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WILLMAR — An attorney’s opinion has upheld the city’s decision to pull the 13th episode of “Kandi Rapper,’’ a Willmar man’s weekly opinion program shown on Willmar Regional Access Channels, the city-owned cable TV programming operation. Cable franchise attorney Brian...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota mayors say their cities need more street money from the state. “A preemptive strike is needed,” Frazee Mayor Hank Ludtke said Monday as mayors from across the state gathered to ask state lawmakers to up state aid for street repairs. Small cities such as...

WILLMAR — No action Monday night by the Willmar City Council let stand a land purchase agreement that allows the Willmar Municipal Utilities to move ahead with preliminary design for the proposed Priam substation. “The utility is pleased we will be able to move forward with the...

The following are election results for municipal posts in selected cities in the region. Results are reported from the Secretary of State’s website and local officials, and they are unofficial until canvassing boards meet. The unofficial winners are marked with an asterisk. Details...

I saw that a group of Willmar city employees, who have been without a firm contract for several years, have petitioned to unionize. While I fully support the right of all emploees to unionize for their mutual benefit, I also believe that it should rarely be necessary. Employees...

A story in the Thursday edition about the Willmar city department heads, supervisors and confidential employees and the city of Willmar’s final proposal to the group contained two errors in the wage amounts for the years 2012-13 and lacked a fact concerning deferred compensation. To...

DULUTH -- Megan and Troy Brown were visiting Duluth for a relative’s wedding on Aug. 26, 2011, when they decided to stop on the Lakewalk for a photo in front of the Aerial Lift Bridge.

WILLMAR — A proposed ordinance would establish a process and procedure necessary to declare an animal as potentially dangerous or as a dangerous animal and would define the city’s animal control authority as the Willmar Police Department. Police Chief David Wyffels explained...

The argument over Syria, like that over immigration, finds plenty of truth on all sides. The lessons learned from our recent excesses have us, and justly so, extremely reticent about diving into this swamp, or for that matter, even sticking in our toes. The problem is, a line...

The City of Willmar’s Public Works Department will be spraying for mosquitoes from 7 p.m. to midnight today and Wednesday, weather permitting. In case of inclement weather Thursday would be the alternate evening. For more information, call the Public Works Department at 235-...