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    October 25, 2017
    Briana Sanchez / Tribune file photo Joe Baker, operations foreman and chief of the Willmar municipal power plant, checks the inside of the boiler.
    Willmar Municipal Utilities contemplates rate increases
    WILLMAR — The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission has been discussing the possibility of raising rates in 2018 and 2019, as the costs...
    newsOctober 25, 2017 - 6:54am
    April 29, 2017
    Tom Larson / Tribune Xcel Energy is seeking to acquire the Benson Power plant and close it.
    Benson could lose biomass power plant: Xcel seeks to purchase, close plant
    BENSON — One of Benson's largest employers, and one of Swift County's largest tax-paying entities, is expected to be closed. Xcel Energy...
    newsApril 29, 2017 - 5:58am
    January 20, 2017
    San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams speaks to Reuters Sept. 27 in San Francisco, California. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
    Fed's Williams says need to raise rates before economy overshoots
    SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams on Friday repeated his view that the U.S. central bank needs...
    businessJanuary 20, 2017 - 10:12pm
    September 21, 2016
    Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference Wednesday following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
    Fed keeps rates steady, signals one hike by end of year
    WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday but strongly signaled it could still tighten monetary policy...
    news/nationSeptember 21, 2016 - 4:40pm
    September 19, 2016
    Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen addresses media March 16 during a news conference in Washington, D.C. The Fed is divided enough ahead of its rate meeting Tuesday and Wednesday that a nudge from Yellen, its most influential policymaker, could make the difference, and even some investors have begun to argue it is time for the central bank to stop worrying so much about what markets expect. REUTERS
    For Yellen, a September Fed surprise could close confidence gap
    WASHINGTON — Market volatility is low, U.S. census data shows income gains have reached the middle class, and workers are clawing back...
    newsSeptember 19, 2016 - 2:07pm
    Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen smiles June 21 as she testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
    Fed guessing game moves up a gear as Yellen takes stage
    MADRID—Will they or won't they? The debate over whether the U.S. Federal Reserve is readying an interest rate hike will get its umpteenth...
    newsAugust 19, 2016 - 11:18am
    April 12, 2016
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    Sexually transmitted disease increases in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL -- The number of sexually transmitted diseases continues to rise in Minnesota as the diseases are becoming more difficult to treat....
    newsApril 12, 2016 - 5:30am
    December 16, 2015
    The 2016 budget approved by the Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission has no increases in electric, water and district heating rates. (METRO CREATIVE GRAPHICS)
    No increases in electric, heat or water for Willmar utility customers
    WILLMAR — No increases in electric, water and district heating rates are expected in the 2016 budget approved by the Willmar Municipal Utilities...
    newsDecember 16, 2015 - 10:16pm
    Fire deaths in Minnesota highest in four years
    ST. PAUL — Three deaths in three days have pushed fire fatalities in Minnesota to their highest level since 2011. Fifty-one people have died in fires in 2015 compared to 43 this time last year. With some of the most dangerous weeks ahead for residential blazes, the number of fire...
    newsDecember 16, 2015 - 8:38pm
    November 19, 2015
    Stephanie Hogenson, research and policy director at the Minnesota Children’s Defense Fund, speaks Monday during a Kids Count Coffee at the Willmar Public Library. (GARY MILLER | TRIBUNE)
    More children of color live in poverty than whites in Minnesota
    WILLMAR — Minnesota was named the top state in the country for child well-being in July, but that lofty ranking doesn’t tell the full story...
    news/educationNovember 19, 2015 - 11:09pm
    October 1, 2015
    Health insurance rate hikes upset officials
    ST. PAUL — Minnesotans who buy their own health insurance will pay more next year, in some cases a lot more. Officials of the state Commerce Department and the MNsure Web-based insurance sales site Thursday announced insurance rates for Minnesotans who buy their own policies will...
    newsOctober 1, 2015 - 11:06pm
    September 24, 2015
    DWI fatalities, arrests continue downward trend
    ST. PAUL — Drunken driving arrests and fatalities are continuing a five-year downward trend, said the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Thursday. The recently released Minnesota Impaired Driving Facts 2014 report shows impaired-related traffic fatalities dropped to 91 in 2014,...
    newsSeptember 24, 2015 - 10:55pm
    June 16, 2015
    Fire Marshal: Fireworks injured 70 last year
    WILLMAR — The state tracks fireworks injuries such as the one last week during a fireworks display at KRA Raceway in Willmar, but a fireworks specialist said he thinks injuries are underreported. According to the state Department of Public Safety, a total of 70 fireworks injuries...
    newsJune 16, 2015 - 11:30pm
    June 8, 2015
    Willmar Utilities Commission OKs solar and wind payment rate
    WILLMAR — The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission has set a rate that will be paid to customers who generate more electricity from their solar and wind facilities than they buy from the city-owned utility. The commission on Monday approved paying an average retail utility energy...
    newsJune 8, 2015 - 11:20pm
    June 4, 2015
    Insurance companies seek big premium hikes
    ST. PAUL — Proposals by some insurers for large health insurance premium increases upset key politicians. “The proposed rate increases from Minnesota’s health insurers are outrageous, given that our state’s health care costs have been increasing by only 3 percent,” Democratic...
    newsJune 4, 2015 - 11:17pm
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