A University of Missouri-Columbia journalism student writes of her personal experience at the National Thanksgiving Turkey ceremony Monday in Washington, D.C.| West Central Tribune
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Liberty and Bell, raised in a Jennie-O Turkey Store farm in Willmar, were both pardoned by President Biden Monday, Nov. 20, in Washington, D.C. They will be relocated to the University of Minnesota in St. Paul for the remainder of their lives| West Central Tribune
The Minnesota National Guard will transfer its Olivia Armory building, and additional motor vehicle storage property, to the city of Olivia.| West Central Tribune
The business manager of the school district has resigned. The transportation and payroll budgets are over by large amounts, and there are unpaid bills totaling about $100,000.| West Central Tribune
Two Minnesota turkeys will be presented to the White House in November as part of the 2023 National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation. The turkeys will then be "pardoned" by President Joe Biden.| 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