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Hiring expert help: Complexity of agriculture leads some landowners to hire professional farm managers

It’s been a staple of agriculture in the Upper Midwest: direct negotiations between owners of farmland and producers who want to farm it. The practice is far from dead, but...

news Sun, Feb 24, 2013 - 11:44am

House approves Boundary Waters land swap

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. House approved legislation Wednesday that would swap 86,000 acres of state-owned land inside the Boundary Waters for an equal value of federal land outside the...

news / state / outdoors Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 9:09am

Canadian pilot lands plane on Meeker County, Minn., highway, fixes engine, takes off again

LITCHFIELD -- A Canadian pilot safely landed his Cessna 172 on a State Highway 24 in Meeker County Tuesday evening, then fixed an engine problem and flew on his way...

news / region Wed, Aug 01, 2012 - 8:55am

FAA OKs first phase of Willmar old airport land release

WILLMAR -- Mayor Frank Yanish announced today the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the city of Willmar's request for the first of a three-phase land release of the old airport...

news / local Fri, Jun 01, 2012 - 10:59am

Soaring farmland values make proper estate planning even more important

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. -- Now more than ever, area farmers need a plan to pass on their farm to the next generation, according to a farm estate planner. Even farmers...

Sat, Jan 14, 2012 - 12:00am

Kurt Nelson has an agreement to sell about 75 acres of land in Lake Johanna Township of Pope County to Pheasants Forever, which wants to transfer it to the state of Minnesota. The property contains fens, wetlands, an oak- covered esker ridge and the county's only designated trout stream cuts through a corner of it.
(Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Prime hunting land is target for 'no net gain' debate in west central Minnesota

LAKE JOHANNA TOWNSHIP, POPE COUNTY -- Kurt Nelson has 80 acres of land in the southeast corner of Pope County that are the kind often touted in the classified ads...

outdoors / region Sat, Apr 30, 2011 - 7:50am

Farmland values rising

WILLMAR -- Farmland values in west central Minnesota are continuing to climb to new, historic highs, assessors in the seven-county area around Willmar report. The rising values come despite some...

news / local / region Mon, Jan 10, 2011 - 12:00am

Each 2-bedroom townhouse, like this unit, which was toured by local officials Tuesday, has 1,080 square feet on one level and rents for $460 per month. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Community land trust creates affordable housing solution

WILLMAR -- The Westwind development is offering affordable single-family housing opportunities as well as affordable rental housing. Homeownership is more affordable because developer Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership established a "partnership...

news / local / community Sat, Dec 18, 2010 - 12:00am

When moms get angry ... school lunches get a whole lot more nutritious

MONTEVIDEO -- A childhood obesity epidemic has many fearing this generation of children will have a shorter lifespan than their parents or grandparents. A lack of physical activity is one...

news / region / state Mon, Apr 12, 2010 - 12:00am

United FCS buys land in Willmar for new building

WILLMAR -- United FCS has purchased 6.4 acres of land at the south edge of Willmar for a future expansion of its offices. CEO Marc Knisely announced the purchase Friday...

news / local Sat, Jan 23, 2010 - 12:00am

Editorial: City must complete airport parcel sale

The city of Willmar's efforts to obtain the federal release of the former municipal airport land and complete a subsequent land sale with a valid purchase agreement have been delayed...

opinion / editorials Fri, Dec 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Scott Glup

Glup honored with USFWS manager award

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At a ceremony held in Washington, D.C., on July 17, Litchfield Wetland Management District Project Leader Scott Glup was honored as the 2009 Federal Land Manager of...

outdoors Sat, Aug 01, 2009 - 12:00am

Farmers will attend Italy's 'Terra Madre' slow food conference

MONTEVIDEO -- Recently married and just out of college, Richard Handeen and Audrey Arner settled in 1972 on the land his great-grandparents first tilled exactly 100 years earlier. They came...

Sat, Sep 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Commission works on revising comprehensive land use plan

WILLMAR -- The Willmar Planning Commission could complete work during the next 30 to 60 days on a proposed revision of the city's comprehensive land use plan. The goals, objectives...

news / community Wed, Sep 24, 2008 - 12:00am

Land's natural beauty preserved for all

I don't get around much, but last fall I found myself on main street in Moab, Utah. Moviemakers discovered Moab in the 1950s. Nearby parks and the Colorado River drew...

Sat, Sep 20, 2008 - 12:00am

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