CHILD CARE

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Ridgewater College, Southwest Initiative Foundation team up to assist students taking child care classes

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.

Business

Stay 'N Play Child Care opens in new location in Willmar

Stay 'N Play Child Care has moved from its location on the MinnWest Technology Campus in northeast Willmar to a building on Industrial Park Drive Southwest.

February 17, 2023 07:21 AM

If your child is drinking, eating and sleeping normally, and they are able to play, you do not need to treat the fever. Instead, you should wait to see if the fever improves by itself.

Health

Ask the Pediatrician: How can I help my child feel better with a fever?

Remember to always look carefully at the label on the medicine and follow the directions. Each type of medicine has different directions based on the age and weight of a child.

January 04, 2023 04:40 PM

Local

Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar EDC awarded $200,000 grant to help ease local child care crisis

In 2022, a First Children's Finance report showed a need for 935 additional child care slots in Kandiyohi County. The Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission will use a $200,000 state grant to work with and support current providers, and to encourage new providers.

December 01, 2022 04:30 PM

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Minnesota

Walz announces new affordable child care funding

Minnesota often tops lists for most expensive child care in the U.S. Areas outside the Twin Cities metro lost more than 20,000 child care slots between 2000 and 2020.

December 01, 2022 04:14 PM

By Alex Derosier

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Foster care and adoption can offer homes and love to children who need it

The need for licensed foster care homes continues to grow, both in Kandiyohi County and statewide. The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners was given an update on the county’s program, while a foster care and adoption panel hosted by the Willmar Public Library offered insight to potential foster and adoptive families.

April 30, 2022 08:11 AM

By Shelby Lindrud

Columns

Commentary: Lawmakers can seize chance to bolster child care in rural Minnesota

From the column: "Children and families in poverty tend to follow in successive generations, perpetuating the tragedies of poverty."

April 13, 2022 07:19 AM

By Dale Dobrin, Ada Alden, Mary Meland, and Roger Sheldon