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    January 27, 2015
    RITALKA Inc. and Specialty Systems of Willmar to expand to Watertown, South Dakota
    WATERTOWN, S.D. — A local manufacturing and engineering company is expanding operations to Watertown, South Dakota. RITALKA Inc., and its subsidiary Specialty Systems or SpecSys Inc., is expanding into a 110,000-square-foot facility in Watertown to assist with the rapid growth...
    news / regionJanuary 27, 2015 - 11:45pm
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    January 15, 2015
    Cliffs CEO wants to save Minnesota taconite mines
    DULUTH — Cliffs Natural Resources is shedding its Canadian operations, selling U.S. coal mines and looking to get out of iron mining in Australia. What apparently will remain of the shrinking Cleveland-based company will be its Minnesota and Michigan taconite iron ore operations....
    news / stateJanuary 15, 2015 - 10:00am
    January 12, 2015
    Entrepreneurs use digital technology to enhance the 21st-century gravestone
    WILLMAR — Down through the ages, the cemetery headstone has gone virtually unchanged — until now, with a venture by a pair of young business partners that uses QR code technology to unlock the life stories of the departed. Stick one of Eternal Legacy LLC’s anodized aluminum...
    news / localJanuary 12, 2015 - 11:00pm
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    January 9, 2015
    Business survey to be analyzed
    WILLMAR — In an all-out blitz that started in November, local leaders and volunteers have completed nearly 100 face-to-face surveys with Kandiyohi County business owners. The next task will be to look at the information they collected and to analyze it. The process will help provide...
    newsJanuary 9, 2015 - 11:55pm
    January 8, 2015
    Southwest Initiative Foundation names new president
    HUTCHINSON — The Southwest Initiative Foundation has named Diana Anderson as its new president and chief executive. The foundation’s board of directors voted unanimously this week in favor of Anderson’s appointment. She had been interim president and CEO since August 2014,...
    news / localJanuary 8, 2015 - 8:17pm
    December 29, 2014
    Group reapplies for grant to build Willmar railroad bypass
    WILLMAR — BNSF Railway, along with local governmental partners, will try again to obtain a federal grant to help build the proposed $50 million railroad bypass, also known as a wye, west of Willmar to possibly divert up to a third of the trains in and out of the city’s rail yard. In...
    newsDecember 29, 2014 - 10:08pm
    Construction values in Willmar-area triple
    WILLMAR — The year 2014 is shaping up to be an excellent year for construction values in Willmar. “2014 will be the best year we’ve had in a number of years,’’ said Bruce Peterson, director of planning and economic development for the city. “2013 was a pretty good year....
    newsDecember 29, 2014 - 10:02pm
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    U.S., Mexico reach deal to suspend sugar anti-dumping, countervailing duty cases
    FARGO, N.D. — The U.S. Department of Commerce has reached an agreement with the Mexican government and sugar producers to suspend the anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases against Mexican sugar imports. The deal is causing cautious optimism among sugar producers and criticism...
    newsDecember 29, 2014 - 9:58pm
    December 26, 2014
    St. Cloud loses air link to Chicago one year after getting it
    ST. CLOUD, Minn. — It appears St. Cloud will lose its coveted air-service link to Chicago less than a year after flights began. SkyWest Airlines, which operates twice-daily United Airlines flights from St. Cloud Regional Airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport, announced...
    newsDecember 26, 2014 - 6:07pm
    December 25, 2014
    Wireless on the prairie
    GRANITE FALLS — While state leaders look for ways to bridge the digital divide between rural and urban areas, this company is quietly providing an answer one farm place at a time. “This company is going where others have not,’’ said Dan Richter, president of MVTV Wireless...
    newsDecember 25, 2014 - 11:59pm
    Used ag equipment values bounce back
    MOORHEAD — An auction is a snapshot of how people are feeling, said Greg Peterson, known as Machinery Pete, who has been tracking auction prices on farm and construction equipment since 1989. And the prices of some used ag equipment dropped significantly from mid-August through...
    newsDecember 25, 2014 - 11:57pm
    Del Taco adds turkey by Jennie-O to its menu
    WILLMAR — Jennie-O Turkey Store of Willmar and Del Taco LLC of Lake Forest, California, announce they have teamed up to develop lean, seasoned ground turkey as a protein option in Del Taco’s menu items. According to a joint announcement, the turkey option will be available at...
    newsDecember 25, 2014 - 11:41pm
    December 16, 2014
    Senate passes bill to allow ranchers, farmers to expense equipment purchased in 2014
    WASHINGTON — A bill that would allow farmers, ranchers and other small businesses to expense equipment to run their operations is on its way to President Barack Obama’s desk. The Senate passed the one-year Tax Increase Prevention Act 76-16 Tuesday night. The measure extends Section...
    newsDecember 16, 2014 - 11:01pm
    December 15, 2014
    Willmar baker closes shop due to gluten allergy
    WILLMAR — Even though she’s stopped eating the made-from-scratch, French-inspired pastries that she and her husband make at their family-owned Willmar bakery, just working with the flour has made Christina Hanson’s gluten allergy so bad that the couple has decided to close their...
    newsDecember 15, 2014 - 11:02pm
    December 11, 2014
    West Central Industries announces Nolting appointment
    Staff reports WILLMAR — West Central Industries announces the appointment of Renee Nolting as the agency’s new executive director. “Renee is coming home,” said Board President Christie Kurth in a news release. “After running our food services for 19 years, Renee pursued...
    newsDecember 11, 2014 - 11:02pm
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