Records published Jan. 9, 2021
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West Central Tribune | 5:11 am, Jan. 9, 2021 ×
Willmar woman injured in Thursday morning crash in New London
NEW LONDON A Willmar woman was injured following a Thursday morning crash with a semitractor on state Highway 23, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Willmar woman injured in Thursday morning crash in New London
According to the crash report, Magalo Gabow Jimale, 31, of Willmar, was transported to Carris Health Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar after suffering non-life-threatening injuries during the crash. 6:01 pm, Jan. 7, 2021 ×
NEW LONDON A Willmar woman was injured following a Thursday morning crash with a semitractor on state Highway 23, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
According to the crash report, Magalo Gabow Jimale, 31, of Willmar, was transported to Carris Health Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar after suffering non-life threatening injuries during the crash.
Jimale was westbound on Highway 23 when she was unable to stop her 2008 Toyota Highlander and struck the rear of a 2016 Freightliner semitractor-trailer as it was turning onto Highway 23 from state Highway 9 with the trailer blocking Jimale’s path, according to the State Patrol.
2020 Year in Review: Elections, protests, cold cases and more highlight west central Minnesota year in news
The pandemic was by far the top story of 2020, but here are some other top stories of the year in west central Minnesota, as voted on by the West Central Tribune news staff.
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West Central Tribune staff | 7:33 am, Jan. 2, 2021 ×
Case reports dating back to the mid-1970s were read by the Willmar Police Department Cold Case Review Team to help determine the primary suspect in the 1974 killing of Mabel Mae Agnes Boyer Herman this past July.
Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune file photo
Carris Health begins vaccinating frontline workers, two clinics for high-priority employees planned this week
Three Carris Health – Rice Memorial Hospital employees, two nurses and a doctor, were the first to receive COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday morning. One of them called the start of vaccinations a celebration. After the public event to begin the vaccinations, Carris Health employees continued receiving vaccinations throughout the day Tuesday. 3:05 pm, Dec. 29, 2020 ×
Dr. Fred Hund, left, a hospitalist at Carris Health – Rice Memorial Hospital, receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered Tuesday morning by nurse Nicole Aleshire in the Carris Health Lakeland Auditorium in Willmar. Hund was one of three frontline Carris Health workers to first receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Marilyn J. Geer
On Monday, December 21, 2020, Marilyn Geer went to be with her Savior after losing her battle with COVID-19. She grew up in New London, MN the oldest of Alvin and Alice Nelsons’ five daughters (siblings JoAnne Dahl, Louise Hofstad, Cindy Torgerson, and Sandi Larson). Her parents taught her that she and her sisters could do anything. She was independent, strong, and at times stubborn. When Marilyn was in 9th grade, she began seeing Charles Geer and after graduating from high school they got married. The two of them made their home in Arizona and in Minneapolis before returning to the New London area and settling permanently. Before they had children, they enjoyed traveling across the country and pulling over at night to camp out. They made many friends along the way. After a little over eight years of marriage, they finally welcomed their first child (Keith Charles). This was an exciting time for them as they had longed for children. It wasn’t long