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Understanding the role of elected officials is critical to ensure proper planning, oversight and delivery. The Willmar City Council members are elected to make major policy decisions and pass budgets. So the basic job of the City Council members and mayor is to find the balance among...

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is an acquired taste. It may surprise people outside of his Democratic caucus that many of his colleagues will miss him. But they will. Charismatic he is not. He sometimes stumbles in his choice of words, and utterly fails a series...

Your editorial from March 2 (“Willmar needs a mayor who leads”) was mistitled. It should have read instead, “America needs a president who leads.” Referring back to the Tribune from Feb. 27, there were at least four separate articles supporting the need for that substitution....

The multitude of letters from former or current educators supporting Minnesota House candidate Mary Sawatsky speak loudly. Mary has one-issue, to heighten the high wages and elaborate benefits of fellow educators and public union members. Evident in the various local debates; she...

Minnesota needs a change in the legislature. Mary Sawatzky has a lifetime of leadership experience getting things done in public service. Mary will bring her experience as a great leader and listener to the state of Minnesota. Join us in voting for a proven leader, Mary Sawatzky. Annette...

The extensive internal review of the child sex abuse case at Penn State placed responsibility on the institution's top leaders and football coach for failure to control and sufficiently report. The report, which was released Thursday, was quite complete and to the point.

The 66-year-old Leader, Minn., man who died Wednesday following an all-terrain vehicle crash in central Minnesota has been identified as Lowell Judd Hulett. According to a news release from the Cass County Sheriff's Office, Hulett was found deceased due to an ATV crash at about...

A 66-year-old Leader, Minn., rancher has died following an all-terrain vehicle crash in Moose Lake Township in southern Cass County. According to a news release from the Cass County Sheriff's Office, the body of the victim was found at about 3 a.m. Wednesday.