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WILLMAR -- Group purchasing through a regional initiative helped Rice Memorial Hospital save almost $40,000 last year on supplies ranging from paper towels to surgical equipment. This year the city-owned...

ST. CLOUD -- Emergency 911 service was restored around 10:35 a.m. this morning in Stearns County. County dispatchers had earlier discovered that 911 services in the county and a portion...

WILLMAR -- Helping low-income families go to work instead of going on welfare is what Sharon Bakker does every day at the Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Building. Bakker...

An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: On the Postal Service: From The Associated Press The groundwork is set for elimination of a six-day postal delivery...

WILLMAR -- Jessica Beth Kruger, 29, of Litchfield, was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in jail, five years of probation and a $50 fine on felony theft charge for taking...

NEW YORK - Delta Air Lines Inc. said Monday it is expanding its international service from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport with the addition of a flight to Mexico City and...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The National Weather Service has three survey teams inspecting the damage caused by severe storms Thursday night in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Meteorologist Al...

BENSON -- After taking action last month to bow out of the state's revised sentence-to-service contract that would have increased local costs, the Swift County is looking for ways to...

BENSON -- An abrupt adjournment to the Swift County Board of Commissioners meeting this week could signal the end of the county's 30-year-old sentence-to-service program. As the commissioners were discussing...