The October/November issue of Live it! Magazine now available online The October/November issue of Live it! Magazine is now available to view online here. In this issue we visit with two families who have chosen to homeschool their children and a...
WILLMAR -- After more than an hour of taking public comments and discussing them with Mayor Marv Calvin in front of a packed house, the Willmar City Council voted 5-3 Monday night to terminate the employment agreement with City Administrator Char...
By Don Davis Forum News Service ST. PAUL -- Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton hoped for one final victory Tuesday to cap his nearly 40-year career as a public servant, and NBC News said that would happen. No vote totals were available as of press time ...
ROCHESTER -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's chief challenger took health insurance cost information the administration released Wednesday and used it hours later against the governor during their first debate.
ST. PAUL -- Jeff Johnson was 8 years old when Mark Dayton got involved in government, working for then-U.S. Sen. Walter Mondale. Since then, Dayton has traveled the state for 39 years, getting to know issues that most Minnesotans may not even rea...
Katrina Lyn Muench and Zachariah Lee Johnson are engaged to be married in August at Stonewall Farms in Willmar. Katrina is the daughter of Robert and Terri Muench of Bird Island, She is a 2010 graduate of BOLD High School and a 2012 graduate of A...
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A Minnesota Republican who grew up in Detroit Lakes and now is commissioner in the state's largest county became the party's endorsed candidate for governor Saturday night.
President Lyndon B. Johnson cajoled and collaborated with Congress 50 years ago until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed and signed into law. The Civil Rights Law, a Johnson legacy, affected the nation profoundly as it for the first time pro...
Rice Building Systems acquires Raske BuildingCOSMOS -- Rice Building Systems Inc. of Sauk Rapids announces it has acquired longtime Cosmos construction firm Raske Building Inc. The companies share a more than 50-year history in the construction b...
WILLMAR -- Ward 2 voters reelected incumbent Tim Johnson to a second four-year term on the Willmar City Council, defeating challenger Andrew Bjur in Tuesday's general election.
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.
WILLMAR -- One of the biggest challenges facing the city of Willmar is trying to find sufficient revenues to sustain growth, build infrastructure and provide services to residents at a reasonable cost, says Ward 2 City Council member Tim Johnson.
DAWSON -- Leaders at Johnson Memorial Health Services first started talking late in 2009 about how they could make the workplace safer for their 220 employees.
