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    Members of the Karlstad Lions Club celebrated 75 anniversary.

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    By: Samantha Alme When members of the Greenbush-Badger Lions recently joined the Karlstad Lions...

    Karlstad Milestone Offers Reminder of the Power...
    By: Samantha Alme When members of the Greenbush-Badger Lions recently joined the Karlstad Lions...
    Avearah Hanson & Charlotte Lane survey drivers for FCCLA seatbelt safety day.

    Badger FCCLA Puts Seatbelt Safety in the Spotlight

    Samantha Almesamantha.tribunepaper@gmail.comBadger FCCLA members are once again doing their part...

    Badger FCCLA Puts Seatbelt Safety in the Spotlight
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    A full cycle of belief in a mere 13 days

    By The Rev. Devlyn BrooksWOLVERTON, Minn. -- A mere three weeks apart in September, I have...

    A full cycle of belief in a mere 13 days
    By The Rev. Devlyn BrooksWOLVERTON, Minn. -- A mere three weeks apart in September, I have...
    Andrea Borsvold

    The Closing Quarter

    We have entered the fourth quarter. Nine months are already behind us in 2026 and there are only...

    The Closing Quarter
    We have entered the fourth quarter. Nine months are already behind us in 2026 and there are only...
    Progress on the Lil Chompers Childcare Center.

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    By: Samantha AlmeFor years, Lil’ Chompers Child Care existed largely as an idea—a need recognized...

    From Dream to Doorways: Lil’ Chompers Takes Sha...
    By: Samantha AlmeFor years, Lil’ Chompers Child Care existed largely as an idea—a need recognized...

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    That means the impact of the project could reach far beyond the children who walk through its doors each morning.
Reliable child care allows parents to work, helps local businesses retain employees and gives young families another reason to put down roots in a rural community. LifeCare Medical Center President and CEO Keith Okeson highlighted that connection when LifeCare contributed $25,000 to the project in 2025, pointing to reliable child care as important to both families and the economic stability of the community. 
Lil’ Chompers leaders have also envisioned the facility as something more than a place where children spend the day.
Its location near LifeCare Greenbush Manor opens the door for intergenerational programming that will bring some of the community’s youngest and oldest residents together.
“We are taking an intergenerational approach,” Lil’ Chompers President Karen Dvergsten told the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, explaining that the neighboring facilities will allow children and Greenbush Manor residents to learn and interact together. 
Those interactions could ultimately become one of the most special pieces of the project—giving children additional adults to learn from and build relationships with while giving Manor residents regular opportunities to connect with little ones growing up in their community.
Lil’ Chompers has already demonstrated that its vision extends beyond the walls of the future center. This summer, the organization hosted a free Dollipops children’s concert at Legion Park, an event made possible through Northwest Minnesota Arts Council funding and open to families throughout the community.
Getting to this point, however, has taken years of persistence.
The project has been supported through a combination of government funding, grants, donations, fundraising and community support. Earlier this year, Lil’ Chompers reported securing $1 million in congressional funding and $240,000 through the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, in addition to private donations and grants. 
In February, the project reached another major milestone when construction bids were opened. Months later, construction equipment is on site and what once existed on architectural drawings is becoming something families can actually see.
There is still work ahead. Roof trusses, sheathing, roofing, windows and exterior finishes remain among the work underway or approaching. The Sept. 15 construction report also notes preparations for mechanical and electrical work, exterior lighting and the eventual installation of the facility’s propane tank.
But for a project that began years ago with a group of people recognizing a need, each new wall represents progress.
Child care may happen inside a classroom, but its effects ripple throughout an entire community. It can mean a parent accepting a job instead of turning one down because care isn’t available. It can mean a family deciding they can stay in their hometown. It can mean children beginning school already connected to their community—and, through Lil’ Chompers’ plans for intergenerational programming, perhaps making a few unlikely friends along the way.
For Greenbush, the wooden framework rising from the construction site represents more than another new building.
It represents an investment in the people who will fill it—and in the future of the community they will call home.

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    Community Focus
    Members of the Karlstad Lions Club celebrated 75 anniversary. Karlstad Milestone Offers Reminder of the Power of Community Service
    September 30, 2026
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    Obituaries
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