The latest hunting, fishing and wildlife news from Minnesota. Deer, moose, walleye, archery, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources news and more.| West Central Tribune
The Chippewa County Board of Commissioners pledged up to $30,000 to assist in the development of Heritage Haven in a remodeled former church.| West Central Tribune
With older populations, rural counties experience greater natural losses as deaths continue to outpace births. But there is in-migration attributed to people moving from urban to rural areas for jobs.| West Central Tribune
The Renville County Ditch Authority wanted the Minnesota Department of Transportation to pay the $190,100 in added costs, but Court of Appeals says authority wrongly determined U.S. Highway 71 was "obstruction."| West Central Tribune
Yellow Medicine County and Granite Falls were expected to meet Feb. 13 with DNR representatives. Renville County previously met about funds for loss of former Upper Sioux Agency State Park.| West Central Tribune
Lifelong blood donor Larry Peterson, of Wood Lake, reaches 25-gallon milestone, with plans to keep on saving lives.| West Central Tribune
Dillon Clemens and Jacob Cobb recently pleaded guilty to federal charges for drug trafficking. They had served time in the December 2010 murder of their mother at the family's Stevens County home.| West Central Tribune
Tom Cherveny is a regional and outdoors reporter for the West Central Tribune. He has been a reporter with the West Central Tribune since 1993. Cherveny can be reached via email at tcherveny@wctrib.com or by phone at 320-214-4335.| West Central Tribune
Local news stories from Willmar, Minnesota, and more. News, crime, government, traffic, fires, education news and more.| West Central Tribune