Willmar News

The Early Bird Special registration deadline of June 8 is quickly approaching for the Ridgewater College Summer Camp for youth this July in Willmar and Hutchinson.

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When Anab Dahir went to parent-teacher conferences at St. Cloud Technical High School about a year ago, she had no idea that it would alter her life.

The Ross family eats dinner at their home in Mahtomedi, Minn. Kevin Ross joined the Minnesota National Guard in 1999.

The Jackson County Central girls' golf team won the sub-section championship and will play in the section tournament next Thursday in Willmar.

May 24, 2012 -- The council authorized the agreement after the county came to the city looking for assistance with plan review and inspection services due to a retirement at the county offices, according to Stevens.

Posted at 5:36 AM on May 22, 2012 by Euan Kerr Filed under: Arts around the state , Music The Minnesota Orchestra heads west this week for a Common Chords residency in Willmar.

For the past two summers, local dirt-track racers like Shane Sabraski have had to choose between traveling long distances to race on Sunday nights, or taking that day off entirely.

JERROLD T. LUNDQUIST's CHAPARRAL BROADCASTING, INC. is selling silent KIPA-A and KHBC/HILO and KHWI/HOLUALOA, HI to RESONATE HAWAII, LLC for $500,000. CHAPARRAL bought the trio out of the bankruptcy of PARROTT BROADCASTING LTD.

Not everyone caught walleyes during last weekend's fishing opener, but even those that didn't couldn't find much to complain about given the fine weather.

On the weekend, April 20-22, Eight Brainerd High School Key club members and their advisor attended the District Minnesota/Dakota Key club convention in Willmar.

Rural Minnesota continued to attract new residents aged 30 to 49 between 2000 and 2010, according to a new study of U.S. Census data from University of Minnesota Extension.

A University of Minnesota Extension study released Wednesday, May 16, shows rural Minnesota is continuing to attract residents in the 30 to 49 age group, according to a study of the U.S. Census data.

The Fergus Falls girls golf team found themselves at the bottom staring up as they competed at Eagle Creek Golf Course in Willmar.

A 49-year-old Sleepy Eye woman originally charged with eight felony counts of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult and theft received a stay of execution for five years probation Friday in Brown County District Court.

Envoys Michael and Kris Fuqua are being transferred to the Salvation Army in Willmar, Minn., after four years of leading the local Salvation Army and pastoring its church here.

Last week motorists may have noticed rubber hoses stretched across roads within the city of Pipestone and elsewhere within the county - on 26 locations on trunk highways and 111 locations on local roads, to be exact.

The city of Pelican Rapids was able to save an estimated $300,000 on this summer's street and utility improvement projects.