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WILLMAR — The Kandiyohi County Commissioners set public hearings for May 7 to take testimony on requests for tax abatement from three separate businesses. The unusual number of requests reflects a “resurgence’ in local economic development, said Steve Renquist, director of the...

BENSON -- The National Weather Service radar is tracking strong thunderstorms along a line from three miles southeast of Appleton to seven miles southeast of Danvers to four miles east of DeGraff. The Weather Service says these storms are moving northeast at 30 mph. Hail up to nickel...

MURDOCK -- A final farewell service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Frank Lake Covenant Church, located just off of state Highway 9, between Sunburg and Benson. The service will include a hymn-sing by participants, a time of sharing memories and hymns sung in Swedish by former church...

Events marking Syttende Mai -- literally May 17, which is Norway's Constitution Day -- have been set in area communities over the next three days. In Norway, according to the country's official U.S. website, Norwegians fill the streets each year on May 17 to celebrate the 1814 adoption...

Update 12:45 p.m. Multiple fire departments are responding to a grass fire currently burning southeast of Sunburg. The fire is located along 210 Avenue North and west of Kandiyohi County Road 1. A farmer was observed attempting to create a fire break between the fire and a farm...