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Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish makes a statement Monday during the City Council’s regular meeting. Yanish discussed last year’s accomplishments for the city of Willmar and this year’s opportunities in his annual State of the City Address. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Mayor declares 2012 a success for Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR — Mayor Frank Yanish says 2012 was a very successful year for Willmar. Among the successes cited by the mayor were a change in management at the Municipal Utilities,...

news / local Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 11:16pm

Kaniyohi Co., Minn., Board to apply for grant for larger inspection program for invasive species

WILLMAR — Kandiyohi County will be applying for a grant to help combat the spread of aquatic invasive species in and around the Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District. The...

news / local Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 11:04pm

One of the cats available for adoption naps Tuesday at Hawk Creek Animal Shelter in Willmar. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Report recommends new strategies to increase cat adoptions at Willmar, Minn., shelter

WILLMAR — A consultants’ report suggests several strategies the Hawk Creek Animal Shelter can implement to increase adoption rates for cats and reduce the amount of time they spend at...

Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 10:55pm

Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish comments Monday during a meeting of the Willmar City Council. Yanish’s appointment of former State Sen. Joe Gimse to the Municipal Utilities Commission was approved Monday by the City Council. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Yanish rejects Baker for MUC spot, Council confirms Gimse appointment

WILLMAR — Reminders of city charter changes intended to keep experienced members serving on commissions and boards and praise from council members and the mayor for leading the Municipal Utilities...

news / local Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 7:00am

Willmar, Minn., man faces felony for shoplifting

WILLMAR — Lawrence Dean Derungs, 34, of Willmar, made his first court appearance Monday on a felony charge of theft for allegedly attempting to shoplift two computers Saturday from Wal-Mart...

news / local Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 11:22pm

37th Street N.E. in Willmar now open

The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department office in Willmar announced today that 37th Street N.E., located southeast of Eagle Lake, is open to traffic. Here is a map of the...

news / local Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 3:43pm

This is the records summary for Jan. 7. Arrests SPICER — A 40-year-old Willmar man was arrested at 2:15 a.m. Saturday at Zorbaz, 159 Lake Ave. S, in Spicer. He...

news / local Sun, Jan 06, 2013 - 11:38pm

18-year-old sentenced for his role in fiery vehicle crash

WILLMAR — Ex-Savor Rene Cruz, 18, of Willmar, was sentenced Thursday to probation until his 19th birthday and 56 hours of community on a felony for motor vehicle theft and...

news / local Sun, Jan 06, 2013 - 11:34pm

Diondre Lenz was born a week early and was the first baby born this year at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. His mother, Crystal, gave birth to Diondre, her third child, at 9:26 a.m. Tuesday. He missed sharing a birthday with his sister by three days. Submitted

Willmar, Minn., family welcomes first baby of new year at Rice Hospital

In addition to being a happy, healthy baby boy, newborn Diondre Thomas Lenz is also a special one: He was the first baby born in the New Year at Rice...

news / local Sun, Jan 06, 2013 - 11:32pm

Area curling teams compete Saturday morning during the Willmar Curling Club's annual curling bonspiel held at the Blue Line Arena in the Willmar Civic Center.

Curling Bonspiel

Area curling teams compete Saturday morning during the Willmar Curling Club's annual curling bonspiel held at the Blue Line Arena in the Willmar Civic Center.

news / local Sun, Jan 06, 2013 - 5:27pm

Editorial: A critical need for better city leadership in WIllmar this New Year

Mayor Frank Yanish will address citizens and the Willmar City Council on the state of the city Monday night. It will be interesting to see the mayor’s version of this...

opinion / editorials Fri, Jan 04, 2013 - 11:34pm

Warm the Children campaign comes in short of $40K goal

WILLMAR — The 2012 Warm the Children campaign took in $36,795.41, falling short of its goal of $40,000. At 92 percent of goal, the funds will still cover the shopping...

news / region Fri, Jan 04, 2013 - 11:21pm

Willmar, Minn., community foundation has significant grants for priority needs

WILLMAR — The Willmar Area Community Foundation is casting a wide net for grant applications from local nonprofits focusing on older adults, youths, diversity or the arts. Buoyed by a...

news / local Fri, Jan 04, 2013 - 11:05pm

Founder of Willmar, Minn., Junior College dead at 92

WILLMAR — Dr. Philip C. Helland, a former Willmar school official and founder of the Willmar Junior College and Vocational School, died Dec. 12 in Minneapolis of complications from Alzheimer’s...

news / local Thu, Jan 03, 2013 - 11:23pm

Kevin Madsen, Willmar Civic Center manager, runs a nipper over the surface of the ice Thursday at the Blue Line Area in preparation for this weekend’s curling bonspiel. The nipper trims the top of the pebble, frozen droplets of water on the ice surface that are applied with a pebbling wand. The pebble helps curling rocks slide. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Annual bonspiel to be hosted by Willmar, Minn., curling club

WILLMAR — No longer just “that Olympic sport with brooms,” curling has become a popular pastime in the United States, including in the Willmar area. This weekend, the Willmar Curling...

news / local Thu, Jan 03, 2013 - 11:20pm

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