West Central Tribune Minute

Located in the former Mill Pond Mercantile building in downtown New London, the 7,500-square-foot Lucky Duck is filled floor to ceiling with shelves of games, toys, puzzles, books and opportunities for hands-on play. There’s also hand-dipped ice cream, popcorn and old-fashioned sweet treats in the two-story toy store with a mission of fun.

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Benson and New London-Spicer school districts added new performing arts centers to address the need for a sustainable way for their students to perform, and also for their communities' needs for an event space.

New buildings, additions and remodeling are under construction or have been finished in the Willmar, New London-Spicer, Litchfield, MACCRAY, Paynesville Area, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City and other districts.

As the MPTL celebrates its fifth anniversary, staff are keenly aware of the potential for a future widespread avian influenza, but hopeful that if on-the-farm safeguards continue to be followed — along with the well-equipped and well-trained laboratory — that diseases can be kept in check.

The MNyou Youth vegetable garden near Willmar is located on a scenic former horse pasture owned by Brent and Debbie Larson, just north of Willmar. Currently, about three acres of land is used for the gardens — with plans to expand and add another two acres next year by building terraces on the sloping hills.

Building on the foresight and leadership of local dairy farmers from 100 years ago, a major expansion at the First District Association in Litchfield has prepared the farmer-owned cooperative for the next century.

A WCT Sportscast for Nov. 5 on the West Central Tribune Minute podcast.

A West Central Tribune Minute podcast for Nov. 5, 2021.

It has been a long time in coming, but the end is finally in sight for the Willmar Connector and Industrial Access Project, better known as the Willmar Wye.