West Central Tribune

The West Central Tribune is a daily newspaper, published in Willmar, Minnesota, six days a week, not including Sundays. It has a circulation exceeding 16,000 copies, which are delivered to various nearby communities.

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Editorial cartoon for June 25, 2025

3 days ago | wctrib.com | Dave Granlund

Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on the United States being drawn into another Middle East conflict. This cartoon is the opinion of cartoonist Dave Granlund. Send feedback to: [email protected] More Cartoonists' Opinions: Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on the irony of Donald Trump's federalizing the troops in Los Angeles.
Susan Estrich: It's scary in today's world

3 days ago | wctrib.com | Susan Estrich

We have gotten to the point where lawmakers openly complain about it being "scary as sh--," according to NBC News, with security briefings having "done little to calm nervous lawmakers." They're right to be worried, as are political leaders at the state and local level, most of whom receive no special police protection. Risking your life should not be the price of public service. Yes, crazy people do crazy things.
Willmar Middle School gym nears completion

5 days ago | wctrib.com | Levi Jones

WILLMAR — Gym class is more than just running laps. It is a chance to try new activities, get some exercise and get out from behind a desk for many Willmar Middle School students. When it comes time to put on their gym shoes, these students haven’t had enough space to hold class effectively. “We have physical education every other day for our students, 450 students use gym space every day.
Amateur baseball: Bird Island beats the heat and the Saints

5 days ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

SACRED HEART — For the Bird Island Bulldogs, it was a day of dealing with hot, humid conditions and one more afternoon of confronting yet another pesky Class C team in the Corn Belt League. This day, with the sun beating down and the temperature in the mid-90s, it was the Sacred Heart Saints who gave Bird Island a tough amateur baseball game. The Bullfrogs prevailed 7-2.
Northwoods League: Stingers bounce back, 22-3

5 days ago | wctrib.com | Michael Lyne

LA CROSSE, WIS. — Another series, another series split for the Willmar Stingers. After losing 26-1 on Saturday night against the La Crosse Loggers, the Stingers bounced back. And they did so in a big way. Willmar responded with a 22-3 rout of the Loggers in the Northwoods League Great Plains Conference series on Sunday before 1,544 fans at Copeland Park. The Stingers are 13-12 in the Great Plains West and La Crosse is the top team in the Great Plains East at 20-8.
Area baseball: Willmar loses a slugfest to Eastview

5 days ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

BURNSVILLE — The Willmar Post 167 American Legion baseball team concluded the Burnsville tournament on Sunday with a 14-12 loss to Eastview. Eastview scored five times in the top of the first. But by the bottom of the second, Willmar earned a 6-5 lead with two runs in the first and four more in the second. Both teams scored five times in the third. Willmar built a 12-10 lead before Eastview answered with a four-run top of the fifth in the five-inning game.
Tornado kills 3 near Enderlin, ND; others left without homes and path of destruction to clean up

5 days ago | wctrib.com | April Baumgarten |Anna Paige

ENDERLIN, N.D.— Almost a year ago, Michaela and Colton Briss bought their dream home on 12 acres about 4 miles southeast of Enderlin. The house protected the married couple, as well as Michaela Briss' mother and stepfather, Friday night, June 20, as a tornado ripped through their property. They waited in the basement, they said, as the twister sucked out the home's windows and door frame. "The house took very, very good care of us," Michaela Briss told The Forum on Saturday.
Amateur baseball roundup: Raymond walks-off Marshall 2-1 in Corn Belt play

1 week ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

RAYMOND — Tyler Steen scored on a wild pitch after reaching on an error with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. That carried the Raymond Rockets to a 2-1 Corn Belt League amateur baseball victory over the Marshall A’s on Friday night. Raymond is now 6-1 in the Corn Belt League. Marshall fell to 4-4. Esau Nelson and John Sawatzky combined on a two-hitter for the victory. Nelson went the first six innings, allowing one hit and one run. He struck out nine and walked four.
Northwoods League: Larks jump on Stingers’ miscues

1 week ago | wctrib.com | Michael Lyne

WILLMAR — Bismarck bounced back to split a Northwoods League Great Plains West Division series with the Willmar Stingers on a breezy, toasty Friday night. The Larks (8-18) lashed out 12 hits and capitalized on nine hit-by-pitches and seven walks by Willmar’s pitching staff in their 15-7 victory at Bill Taunton Stadium. The Stingers are 12-11. Ricardo Aponte led the way for Bismarck, recording all three of its extra-base hits.
Legion baseball roundup: Willmar still searches for its first win

1 week ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

BURNSVILLE — Willmar Post 167 lost one and tied one in its first two games at an American Legion baseball tournament Friday in Burnsville. Willmar fell 8-5 to the Minneapolis Lakers, a team made of players from Minneapolis Southwest High School. Post 167 tied 6-6 with the Superior Reds of Wisconsin in a game that was calleda after six innings.