some of the best photos from 2019. From town parades, to weather fun to protests, here is the year in review in photos.
A 2019 Year in Review of top news stories will be published in Saturday's West Central Tribune.
1/A bar made out of ice blocks was one of the features during the Spicer Ice Castle Lighting Ceremony Jan. 19 on Saulsbury Beach. After the ceremony, there was a dance with a performance by the Dam Jammers. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
2/Willmar Fire Department first responders use brooms to push water Jan. 30 out of the Kandi Mall after a sprinkler pipe broke. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
3/Erica Dischino / Tribune Sophomore Sierra Strickland, left, waits with her date senior Lincoln Shinn for the grand march to start Friday evening before the 2019 Willmar Senior High School Prom in Willmar.
4/Erica Dischino / Tribune Water spouts out of a fountain while children play beneath it at the splash pad in Willmar.
5/Miyosiw Beaver, 8, pets a horse during the Wish I Had a Horse Camp held by 4-H members and Willmar Community Education Wednesday at the Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds 4-H Arena in Willmar. The camp provided children who are interested in horses the opportunity to learn more about them. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
6/Erica Dischino / Tribune Willmar Fests candidates hold hands before finding out who receives the crown at the Willmar Fests ambassador coronation Saturday at the Willmar Education and Arts Center auditorium in Willmar.
7/Paddlers hang out in their kayaks Friday morning in New London before taking off into Mill Pond during the Kayak the Crow River program held by Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center. Erica Dischino / Tribune
8/Aubriella Thompson, 2, wears American pride face paint, cat ears and butterfly wings Thursday morning while waiting for the annual July 4 Grand Day Parade in Spicer. Erica Dischino / Tribune
9/Sam Weber, 12, leads the Boy Scouts of America Troop 228 during the Water Days Grand Parade on Saturday in downtown New London. Erica Dischino / Tribune
10/Fair-goers enjoy a ride Wednesday evening on opening day of the Kandiyohi County Fair in Willmar. Erica Dischino / Tribune
11/Katherine Walton, 11, sets up her locker Tuesday at Willmar Middle School in Willmar for the first day school. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
12/Kohlson Hinnenkamp, 5, left, says goodbye to Elaine Bengtson with Rylee Andreasen, 4, during an intergenerational program held Monday at Carris Health Rice Care Center in Willmar. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
13/Melissa Anderson, left, gives Louie Reisig a twirl under the disco lights Friday at the American Legion in Willmar during the annual Advocacy and Inclusion Matter fall dance. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
14/Armored combat competitors battle it out Saturday during the first ever “War in ihe North: The Iron Horde Strikes Back” competition at the Meeker County Fairgrounds in Litchfield. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
15/Laughing in her Halloween headband, Jan Hartman participates in a water aerobics class Wednesday at the Kandiyohi County YMCA in Willmar. Hartman purchased the majority of headbands for the class so participants could partake in Halloween fun. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
16/The cast of “Newsies” performs Tuesday during a dress rehearsal at Willmar Senior High School in Willmar. Showtimes are 7 p.m. tonight through Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at the Willmar High School Brau Performing Arts Center. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
17/A protester chants along with crowd outside of Kennedy Elementary School Thursday evening in Willmar as part of a prayer vigil before an anti-Islam speaker presented by THEE Book Club. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
18/Jonah Batres, 2, takes a bite of snow outside of his house Wednesday in Willmar after the snowstorm. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
19/Mamie Holm, a 105-year-old Sunrise Village resident, fixes an ornament on her tree Tuesday in her apartment at the independent living apartment complex in Willmar. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
1/A bar made out of ice blocks was one of the features during the Spicer Ice Castle Lighting Ceremony Jan. 19 on Saulsbury Beach. After the ceremony, there was a dance with a performance by the Dam Jammers. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
2/Willmar Fire Department first responders use brooms to push water Jan. 30 out of the Kandi Mall after a sprinkler pipe broke. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
3/Erica Dischino / Tribune Sophomore Sierra Strickland, left, waits with her date senior Lincoln Shinn for the grand march to start Friday evening before the 2019 Willmar Senior High School Prom in Willmar.
4/Erica Dischino / Tribune Water spouts out of a fountain while children play beneath it at the splash pad in Willmar.
5/Miyosiw Beaver, 8, pets a horse during the Wish I Had a Horse Camp held by 4-H members and Willmar Community Education Wednesday at the Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds 4-H Arena in Willmar. The camp provided children who are interested in horses the opportunity to learn more about them. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
6/Erica Dischino / Tribune Willmar Fests candidates hold hands before finding out who receives the crown at the Willmar Fests ambassador coronation Saturday at the Willmar Education and Arts Center auditorium in Willmar.
7/Paddlers hang out in their kayaks Friday morning in New London before taking off into Mill Pond during the Kayak the Crow River program held by Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center. Erica Dischino / Tribune
8/Aubriella Thompson, 2, wears American pride face paint, cat ears and butterfly wings Thursday morning while waiting for the annual July 4 Grand Day Parade in Spicer. Erica Dischino / Tribune
9/Sam Weber, 12, leads the Boy Scouts of America Troop 228 during the Water Days Grand Parade on Saturday in downtown New London. Erica Dischino / Tribune
10/Fair-goers enjoy a ride Wednesday evening on opening day of the Kandiyohi County Fair in Willmar. Erica Dischino / Tribune
11/Katherine Walton, 11, sets up her locker Tuesday at Willmar Middle School in Willmar for the first day school. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
12/Kohlson Hinnenkamp, 5, left, says goodbye to Elaine Bengtson with Rylee Andreasen, 4, during an intergenerational program held Monday at Carris Health Rice Care Center in Willmar. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
13/Melissa Anderson, left, gives Louie Reisig a twirl under the disco lights Friday at the American Legion in Willmar during the annual Advocacy and Inclusion Matter fall dance. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
14/Armored combat competitors battle it out Saturday during the first ever “War in ihe North: The Iron Horde Strikes Back” competition at the Meeker County Fairgrounds in Litchfield. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
15/Laughing in her Halloween headband, Jan Hartman participates in a water aerobics class Wednesday at the Kandiyohi County YMCA in Willmar. Hartman purchased the majority of headbands for the class so participants could partake in Halloween fun. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
16/The cast of “Newsies” performs Tuesday during a dress rehearsal at Willmar Senior High School in Willmar. Showtimes are 7 p.m. tonight through Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at the Willmar High School Brau Performing Arts Center. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
17/A protester chants along with crowd outside of Kennedy Elementary School Thursday evening in Willmar as part of a prayer vigil before an anti-Islam speaker presented by THEE Book Club. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
18/Jonah Batres, 2, takes a bite of snow outside of his house Wednesday in Willmar after the snowstorm. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
19/Mamie Holm, a 105-year-old Sunrise Village resident, fixes an ornament on her tree Tuesday in her apartment at the independent living apartment complex in Willmar. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
