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U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua W. Meyer has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal for participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving at an overseas forward operating base.

Norwegian sweaters, Swedish crystal, Danish iron candleworks and the gnarled-nosed trolls that cross all Scandinavian borders are no longer for sale in downtown Willmar.

A teenager from Texas drowned in a Kandiyohi County lake on Saturday. Police say Oscar Ramirez, 17, began struggling while swimming in Games Lake in rural New London, Minn.

A Clear Lake woman died today when the motorcycle she was riding on swerved to avoid another vehicle and rolled near New London.

Nestled in a heavily wooded area just outside New London, the country home of Graden and Becky West is virtually 100 percent energy efficient thanks to a rotating solar panel that follows the sun.

Anglers have been known to stretch the truth from time to time. In today's era, with the Internet providing a quick, source of information, rumors travel fast.

The Quill traveled along with Margaret Schrader, Carman and Marilyn Huss, of Media to New London, Minnesota in February to see daughter, Penny Hunter and the grandchildren.

Xcel Energy customers in parts of Stearns, Kandiyohi and Meeker counties could go without power until early Friday.

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Six cities, seven days, 500 miles. That's what's in store for one area college student who plans to join 134 others in an event that turns a summer hobby into a vehicle for an act of charity.

On May 23, back in 1998,I stood out on a wooded hill behind a church in New London, MN.

Minnesota Woman Gives Aid to Myanmar Survivors Published Date: 05-10-2008 10:54 PM CT In State News. via KEYC

Christine Gerding, Jason Hellickson Hubie and Cathy Gerding of Hawick announce the engagement of their daughter, Christine, to Jason Hellickson, son of Dave and Sandy Hellickson of Brooten. via St. Cloud Times Online

Cathedral Baseball at Sauk Centre has been postponed. The game will be made up as part of a double-header on May 6 in Cloud. via St. Cloud Times Online

Dawn Olson and Ryan Fostervold were married Jan. 5 at East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, New London. via St. Cloud Times Online

NEW LONDON - Two children were treated for minor injuries at a Willmar hospital and released after their school bus was hit broadside by a tractor-trailer about 4 p.m. Monday. via St. Cloud Times Online

It took a little longer than normal, but the 2008 Spicer Winterfest Ice Castle is finished.

Mike Lint of Wee Kut Ice Company of New London says they were slowed by a couple things. The ice thickness varied from 17 to 24 inches so some blocks had to be shaved to match. And warm weekend weather caused a back wall to topple so it had to be rebuilt.

Lint says the blocks were bigger than normal and harder to manipulate, but Willmar Crane Service helped out with the construction, which took about two weeks. Read more

“We're not sure if somebody ... driving by picked her up, or if she got in a trap. There are a lot of trappers out here”

Dogs are disappearing and investigators are suspicious.

There have been seven reports of missing dogs so far in Kandiyohi County, about two hours west of the Twin Cities.

The latest case happened just last Sunday.

Investigators with the County Sheriff's Office are sure there are more cases that people have not reported.

Almost all the missing dogs are labs, and they've disappeared during the day. The Jakobson's family dog is one of them.

They call their yellow lab, Tilly. She's 1-and-a-half-years-old. Read more

Several dogs have been reported missing between Nov. 23 and Jan. 13 in Kandioyohi County. via KSTP-TV Minneapolis