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ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Legislature is likely to hold a session next year, even if the Senate has to meet in a heated tent.

WILLMAR — Even though the Willmar City Council earlier this month voted to designate the West Central Tribune as the city’s legal newspaper, the council received clarification from City Attorney Robert Scott on state statute allowing the designation. Scott’s clarification came...

WILLMAR — The Willmar School Board will hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. today in the WEAC Board Room to discuss plans for a bond referendum. An election date of May 19 is proposed, and the board must also set the number of polling places. The board has been discussing a bond...

This is the records summary for Jan. 26. Break-in WILLMAR — Willmar police received a report Saturday night of a break-in at a residence in the 1000 block of Willmar Avenue Southwest. Entry was gained through the south door. The door frame was damaged. No items were reported stolen. Crash WILLMAR...

NEW YORK — A swath of the U.S. East Coast from Philadelphia to New York City to Maine braced for a potentially historic blizzard today expected to dump as much as 3 feet of snow and snarl transportation for tens of millions of people. The National Weather Service on Sunday issued...

WILLMAR — An open house to present plans to expand state Highway 23 to four lanes from New London to Paynesville will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Roseville Township hall in rural Hawick. Area residents, business owners and others are invited to attend the event at the town...

MORRIS — A Morris physician, who serves a wide area of central and southwest Minnesota as an allergy and asthma specialist, has been reprimanded by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice for a variety of misconduct issues and has been given a conditional license to practice.

This is the records summary for Jan. 24. Accidents WILLMAR — A hit-and-run accident was reported at 10:54 p.m. Thursday in west Willmar. A woman reported that she was driving southbound in a 2000 Mustang on Kandiyohi County Road 5, near Seventh Avenue Northwest, when an oncoming...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota senators voted without opposition to send $17 million for flood recovery to 47 Minnesota counties and three American Indian reservations. Much of the money in the bill that passed 65-0 comes from money appropriated but not needed for previous disasters. It...