News

Lindgren gets 40 days in jail

2-22-12     A man who drove drunk and crashed his car in Willmar with his two children inside has been sentenced to 40 days in jail.   29-year-old Raymond Lindgren of Kerkhoven was sentenced in Kandiyohi County District Court in Willmar Tuesday.   Lindgren left a friend's apartment after a fight October 17th, grabbed his 2 and 5 year old sons, and MORE... 

Sixth death reported from Monday crashes

2-22-12     A six person is dead after slushy conditions hit the Alexandria area on Monday.   Four college students died on I-94 west of Alexandria and a Starbuck woman was killed near Glenwood.   Now the Douglas County Sheriff's Department reveals a 13-year-old girl died and two others were hurt after a crash at 6:15 p.m. Monday MORE... 
Renee Nolting

Dine out for the United Way goes till Sunday

2-22-12    There's still a few days left to eat out at area restaurants and help raise money for the United Way of West Central Minnesota.   Through Sunday, area businesses are donating a portion of the money they make on a particular day to the United Way.    United Way Director Renae Nolting says they got the idea from other United Way Chapters and is MORE... 

Meeker County pursuing drug drop off site
2-22-12   The Meeker County Board of Commissioners has given Public Health Educator Daren Scheppmann permission to work with the Sheriff’s Office to apply to be a site for a drug take-back program.  If it materializes, there would be a safe way for residents to dispose of unused medications.  Scheppmann says neighboring counties have take-back programs, enabling MORE... 

Redwood Falls native found dead at MIT

2-22-12     A Redwood Falls native was found dead in his dorm room at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday.  Officials were contacted by concerned family members after they were unable to reach 21-year-old Brian Anderson.  Anderson was a management major at M-I-T and an active member of the school's wrestling team.  There have been two suicides MORE... 
Gimse

Gimse, Kubly in same district

2-22-12      A five judge panel released their map of Minnesota's new legislative districts Tuesday.   Senator Joe Gimse's District 13 now becomes District 17, and includes Kandiyohi, Renville and Chippewa Counties, and puts the Willmar Republican in the same district as Senator Gary Kubly of Granite Falls.   Kubly, suffering from ALS, has MORE... 
Okins

Willmar changing ward boundaries

2-22-12     The Willmar City Council last night gave the prelimnary o.k. to shift the boundaries of Wards 1 and 2 to account for changes in the population since the 2000 census.   Willmar Finance Director Steve Okins says people will be able to comment on the boundaries changes March 19th.  The greatest area if population growth in Willmar came in the 1st MORE... 
Cox

Cox leaves 6 million to Willmar Area Community Foundation
2-21-12     The Willmar Area Community Foundation (WACF) announced today that Alice Cox, who died on December 29, 2011, designated the Willmar Area Community Foundation as recipient of her entire estate, which is valued at over $6 million.  This gift will double the assets of WACF to over $12 MORE...

Counselors On Hand At N-D-S-U
2-21-12(Fargo, ND) --  Administrators and counseling staff at North Dakota State University are dealing with the deaths of four freshmen who died in a collision on a slick section of Interstate 94 near Alexandria Monday.  The four female students from the Twin Cities area died at the scene of the three-vehicle wreck.  Janna Stoskopf (STAAS'-COUGH), dean of student life at the More....