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WILLMAR -- Area real estate agents say a bill that would extend and expand the first-time homebuyer federal tax credit would definitely help the housing market. As part of the government's efforts to encourage people to spend money to help revive the economy, the House voted 403-12...

The credit of up to $8,000 is generally available to homebuyers with qualifying income levels who have never owned a home or have not owned one in the past three years. Because the credit is only in effect for a limited time, those considering buying a home must act soon to qualify....

The president's new budget will attempt to thrust upon us the biggest scam since the dot-com boom: the sale of nothing. This initiative will drive our utility bills considerably higher and eventually collapse on its own hollowness. I am speaking of the bad proposal called "cap and...

WILLMAR -- A Mandan, N.D., woman made her first appearance Thursday in Kandiyohi County District Court on four felony charges alleging that she used her boyfriend's credit card to run up $16,500 in debt and took a $2,500 diamond ring and two guns from his safe while he was incarcerated. Unconditional...

Police arrest three suspects in burglary WILLMAR -- Willmar police arrested three people in connection with a burglary in progress at approximately 1:37 a.m.