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Willmar, Minn., Council member fails to sway votes on plan to address business closings
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Kandiyohi County, Minn., campaign will sell idea of recycling
Bids awarded for $2.1 million renovation of Rice Hospital medical imaging department
Still time to apply for energy assistance, deadline is May 31
Renville, Minn., sugar co-op reports improving water quality compliance
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Willmar, Minn., Council member fails to sway votes on plan to address business closings
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Bids awarded for $2.1 million renovation of Rice Hospital medical imaging department
Renville, Minn., sugar co-op reports improving water quality compliance
Counties gain financial aid and get tax break with new legislation
Schmoll to step down as executive director of Safe Avenues in Willmar, Minn.
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Schoer — Henkel
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Tornadoes level homes in Okla., 21 injured
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) -- One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened...
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Sun, May 19, 2013 - 10:48pm
Dayton asks federal government for storm loans
ST. PAUL – Gov. Mark Dayton wants the federal Small Business Administration to make low-interest loans available to repair homes and businesses and businesses damaged by storms and flooding in...
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Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 10:59pm
Area Sports: Storm delivers knock-out punches
In one photo, youth baseball player Payton Kinzler, 13, views the first-base dugout at Kingery Field in Atwater Monday that was overpowered by the strong westerly winds that blew along...
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Tue, Jun 19, 2012 - 12:00am
Tornado east of Milan, Minn., damages farm; thunderstorm produces several funnels
WILLMAR -- A Saturday afternoon thunderstorm produced numerous funnel clouds and one tornado that touched down and damaged a farm between Milan and Big Bend. No injuries were reported. A...
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Mon, Apr 23, 2012 - 12:00am
20,000 acres of crops damaged in Renville County, Minn.
WILLMAR -- Farm Service Agency officials estimate that 20,000 acres of crops were damaged by the hail and high winds that tracked across Renville County in Friday's storms. Byron Hogberg,...
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Thu, Jul 07, 2011 - 9:00am
UPDATE: Xcel expects power to be out until 11 p.m. Sunday
WILLMAR - Xcel Energy expects to restore electricity to communities affected by Friday's storms by 11 p.m. Sunday evening. According to the energy company's website, customers are without power in...
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Sat, Jul 02, 2011 - 11:55am
Expert: No answer to 'why' after a suicide
NEW LONDON -- The biggest thing surrounding suicide is why it happened and seeking to put the pieces back together, a grief specialist told a New London-Spicer audience Sunday night...
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Mon, Apr 18, 2011 - 12:00am
Make-up days planned after storms disrupt school
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- After a spate of snowstorms pounded the South and East, school officials are trying to cram in more classroom time to make up for all those...
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Fri, Jan 28, 2011 - 1:00pm
Rains overwhelm Granite Falls sewer system
GRANITE FALLS -- Heavy rains Thursday overwhelmed the sanitary sewer system in Granite Falls, causing sewage to back up into the basements of as many as 60 homes. Rainfall amounts...
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Sat, Aug 14, 2010 - 12:00am
Heavy rains overwhelmed Granite Falls sewer system
GRANITE FALLS -- Heavy rains overwhelmed the sanitary sewer system in Granite Falls, causing sewage to back up into the basements of dozens of homes in the community during the...
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Fri, Aug 13, 2010 - 11:53am
Weather service: Up to 7 tornadoes hit N.D., Minn.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- As many as seven tornadoes may have touched down Saturday evening in southeast North Dakota and western Minnesota, the National Weather Service said Sunday. No...
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Mon, Aug 09, 2010 - 12:00am
NWS predicts stormy night in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The National Weather Service is advising people in most of central and south-central Minnesota to prepare for a stormy night. The Worthington area in southwestern Minnesota is...
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 - 2:00pm