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Motel clerk reports robbery in Willmar

WILLMAR, Minn. — Three men robbed the clerk of the Cozy Inn motel in Willmar around 5 a.m. Thursday. According to a news release from Willmar Police Capt. Jim Felt,...

news Fri, Aug 31, 2012 - 3:11am

Bail set for driver in crash that killed three near Willmar

WILLMAR, Minn. — Unconditional bail was set at $300,000 for the 21-year-old Cokato man facing four felony charges of criminal vehicular homicide and injury for the fiery crash that killed...

news Wed, Aug 22, 2012 - 7:44am

Driver in triple fatality to appear in court

WILLMAR, Minn. — A Cokato man will make his first court appearance Tuesday on charges of criminal vehicular homicide for a crash that killed three people Friday east of Willmar...

news Tue, Aug 21, 2012 - 3:35am

U of M approves lease for research center at MinnWest

news / education Mon, Dec 13, 2010 - 1:53am

Funding can be found for clean energy

WILLMAR -- With the stated goal of using biofuels as an engine to move the region to a positive economic future, community leaders heard Wednesday about tools to make that...

news / region Thu, Jul 22, 2010 - 7:41am

Work on this year's Sonshine Festival stages and lighting was well under way by early Monday afternoon at the Willmar Civic Center. A free concert Wednesday night kicks off the full festival that runs from Thursday through Saturday. (Tribune photo by Gary Miller)

Free concert Wednesday kicks off Sonshine

WILLMAR -- Starting today, an estimated 20,000 people will make their way to Willmar for one of the largest Christian music festivals in the United States. The camping area opens...

news / region Tue, Jul 13, 2010 - 8:09am

layoff of seven employees in April, the Community Behavioral Health Hospital has been turned into a "step-down" facility for individuals with mental illness. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

New name, new purpose

WILLMAR -- Willmar's 16-bed psychiatric hospital is not a hospital anymore. Along with the layoff of seven employees in April, the Community Behavioral Health Hospital has been turned into a...

news / region Tue, Jun 01, 2010 - 8:53am

Willmar film festival to highlight stories of immigrants

WILLMAR -- Immigrant stories, as seen through the lens of a movie camera, will be featured in a month-long film festival that opens Monday with a showing of "The Visitor."...

news Fri, Mar 05, 2010 - 10:41am

Jury returns verdict against clinic, hospital, awards $23.2 to family of handicapped child

WILLMAR -- A Kandiyohi County jury has awarded $23.2 million to a Paynesville family whose daughter is severely handicapped due to complications during her birth in June 2007 at Rice...

news / region Thu, Feb 11, 2010 - 4:49am

Willmar's two wind turbines are pictured this summer, soon after being erected. The turbines have not been turning of late because the manufacturer failed to install a vital component to enable the turbines to work in cold weather. Tribune photo

Glitch stops Willmar's turbines from turning

WILLMAR -- Willmar's two wind turbines have not been turning for a week and a half because the manufacturer did not install heating equipment required to keep the high-tech equipment...

news Tue, Dec 15, 2009 - 11:40am

MaryAnn Friederich of Collegeville Artisan Bakery in St. Joseph sorts the wares at her booth June 4 during the first Becker Market of the year. Vendors at the outdoor market are pushing to establish a community-owned grocery store featuring locally produced food. They say it would provide a year-round outlet for their products. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Idea for a community-owned grocery store gathers momentum

WILLMAR -- Interest is sprouting in establishing a community-owned grocery store featuring locally produced food and possibly food delivery, food demonstrations and maybe even a local-foods restaurant. Citizens exploring the...

news Fri, Dec 11, 2009 - 10:17am

The Community Behavioral Health Hospital was nearly ready to open Aug. 7, 2008, in Willmar. Now state officials may temporarily close it to be "reconfigured" for a different type of patient.
Tribune file photo by Ron Adams

Future of Willmar mental health hospital unknown

WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi County officials say the 16-bed adult mental health hospital that opened a year ago in Willmar could be closed down while the state makes another adjustment to...

news / government Mon, Nov 16, 2009 - 2:03am

Former WCI accounting director faces 10 felony charges for fraud, theft from service agency

WILLMAR -- A 55-year-old Kerkhoven man made his first court appearance Thursday on 10 felony charges for allegedly stealing more than $17,000 from West Central Industries over a period of...

news Mon, Nov 02, 2009 - 2:23am

Kandiyohi County selected as pilot site for court payments

WILLMAR -- The Kandiyohi County Courthouse has been selected as a pilot site for a centralized court payment system for the Minnesota Judicial Branch. The decision to locate this "one-of-a-kind"...

news / government Wed, Oct 21, 2009 - 12:37am

Kandiyohi County will offer cities federal recovery bonds to spur economic development

WILLMAR -- The Kandiyohi County Commissioners are hesitant to use federal recovery zone bonds as an economic development tool for themselves, but they agreed Tuesday to extend the offer to...

news / government Wed, Oct 07, 2009 - 7:29am

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