The Ridgewater College hill on the east side of the Willmar campus is a top spot for winter fun.
Ben Hannig, 4, flies down the sliding hill at Ridgewater College in Willmar on Presidents Day with the temperature soaring to 37 degrees on a calm day. (RAND MIDDLETON | TRIBUNE)
Fundraising is underway to move the giant ball of twine from the Highland, Wisconsin, home of creator James Frank Kotera, who died last month at age 75, 44 years after starting the big ball.
Mike Clemens, a farmer from Wimbledon, North Dakota, was literally (and figuratively) “blown away,” when his equipment shed collapsed under a snow load.