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WILLMAR -- Like the little brother who sometimes gets the short shrift, Kandiyohi and Meeker counties were once again left out of the cliche of counties that are exempt from paying sales tax on equipment needed for their new 800 MHz emergency radio systems. "It's disappointing,"...

WILLMAR -- Efforts to be treated like other counties who didn't have to pay sales tax on new emergency radio equipment could pay off for Kandiyohi and Meeker counties. Earlier this month representatives from both counties testified at a Senate tax committee hearing asking that the...

LITCHFIELD -- Kandiyohi County and Meeker County officials are in St.

LITCHFIELD -- Meeker County has been awarded a $502,000 grant to help fund the new 800 MHz emergency radio network. The county is pursuing additional grants to help off-set the nearly $4 million project that's part of the state's Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response system,...

LITCHFIELD -- The Meeker County Board of Commissioners gave final approval this week to a $25.4 million budget. The 2010 budget is a decrease of 1.6 percent from last year. The $408,541 in savings comes from having at least five fewer full-time equivalent positions. Employees made...

BENSON -- Swift County is continuing to move forward with plans to join the state's 800 MHz emergency radio system. At their meeting this week, the county commissioners heard a 1½-hour presentation about the Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response system, which is also known...