A Minnesota State study has found that Ridgewater College's impact on Willmar, Hutchinson and the surrounding area was $155 million in 2021-22. Minnesota State's impact on the state was $8.4 billion.
Ridgewater College plans to offer advanced meat processing and meat cutting entrepreneur certificates, adding to the beginning meat cutting certificate it began offering last year.
The Southwest Initiative Foundation and Ridgewater College will offer tuition assistance and other funding for students studying child care, hoping the effort could ease a shortage of workers.
Nicholas Anthony Cassens, 40, of Hutchinson, was sentenced to prison in a crash that injured two people in 2020. A toxicology report revealed he was under the influence of drugs.
Diana Anderson has overseen a growing Southwest Initiative Foundation since she joined the organization in 2001. After nine years as its director, she is saying goodbye.
Scott Marquardt will succeed Diana Anderson as president of the Southwest Initiative Foundation. Anderson is retiring after seven years at the helm of the nonprofit community foundation.
