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Willmar voters will be electing four members to its City Council. The candidates are: Dennis Anderson in Ward 1; Tim Johnson and Andrew Bjur in Ward 2, Steve Ahmann in Ward 3 and Jim Dokken and Jay Lawton in Ward 4. Ward 1: Anderson is running unopposed for re-election to this Ward...

Wow. A new low in politics. The attack on Sen. Joe Gimse by Steve Marquardt's Oct. 23 letter to the editor went too far. Marquardt's letter was mean, ruthless and extremely disrespectful towards a grieving family. Using the death of someone's loved one to advance your political opinion...

The tragic death of Belgrade teacher and coach Richard Vos as he rode his bicycle on U.S.

Letter to members of the Willmar City Council: This past week I had the pleasure of sitting with an elderly woman from Appleton. This woman asked me where I was from. I told her I live in Willmar. She asked me if I was afraid to live in Willmar because of all the crime. She then...

As difficult as it must already be for a teacher to conduct class in a modern-day special education classroom, the teacher's plight has just gotten worse by placing added restrictions on the use of the valuable tools of seclusion and restraint to remove the unruly from the classroom....

MINNEAPOLIS - Former Minnesota House Speaker Steve Sviggum says he'll keep his seat on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents and resign from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs to end a conflict of interest. A regents committee last week told Sviggum that holding both jobs...

I would like to congratulate Duininck Construction on their quick work to complete the Highway 71/23 (business) intersection with the law enforcement road and the golf course road. However, this poorly designed project, which cost more than $725,000 (plus the additional costs of...

COSMOS -- An audit of the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District shows reductions in expenses has resulted in an increase in the net assets and reserve fund for the 2009-10 school year. But the state's delayed aid payment has weakened the district's cash fund. In a report to the...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Steve Williams doesn't believe his job as Tiger Woods' caddy is under any threat, despite media speculation about their 11-year association and concern over the champion golfer's form. Williams told New Zealand radio Wednesday that he and Woods remain...

Twenty-four years ago, in 1986, I began my campaign for the Minnesota House of Representatives. My campaign slogan was "Experienced leadership with a common-sense approach." In speeches I would expand on that by saying, "Our decisions should be based on valid science, sound economics...

Sen. Steve Dille announced earlier this week that he would not seek re-election in 2010. The veteran Republican senator will serve during the 2010 Minnesota legislative session. Dille will be missed in the Legislature. A veterinarian and farmer from Dassel, Dille has served diligently...