A $52 million bond referendum gave Willmar Public Schools the ability to ease overcrowding and give the entire school district a facelift through a broad building and maintenance program.
Starting Tuesday, elementary school students in the Willmar School District returned fully to in-person learning. Grades 6-12 are set to resume in-person learning Feb. 23.
Usama Dakdok's second visit to Willmar drew a crowd, two crowds really. Well over 200 people gathered outside the Kennedy Elementary School to oppose his visit and celebrate Willmar as a community welcoming to people of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds. Inside the school in front of more than 100 people, the pastor of The Straight Way of Grace Ministry delivered a message that Islam is dangerous.
WILLMAR -- Fourth- and fifth-grade students had a ball Wednesday during the annual end-of-year Field Day conducted by Willmar School District elementary schools at Hodapp Field in Willmar. The students participated in relay and hurdle races and v...
WILLMAR -- Work will continue this summer on remodeling and maintenance projects funded by the Willmar Public Schools bonding that voters approved in a 2015 referendum.
WILLMAR -- Lunch is usually one of the highlights of the school day, and on Thursday at Kennedy Elementary School in Willmar, it was even more exciting.
WILLMAR -- The Willmar Public Schools' building program is moving into its final stages. With the opening of the new Lakeland Elementary School this month, the district has completed the three major projects approved in a 2015 bond referendum. Lo...
WILLMAR -- Everything feels different at Roosevelt and Kennedy elementary schools in Willmar. When the new Lakeland Elementary School opened Jan. 2, it was a bittersweet time for the Kennedy and Roosevelt students and staff who would be staying b...
WILLMAR -- The Willmar Public Schools Foundation will help pay for T-shirts for some at-risk students and will send Kennedy Elementary students to safety patrol training.
WILLMAR -- Willmar's elementary students are learning to write stories, and a Minnesota-based children's author during her visit last week offered some tips to make it easier.
WILLMAR -- Gretchen Baumgarn, dean of students at Willmar Middle School, has been named principal of the new Lakeland Elementary School. The school is under construction in southeastern Willmar and is expected to open in the fall. "I'm very excit...
