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Obituaries
Eugene (Gene) Hiram Schmalz...
School funding in limbo
WWG — It’s a case of taking money from one pocket and putting it into another one, paraphrasing what superintendent Loy Woelber told the board last week at the monthly board meeting. ...
obituaries
Roger C. Erickson...
After the fire, the work continues
When the Lynnview Apartments burned down Aug. 9, it didn’t take long for the public to be inundated with information about the huge fire....
WWG joins 23 area schools in early start
WWG — For the most part all the T’s have been crossed and all the I’s have been dotted. Everything has been cleaned, floors waxed, repairs made, classrooms set up, and all appears ready to go at Westbrook and Walnut Grove schools for the 2010-2011 school year....
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Between the Lines
I recently read reports that some homes in Worthington have been infested with bed bugs. ...
Between the Lines
It virtually has been a very short summer. It seems like it was just a few short weeks ago since graduation, and now school is starting next Monday already. The reason school is starting early is that 23 districts in southwest Minnesota put together an academic plan which i...
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Hoyt Oil & Convenience celebrating 70 years
WALNUT GROVE — Hoyt Oil and Convenience will be marking 70 years serving the community with automotive services including gas, oil, car sales, and mechanical work. ...
Lads Manufacturing Sold
Walnut grove — One of the oldest continuous family businesses was sold on Main Street of the city. The business, Lads Manufacturing, has been a fixture on Main Street since 1938 when Lad Ourada started it. ...
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Streets are a go in Westbrook
westbrook — The Westbrook City Council members were pleasantly surprised when they opened the bids for the 2010 street improvement project. The four bidders all were substantially lower than the engineers opinion of probable cost of $2,122,232.50. ...
City owned fiber optics starting to pay off
Edmonds has a problem. It has 24 strands of fiber optic cable (a fiber optic backbone), and city staff and Community Technology Advisory Committee (CTAC) are working to figure out what to do with it. ...
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Coming back home
Westbrook — Its been a long road for Dr. Andy Kopperud and his wife Krista to get back to their native home area. ...
Gardeners, food bank benefit from community garden
The Edmonds Floretum Garden Club 's own Edmonds Community Garden at the corner of 84th and 231st St. in Edmonds is looking fabulous....
‘Paying It Forward’ pays back
You know the concept of “Paying It Forward.” Good deeds will be passed on, although it shouldn’t be about money; it should be about the goodness of people....
Young girl with a big heart
Sophia Ward may only be 6 years old, but she’s already capable of making up her mind to do some pretty big things in her life – and then following up on them....
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Chargers will be a strong contender in the conference
WWG — Duo head coaches Carter Ross, and Leo Theisen in their 13th year of coaching together, are optimistic about the 2010 squad. Despite losing a large number of seniors they feel there is a good core of experienced players returning to help...
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