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Candidate forums begin Tuesday in Willmar; area legislators scheduled to be featured at first event

WILLMAR -- Four candidates for the state legislature will be featured Tuesday night in Willmar during first of a series of political candidate forums. Sen. Joe Gimse, R-Willmar, and his...

news / local Fri, Sep 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Rice eager to resume campaigning after suffering brain hemorrhage

WILLMAR -- DFL Senate candidate Larry Rice, of Willmar, is recovering from a mild brain hemorrhage. He's been at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis since Thursday. He could be released...

news / local Sat, Aug 28, 2010 - 12:00am

Update: Rice suffers brain hemorrhage, expected to fully recover

Update 3:45 p.m.

news Fri, Aug 27, 2010 - 3:45pm

Farmers offer their thoughts on the 2012 farm bill

WILLMAR -- Managing the risk in agriculture is a common refrain when farmers gather to discuss their ideas for the 2012 farm bill. "Risk management is a moving target," said...

news / local Tue, Aug 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Commentary: In Ohio, no insiders need apply

GAMBIER, Ohio -- Ohio's U.S. Senate campaign offers an excellent preview of what this fall's midterm elections will be like: Everyone in the race wants to be an outsider, everyone...

opinion / commentary Wed, Apr 14, 2010 - 12:00am

DFL District 13 convention endorses Rice

WILLMAR -- Willmar businessman Larry Rice received the unanimous endorsement of the Senate District 13 DFL Party at its convention in Belgrade on Sunday.

news / region Tue, Mar 16, 2010 - 1:01pm

Willmar businessman announces bid for Senate 13 seat

WILLMAR -- Willmar business owner Larry Rice announced Wednesday he is running for the Minnesota Senate District 13 seat. Rice will seek the DFL party endorsement March 14 at the...

news / local Thu, Mar 04, 2010 - 12:00am

DFLer Larry Rice will challenge Gimse in Senate 13 race

Willmar - Lifelong Willmar resident and small business owner Larry Rice announced today he is running for the Minnesota Senate District 13 seat currently held by Joe Gimse, R-Willmar Rice...

news / local Wed, Mar 03, 2010 - 10:00am

Senate election offers first vote of Minn. 2010 season

OWATONNA, Minn. - Voters in southern Minnesota are filling a state Senate seat Republicans have long controlled. Tuesday's special election will fill the remaining 11 months of Dick Day's term...

news / state Tue, Jan 26, 2010 - 9:04am

Sens. Joe Gimse, R-Willmar, left, and Gary Kubly, DFL-Granite Falls.

Senate testimony: Blame shortage of staff for falls in nursing homes

ST. PAUL -- Some Minnesota nursing homes simply do not have enough employees to prevent residents from falling, two Minnesota Senate committees heard Thursday. "I know we all hope to...

news / state Fri, Jan 22, 2010 - 12:00am

Former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayon, a candidate for Minnesota governor, right, said during a campaign event Wednesday that a Republican upset in the Massachusetts Senate election shows that voters are looking for politicians who will make progress. He was surrounded by friends and families as he made his comments. Tribune photo by Don Davis

Massachusetts Senate vote recalls events of 1994

ST. PAUL -- Rick Stafford remembers 1994, when Republicans kicked Democrats out of congressional control, and with Tuesday's Massachusetts GOP upset he sees some similarities this year. Bill Clinton was...

news / nation Thu, Jan 21, 2010 - 12:00am

Commentary: We the people have stood

In his first comment following Scott Brown's stunning victory in the Massachusetts special election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, President Obama told the losing candidate,...

opinion / commentary Thu, Jan 21, 2010 - 12:00am

Cartoon by Dave Grandlund

opinion / cartoons Thu, Jan 21, 2010 - 12:00am

N.D. governor announces run for U.S. Senate

BISMARCK - After serving as North Dakota governor since 2000, John Hoeven said Monday night he believes he's the right candidate to bring "commonsense" policy back to Washington, D.C. Hoeven...

news / state Tue, Jan 12, 2010 - 8:00am

ND Gov. Hoeven set to announce possible Senate bid

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven plans to announce today whether he'll run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan. A North...

news / state / nation Mon, Jan 11, 2010 - 8:12am

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