West Central Tribune Minute

A West Central Tribune Minute feature story: Two years before Rockin’ Robbins became a reality, a group of friends from the two Rotary clubs in Willmar would travel to St. Cloud for Summertime by George, a summer concert series put on by the St. Cloud Rotary Club. Over six years of operation, the Rockin' Robbins concert series has raised around $301,000.

A West Central Tribune Minute feature story: Many communities in southwestern Minnesota have engaged in art projects and programs to create community togetherness and civic engagement.

A West Central Tribune Minute feature story: Jennie-O Turkey Store will return this year to the streets of New York City, represented on national TV with a glittering turkey-shaped float in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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A West Central Tribune Minute podcast about the sale of Dot's Pretzels sale for $1.2 billion.

A WCT Minute Podcast feature: A unique working relationship between a former dairy farmer from Blomkest, two former poultry farmers from Danube and a high-tech engineering company in Willmar could produce the first commercial-scale saltwater shrimp to be born, raised and processed in Minnesota.

A West Central Tribune Minute feature story: Giving customers “revolutionary solutions” to help them “feed the world” was the driving force that engineers at Nova-Tech Engineering in Willmar used to develop an all-in-one piece of equipment that performs multiple tasks to prepare fresh shrimp for market.

Fagen Fighters WWII Museum of Granite Falls, Minnesota, has received one of the recreational aviation community's highest honors, as the museum’s aircraft was awarded a Gold Lindy award at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

The Tribune publishes Records as part of its obligation to inform readers about the business of public institutions and to serve as a keeper of the local historical record.
All items are written by Tribune staff members based on information contained in public documents from the state court system and from law enforcement agencies.
It is the Tribune’s policy that this column contain a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.

Minnesota required every public school district to offer a distance learning option for its students during the first full school year of the pandemic. When schools opened this fall for in-person learning, they were no longer required to offer an off-site option.