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By Linda Vanderwerf lvanderwerf@wctrib.com WILLMAR — Minnesota’s largest education union is asking for help in defining solutions for the challenges facing the state’s schools. Thursday, Education Minnesota representatives were in Willmar for the fifth of six community meetings...

WILLMAR — Ridgewater College of Willmar and Hutchinson has received the Minnesota Career Preparedness Award from American College Testing. This week, ACT chose Ridgewater as the top nominee in the state for College and Career Readiness Campaign recognition. The award is based on: -...

Numerous area school districts are closing early today As of 10:45 a.m., the following districts had announced early closings: ACGC (all activities cancelled), Belview Learning Center, BOLD and St. Mary’s of Bird Island, Buffalo Lake/Hector/Stewart; Central Minnesota Christian...

NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer School Board has approved having school on Feb. 17, which is Presidents Day, and on April 16 and 21. To make up for days lost to weather cancellations, the board also added June 4 and 5 as teacher in-service days, with an additional potential...

GROVE CITY –– Now that its finances are healthy and student test scores improving, the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School Board wants to keep the positive momentum going by asking voters to renew its operating levy. The district’s current $1,075-per-pupil operating levy, which...

WILLMAR — It’s up to the Willmar School Board now to decide the next step in an effort to improve its school facilities. At its Monday meeting, the board received the recommendations of a task force that recommended building a new middle school next door to Willmar Senior High. The...

WILLMAR — The West Central Tribune’s efforts to shed light on unspecified allegations leveled against every single member of the Willmar School Board have hit a roadblock. The School District, through its attorney, has denied several requests for information regarding a Nov....

This is the records summary for Nov. 11. Darwin man arrested after standoff with law enforcement DARWIN — A 33-year-old Darwin man was arrested on charges of second-degree assault and terroristic threats after a Friday afternoon incident at a rural Darwin residence. According...

WILLMAR — A spokesman for Willmar Municipal Utilities says the utilities’ two wind turbines returned to service Wednesday morning after installation was successfully completed of two high-voltage breakers. A breaker was installed at the base of each wind turbine tower. The installation...

GROVE CITY — Two local school districts are on the ground floor of developing a new way for schools to be insured against property and liability claims. In July, the Minnesota Department of Commerce gave permission for the creation of the Minnesota Insurance Scholastic Trust. The...

WILLMAR — The Willmar School Board has started the process of developing personal goals for Superintendent Jerry Kjergaard. The board recently approved a new two-year contract for Kjergaard, which will run through June 30, 2016. At a workshop meeting, board members offered suggestions...