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WILLMAR — The Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled an announcement this afternoon having to do with Corridors of Commerce funding for the Willmar region. According to a MNDOT news release sent this morning, the announcement will include $1.5 million to be...

WILLMAR –– With just two weeks left in the legislative session, there is both optimism and concern about whether there will be state money allocated to fund the expansion of broadband Internet service in rural Minnesota. The answer will “come to a head” in the next couple...

Do you know which public higher education system in Minnesota serves 420,000 students and has campuses in 47 communities (roughly 1/3 of the facility space in Minnesota)? If you guessed the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, you’d be correct.

ST. PAUL — Transportation advocates have compiled one of the largest coalitions ever to fight for state money, but they do not know how much they will seek or where they would get it. Move MN launched a campaign Thursday to persuade state legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton to boost...

WILLMAR — The joint powers board of the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission sought to bring an end Thursday to controversies over the EDC’s reserve fund and allegations of conflicts of interest. “I hope we’re done having to defend the EDC,”...

WILLMAR — Three organizations this week requested city funding in Mayor Frank Yanish's 2014 proposed budget. Representatives from the Willmar Design Center, Willmar Area Multicultural Business Center and West Central Integration Collaborative made requests during a workshop...

LAKE LILLIAN - A recommendation to hold the line on the property tax levy next year for the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission was upheld Thursday by the EDC governing board. Members of the joint powers board voted to keep the tax levy at $455,000...

ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed two provisions of a bill funding outdoors and arts projects, saying a House committee ignored a citizen advisory panel. The vetoes eliminated $3 million to fight aquatic invasive species that was destined for tribal and local governments and...

ST. PAUL — Maple Lawn Nursing Home administrator Arlan Swanson said his organization is the biggest employer in Fulda, but his staff is struggling because he cannot give them raises after years of cuts and freezes in state funding. “I’m really proud of my staff,” Swanson...

ST. PAUL -- Education funding, the largest single part of the Minnesota budget, would rise $550 million in the next two years under a House Democratic plan being debated this afternoon and tonight. Early-childhood education, including funding all-day kindergarten statewide, is...

WILLMAR — The Willmar Area Community Foundation announced this week it has awarded $579,225 in grants to 17 nonprofit organizations in Kandiyohi County. The grants range in size from $3,000 to $250,000. “It is with great delight and a sense of privilege and duty that the Foundation...