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WILLMAR — Motorists caught speeding through a work zone will face a $300 fine beginning Friday due to a new law passed during the 2014 state legislative session that aims to protect roadside workers in construction zones.

In the dairy barn at the Dodge County Fair in Kasson last week, farmer Mary Buck told Republican gubernatorial candidate Marty Seifert that a torrent of local, state and federal regulations triggered her family’s decision to sell off their dairy herd in 2009.

When people ask Kurt Zellers, a Republican candidate for governor, why they should vote for him, he offers this pat answer: “I balanced the...

Willmar’s Adult Basic Education program, Ridgewater College and Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services have received a grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to offer a free college class and certification program for up to 11 students who...

Most students avoid the classroom like the plague during summer break. However, there were six students who had a blast during rocketry class this week. During the class Thursday and Friday, the students learned about physics, built model rockets and sent them skyward at Willmar Middle...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Transportation, The University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council are working together to create a bicycling website and Android application called Cyclopath that helps Minnesota cyclists plan their bicycling routes around Minnesota. The...

WILLMAR — Laura Swartz, above, was named 2015 Minneapolis Aquatennial Queen of the Lakes Friday evening at the Ted Mann Concert Hall on the University of Minnesota campus. Swartz, a 2012 graduate of Willmar High School, completed her year as the Willmar Queen of the Festivals in...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The driver of a pickup truck that collided with a train in Grand Forks early Thursday has been identified.