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WILLMAR - On a 4-1 vote this morning the Kandiyohi County Commissioners agreed to ask local legislators to sponsor a bill that could eventually make the county auditor/treasurer and recorder appointed, rather than elected, positions Getting the legislation approved is the first step...

LITCHFIELD -- A financial audit shows the Litchfield School District is on the right path for getting out of statutory operating debt. It was around Thanksgiving Day a year ago that the district was placed into statutory operating debt, which means its unreserved fund balance is...

LITCHFIELD -- To most school boards, approving a $331,993 budget deficit for the following school year is almost like reluctantly accepting some form of punishment. To Litchfield Public Schools, such a scenario could actually call for a celebration. During Monday's meeting, the...

LITCHFIELD -- Litchfield Public Schools will introduce a new operating levy in 2010 after local voters favored the district's call for help in Tuesday's referendum. Superintendent Bill Wold said the referendum passed 2,028 votes to 1,174. "It was a big victory," Wold said. "We had...

LITCHFIELD -- Litchfield Public Schools will introduce a new operating levy in 2010 after local voters favored the district's call for help in Tuesday's referendum. Superintendent Bill Wold said tonight that Litchfield School District's referendum passed 2,028 votes to 1,174. "It...

LITCHFIELD -- With all of its scheduled informational meetings complete, Litchfield Public Schools will use this week to answer any final queries from the public and prepare for Tuesday's referendum. Superintendent Bill Wold said Tuesday that Litchfield School District will spend...

LITCHFIELD -- With less than a month until a referendum, Litchfield Public Schools continues to share operating levy information to the public with the help of the privately funded Citizens for Education Committee. Superintendent Bill Wold told the Tribune this week that the School...

LITCHFIELD -- A privately funded citizens committee will introduce the first of numerous neighborhood informational meetings next week that promote the Litchfield Public Schools' levy proposal and detail the May 19 referendum. Superintendent Bill Wold said in an interview this week...

LITCHFIELD -- The Litchfield Chamber of Commerce has endorsed Litchfield Public Schools' levy proposal for the May 19 referendum. Superintendent Bill Wold said Tuesday the Litchfield Chamber of Commerce gave its endorsement to the Litchfield School District Thursday after a meeting...

LITCHFIELD --Litchfield Public Schools will start distributing information about a May 19 referendum proposal in the upcoming weeks after the School Board finalized levy details during its Monday meeting. Superintendent Bill Wold said Tuesday the school board approved proposing a...

LITCHFIELD -- Litchfield Public Schools will ask for a $300-per-student levy increase when it proposes its May 19 referendum to local voters. Superintendent Bill Wold said today the Litchfield School Board finalized the details for its May 19 referendum during Monday's board meeting....

LITCHFIELD -- The Litchfield School Board will finalize the details of its May 19 referendum by the end of its March 9 regular meeting. Superintendent Bill Wold said Tuesday the School Board began discussions about the referendum's details during Monday's regular meeting. Although...

LITCHFIELD -- Litchfield Public Schools will propose a new operating levy to local voters in a May 19 referendum. Superintendent Bill Wold said today that the Litchfield School District received an e-mail notification from the commissioner of the state Department of Education this...

LITCHFIELD -- Litchfield Public Schools is wasting no time as it looks to get out of statutory operating debt. The school district on Tuesday sent a referendum request to the state Department of Education Tuesday after the School Board approved a resolution during Monday's meeting....

Updated 2:30 p.m. LITCHFIELD -- The Litchfield School District is requesting permission from the state Department of Education to propose a May 19 operating levy to local voters. Superintendent Bill Wold said the Litchfield School District sent a referendum request to the state...