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December 7, 2013
Bus route from Willmar to Litchfield to begin in February
WILLMAR — A new bus route on U.S. Highway 12 between Willmar and Litchfield is expected to begin operation in February. Kandiyohi Area Transit buses will make morning, afternoon and evening runs three days a week between the towns as part of a new coordinated program between KAT...
news / regionDecember 7, 2013 - 5:06am
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December 1, 2013
KAT takes transit in new direction
WILLMAR — The Kandiyohi Area Transit is moving in a new direction — literally and figuratively. KAT is currently working with Meeker County to establish a shared route between Litchfield and Willmar and they are working with the Renville County transit system on a proposed merger...
news / localDecember 1, 2013 - 11:13pm
October 13, 2013
Senate committee will hear pitch for regional bonding projects this week
WILLMAR — The Senate Capital Investment Committee will be in west central Minnesota this week to hear proposals for more than $22 million in bonding requests for the 2014 bonding bill. Those projects include a proposal to extend the Glacial Lakes State Trail from New London...
news / localOctober 13, 2013 - 11:18pm
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October 4, 2013
Mergers of Kandiyohi, Renville counties transit systems eyed
WILLMAR — The future of transit services in Kandiyohi and Renville counties could mean a merger of the county’s two separate systems. With strong encouragement by the state, discussions are underway for the two counties to coordinate, cooperate and consolidate their...
news / localOctober 4, 2013 - 11:33pm
Tablet technology put schedules, maps at transit drivers' fingertips
WILLMAR - Back in the day - like two weeks ago - drivers for the Kandiyohi Area Transit system would get a paper schedule with the day's riders before heading out on their routes. While pulled over during a pickup, they would take calls from dispatch about new ride requests or cancelled...
news / localMay 4, 2013 - 5:00am
January 25, 2012
KAT drivers restricted from talking on phone while driving
WILLMAR -- A new federal law that prohibits bus drivers from using hand-held cell phones while driving is expected to improve transit safety,...
news / businessJanuary 25, 2012 - 12:00am
January 27, 2010
KAT seeks attorney's ruling on situation with bus driver
WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi Area Transit is hiring an attorney to untangle a situation involving a bus driver who was cleared of criminal charges and who now wants his job back. In October Patrick Shawn Dokken, a 35-year-old bus driver for KAT, was charged with criminal sexual conduct involving...
news / localJanuary 27, 2010 - 12:00am
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January 21, 2010
Felony sex charge against 35-year-old KAT driver dismissed
WILLMAR -- A criminal sexual conduct charge against a Willmar man has been dismissed because the man who reported having sex with him is not a vulnerable adult. The third-degree felony charge against Patrick Shawn Dokken, 35, of Willmar, was dismissed Jan. 13 by the county attorney's...
news / localJanuary 21, 2010 - 12:00am
December 19, 2009
KAT won't leave bowlers stranded in 2010
WILLMAR -- A group of bowlers who depend on public transportation to get home after their Monday night games won't be left stranded in 2010. The Kandiyohi Area Transit's joint powers board agreed Friday to make a bus and driver available for two hours each Monday night for the bowlers,...
newsDecember 19, 2009 - 12:00am
November 25, 2009
KAT announces its evening taxi service will cease at the end of this year
WILLMAR -- The evening taxi service that is subsidized by the Kandiyohi Area Transit system will end at the end of the year. KAT's expansion committee will look for options to fill the evening transportation gap. KAT currently pays RideNet $20 an hour to provide taxi service from...
news / localNovember 25, 2009 - 12:00am
October 14, 2009
Man charged for alleged sexual act with vulnerable adult
WILLMAR -- A 35-year-old Willmar man made his first appearance Monday on a felony charge for allegedly committing a sex act with a vulnerable adult male he met while driving a Kandiyohi Area Transit bus. Patrick Shawn Dokken faces a third-degree criminal sexual conduct charge in...
news / localOctober 14, 2009 - 12:00am
April 29, 2009
Kandiyohi Area Transit receives a new $66K bus due to economic stimulus funds
WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi Area Transit will benefit from the federal economic stimulus package. Transit Director Tiffany Collins said Tuesday that KAT will receive a new bus in August that will be totally funded with federal stimulus money. Usually, 80 percent of the cost of a new transit...
news / localApril 29, 2009 - 12:00am
January 28, 2009
KAT officials entertain using bus shelter in downtown Willmar as community billboard
WILLMAR -- Willmar's new downtown bus shelter could eventually serve as a community billboard. Electronic message boards that operate on three sides of the Becker Bus Station, located at Becker Avenue and Fourth Street Southwest, will be available to advertise community functions,...
local / newsJanuary 28, 2009 - 12:00am
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