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Robert Stiff talks about his company, PCs for People, which operates in partnership with KandiComp in Willmar, and refurbishes donated computers and gives them to low-income people. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Willmar, Minn., nonprofit to give away computers to low-income families

WILLMAR — KandiComp of Willmar doesn’t plan to get rich working with PCs for People, a nonprofit that provides free refurbished computers to low-income families. While the company is a...

news / local Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 10:52pm

Linder family gives $100K to Kandiyohi County, Minn., YMCA campaign

WILLMAR — The Kandiyohi County Area Family YMCA’s $3 million capital campaign to expand its facilities has received a $100,000 contribution from Lakeland Broadcasting of Willmar and the Linder family...

news / local Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 10:39pm

Business Briefs

Paynesville Bridal Fair is Jan. 27 PAYNESVILLE — The 2013 Paynesville Bridal Fair will be noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at Queen Bee Banquet Center, 121 W. James St., in...

business Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 9:20pm

Hutchinson, Minn., businessman proposes redeveloping Willmar, Minn., mobile home park

WILLMAR — Hutchinson businessman Gus Wurdell is proposing to redevelop the rundown Regency East Mobile Home Park on Lakeland Drive Northeast. Regency East has 120 lots but about 40 are...

news / local Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 5:00am

Andrea Etterman, an imaging technologist, left, acts as a patient for fellow technologist Paula Peterson as they demonstrate the CT scanner at the Affiliated Community Medical Centers clinic in Willmar. A statewide initiative aims to provide education on wise use of medical imaging to reduce radiation exposure. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Statewide campaign promotes optimal use of medical imaging

WILLMAR — Dr. Drew Hoffman analyzes the risk vs. the benefit of medical imaging almost every day: Should he order an X-ray or CT scan for the patient with abdominal...

news / local Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 5:00am

Tires slashed on multiple vehicles Saturday near hospital in Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR — Tires on at least 20 vehicles, and possibly as many as 30 vehicles, were slashed Saturday in parking lots and on streets near Rice Memorial Hospital. Many of...

news / local Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 4:00am

Lakeland Drive, a major traffic route for the city of Willmar, will be reconstructed between Civic Center Drive and Willmar Avenue Southeast as part of an estimated $8.4 million project. The project, if approved, will also replace an inadequate sanitary sewer line under Lakeland Drive with a larger interceptor line to handle present and future sewer needs and replace a deficient sewer lift station next to the MinnWest Technology Campus. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Public comment next for $8.4M street, sewer work on Lakeland in Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR — The public will have an opportunity to comment next month on the facilities plan and environmental impact worksheet for the proposed Lakeland Drive sewer and reconstruction project. The...

news / local Sat, Jan 19, 2013 - 7:00am

Two face drug charges after brick of marijuana, cocaine found in Willmar, Minn., house

WILLMAR — Ricardo Navarro, 41, and Loraine Michelle Romero, 30, of Willmar, each made their first court appearances Friday on third- and fifth-degree drug possession charges for allegedly possessing 3.8...

news / local Fri, Jan 18, 2013 - 10:52pm

Rice Home Medical in Willmar is shown in an October file photo. The retail store on 19th Avenue Southwest will be renovated and expanded after the hospital board approved bids this week. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Bids awarded for Rice Home Medical project

WILLMAR — Renovation and expansion will get under way soon at Rice Home Medical’s retail store in Willmar, following the approval of construction bids Wednesday by the Rice Memorial Hospital...

news / local Fri, Jan 18, 2013 - 5:00am

Willmar, Minn., city committee seeks clarification on Chamber dues

WILLMAR — The Finance Committee is continuing the discussion begun at a City Council meeting last month on whether or not state law allows local city entities to pay membership...

news / local Fri, Jan 18, 2013 - 4:00am

Council member says Chamber question is a long-standing issue for city of Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR — Willmar City Council member Steve Ahmann says his concern over government entities spending tax dollars for membership in the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce goes back 20...

news / local Fri, Jan 18, 2013 - 4:00am

Cato, the canine officer who served the Willmar Police Department for 10 years, died Wednesday. Officer Craig Lange was the dog's handler, and he cared for him until his death on Wednesday. The dog had been retired from duty at the end of last year due to health problems. (Submitted file photo)

Willmar Police, community mourning loss of K9 Officer Cato

WILLMAR — Cato, the canine officer who served the Willmar Police Department for 10 years, died Wednesday. The loss was noted this morning on the department’s Facebook page. The dog...

news / local Thu, Jan 17, 2013 - 10:07am

Firefighters respond Wednesday to a blaze at a property located at 306 Litchfield Ave. S.E. in Willmar. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Willmar, Minn., blaze under investigation

WILLMAR — The cause of a fire that damaged a home Wednesday at 306 Litchfield Ave. S.E. in Willmar remains under investigation by fire officials. According to Willmar Fire Chief...

news / local Wed, Jan 16, 2013 - 11:12pm

The 75-year-old mural at the auditorium contains many mysteries. It tells the story of the settling of the Midwest, the legacy of the U.S.-Indian Wars, and those that followed: The Civil, Spanish-American and World War I. It celebrates the nation’s constitutional rights, from the right of assembly and the press to the end of slavery. It also contains airplanes that look like modern-day stealth bombers. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

The history, mystery and purpose of War Memorial Auditorium in downtown Willmar, Minn., comes to light

WILLMAR — The 75th anniversary of the Willmar War Memorial Auditorium was allowed to go unnoticed last year, but there is a chance to make up for it. This can...

news / local Wed, Jan 16, 2013 - 11:05pm

Fire crews work to extinguish a house fire today on Litchfield Avenue Southeast in Willmar. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Update: Traffic diverted as crews continue to fight Willmar, Minn., house fire

WILLMAR — Fire crews from Willmar, Kandiyohi, Spicer and Pennock are on the scene of a house fire today at 306 Litchfield Ave. S.E. in Willmar. According to Willmar Fire...

news / local Wed, Jan 16, 2013 - 12:51pm

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