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A directional sign points out the different offices in the Kandiyohi County Office Building at 400 Benson Ave. S.W. in downtown Willmar. The county's tax and land use departments are housed there together at what a consultant describes as the "county's retail business." The consultant studying the county's operations and organization says members of the public simply want to do their business and are not concerned about who is managing which department. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Kandiyohi County, Minn., opens the door to restructured local government

WILLMAR -- David Unmacht has spent a couple days in Kandiyohi County so far, reviewing documents, collecting data, interviewing employees and getting a general feel for how work flows from...

news / local Mon, Apr 02, 2012 - 8:00am

More ups, downs for county, its dwindling finances

WILLMAR -- By the end of the year, Kandiyohi County will have to modernize and make safety code changes to 11 elevators in county buildings -- a project that could...

news / local Wed, Jan 05, 2011 - 12:00am

Vehicles are pictured at the Kandiyohi County landfill. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Landfill fees will increase to cover state-mandated fund and cleanup

WILLMAR - Kandiyohi County residents will be paying more next year to cover increased expenses at the sanitary landfill. On a 4-1 vote this week, the County Board of Commissioners...

news / local Fri, Nov 05, 2010 - 12:00am

City Council continues assessing discussion of merger with county

WILLMAR -- Willmar City Council members are continuing their discussion on the possibility of merging the City Assessing Department with the Kandiyohi County Assessor's Office. During their regular meeting this...

news / local Fri, Nov 05, 2010 - 12:00am

Kandiyohi County certifies 2011 levy, budget

WILLMAR -- The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $55.5 million budget and a $28.9 million levy for 2011. The levy is an increase of 2.68 percent...

news / local Wed, Sep 08, 2010 - 12:00am

Sue Torison, appraiser for the city of Willmar, works Tuesday in her office in downtown Willmar. The county is looking to combine its assessors office with the city office. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Partnerships key to trimming government expenses and taxpayer savings

WILLMAR -- Creating new partnerships with government and non-government entities is proving to be a key component for reducing the burden on taxpayers. At their meeting Tuesday, the Kandiyohi County...

news / local Wed, Sep 08, 2010 - 12:00am

Commissioners to hear plan on combining offices

WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi County Commissioners will hear details Tuesday on a proposal to combine the county assessor's office with the city of Willmar's assessor's office. If both sides eventually agree,...

news / local Sat, Sep 04, 2010 - 12:00am

Brass talks of merging assessors in city with the co.'s office

WILLMAR -- A Willmar City Council committee is supporting the concept of consolidating the City Assessing Office with the Kandiyohi County Assessor's Office. The council's Labor Relations Committee will recommend...

news / local Fri, Sep 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Increased costs for the Kandiyohi County landfill are a contributing factor in the small increase for the proposed levy. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Landfill, health insurance costs cause for bulk of co. levy increase

WILLMAR -- Budget requests from nearly every Kandiyohi County department were either the same, or less, than last year, resulting in a trim overall county budget and a preliminary levy...

news / local Tue, Aug 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Landfill task force explores energy options

WILLMAR -- Options for harvesting energy from the Kandiyohi County landfill were discussed Wednesday by a newly formed task force charged with exploring ways to reduce costs and extend the...

news / local Thu, Jul 22, 2010 - 12:00am

County task force to begin studying landfill's future

A new task force is about to begin studying the future of the Kandiyohi County Landfill. The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners appointed two members to the task force on...

news / local / region Wed, Jul 07, 2010 - 12:00am

A landfill worker moves trash Tuesday at the Kandiyohi County Sanitary Landfill. Kandiyohi County officials are discussing whether the landfill would make a good waste-to-energy site. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Landfill offers alternative uses

WILLMAR -- With limited space at the county's sanitary landfill, and a need for alternative energy sources, Kandiyohi County is starting to explore a future marriage between the two. In...

news / local Wed, Jun 16, 2010 - 12:00am

Along with the layoff of seven employees in April, the Community Behavioral Health Hospital has been turned into a "step-down" facility for individuals with mental illness. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

New name, new purpose

WILLMAR -- Willmar's 16-bed psychiatric hospital is not a hospital anymore. Along with the layoff of seven employees in April, the Community Behavioral Health Hospital has been turned into a...

news / local / community Tue, Jun 01, 2010 - 12:00am

Offenders in the sentence to serve program perform a variety of services for the county, including collecting material to be recycled, as seen in the photo above. Pictured clockwise from left are Jorge Solis, Angel Conde and Pedro Martin III. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

County, seeing the value in the work produced, picks up much larger tab for its sentence to serve program

WILLMAR -- A popular corrections program that puts offenders to work on community cleanup projects is going to cost Kandiyohi County more money to operate. Last month the state cut...

news / local Wed, May 05, 2010 - 12:00am

Legislation could sock counties for long-term sex offender costs

WILLMAR -- Potential legislation that would saddle counties with the long-term costs of civilly committed sex offenders could cost local taxpayers millions of dollars. "We've got to scream and we've...

news / local Wed, Apr 07, 2010 - 12:00am

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