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WILLMAR — The Kandiyohi County Recycling Center is encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and unwanted Christmas lights this year. Landfills across the region see increases in volume due to holiday gift-giving, the center said in a news...

WILLMAR -- The League of Minnesota Cities on Thursday recognized Willmar and 46 other cities for participation in GreenStep Cities -- a free and voluntary program designed to help Minnesota cities achieve environmental sustainability goals through use of 28 best practices. Each best...

WILLMAR -- A Willmar man has received preliminary approval to hold a two-day outdoor music festival over the Memorial Day weekend on a 10-acre farm site near Twin Lakes in Green Lake Township, as long as he meets strict county requirements. David Nelson said he would meet the conditions,...

SPICER -- Polar Plunge events this year raised a record $2.85 million for Minnesota Special Olympics. More than 14,000 people participated in 17 events and raised money by accepting the challenge to jump into ice cold lakes. An event on Green Lake in Spicer raised $80,004. The...

Polar Plunge events this year raised a record $2.85 million for Minnesota Special Olympics. More than 14,000 people participated in 17 events and raised money by accepting the challenge to jump into ice cold lakes. An event on Green Lake in Spicer raised $80,004. The money was...

SPICER -- The ice cover on Green Lake went out on Monday, the earliest in 115 years of record keeping. The March 19 ice out date beats a March 22 ice out recorded in 1987. Green Lake is the deepest body of water in Kandiyohi County, and consequently the last to be free of ice. Last...

SPICER -- The ice cover on Green Lake went out on Monday afternoon, the earliest in 115-years of record keeping. The March 19 ice-out date beats a March 22 ice out recorded in 1987. Green Lake is the deepest body of water in Kandiyohi County, and consequently the last to be ice-free. Last...

ST. PAUL -- Before you chug that first green beer, swallow this: extra DWI patrols will be on the roads on St. Patrick's Day to prevent alcohol-related crashes. Law enforcement agencies statewide will increase enforcement on a historically dangerous drinking and driving party period,...