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WILLMAR — Two companies started by students Charlotte Ammermann and Chloe Halvorson, who are enrolled in the Kandiyohi County Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities Program, will be able to take advantage of the WORKUP co-working community on the MinnWest Technology Campus thanks...

WILLMAR — Dr. Cindy Firkins Smith has been chosen as the new president and chief executive officer of Affiliated Community Medical Centers. Smith will assume her duties in January 2016, ACMC announced in a news release. Dr. Ronald Holmgren, who has been president and CEO of the...

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp named 22-year company veteran Satya Nadella as its next chief executive officer on Tuesday and said co-founder Bill Gates would step down as chairman and advise the new CEO on technology, marking an epochal change of control at the company that drove the PC...

Willmar businesses have long been led by a variety of entrepreneurs. One Willmar business person is now looking to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs. Heritage Bankshares Group chairman Gary Geiger is looking to start a Willmar-area branch of the “Creating Entrepreneurial...

REDWOOD FALLS — The Redwood Falls City Council has appointed Bryan Lydick as the Redwood Area Hospital’s new chief executive officer, with an anticipated June 3 start date. Lydick, of Indian River, Mich., spent the past 13 years with Mercy Hospital Cadillac and Mercy Hospital...