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Sometimes politics make strange bedfellows. Republican State Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City is asking for Democrat ...
Sometimes politics make strange bedfellows. Republican State Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City is asking for Democrat ...
The Minnesota Senate passed the gay marriage bill Monday, and Governor Dayton says he'll sign it on the capital steps Tue...
Two years after the Minnesota Legislature put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the ballot, a dramatict...
It appears the failure of a Legacy Bill in the legislature so far this session is due to an effort to get more funds for wild...
An area lawmaker says the Minnesota DFL is guilty of "bait and switch" when it comes to taxes. Republican Represent...
At 6:09 Saturday morning the Meeker County Sheriff's Office received a report of a one vehicle accident on 624th Avenue a...
A Willmar man was hurt in a crash involving a semi and a mini van between Litchfield and Grove City this morning. The Meeker ...
The Legacy Bill may be in trouble this session. The bill decides where approximately 600 milliion dollars raised by a voter-a...
Yesterday afternoon at 5:12, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of a barn on fire located at 59157 U....
As the ice begins to melt on the lakes this spring some may find the past winter was none too kind to the fish. Jeff Miller w...
In the 80s and 90s, Minnesota was a kind of mini-hollywood, with many movies filmed here because of a state tax credit, and t...
Local lawmakers say they won't vote for a gay marriage bill if it comes up on the House and Senate floors. At the KWLM Sp...
The state would use money from its Legacy Amendment fundto help finance major motion pictures, then share in the profits -- t...
Local lawmakers have differing views over raising Minnesota's minimum wage. A proposal to bring the minimum wage up to &#...
CLASS A CONSOLATIONAtwater-Cosmos-Grove City defeatsKerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 28-21 in the Class A State Wrestling consolatio...
Minnesota school officials would like to be able to use health and safety funding they recieve from the state to beef up secu...
Local lawmakers say the most calls and emails they've received so far this session have been about Governor Dayton's ...
Governor Dayton signed a bill Tuesday extending Minnesota's medical assistance program to an additional 35-thousandlow-in...
Republican Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City and DFL Representative Mary Sawatzky of Willmar may belong to different p...
On Legislative Review this weekend, two area lawmakers said Governor Dayton's proposed budget is a starting point for leg...
As he prepares for the 2013 Legislative Session beginning in less than 4 weeks, Republican Representative Dean Urdahl of Grov...
Representative and Author Dean Urdahl of Grove City has weighed-in with his thoughts on the assassination of President Abraha...
It's almost December but grassfires can still cause headaches for area fire departments. At 11:51 yesterday the Meeker Co...
Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature know it will be a much different political landscape when they return to St. Paul Ja...
Preliminary returns last night in the Meeker County Commissioner election made it appear that the County would have a whole n...
Tuesday was a day of resounding victories for democrats across the state. The DFL regained power of both the Minnesota House ...
Grove City MayorMelissa Drange 62%Michael Bredeson 27%Grove City City Council...top 2 winnersGwen Cram 31%Karl Nelson 30%Blom...
At 3:33 yesterday afternoon, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office dispatched theGrove City Fire Departmentto a report of a ...
Over the past several weeks, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office has received multiple theft reports from various boat own...
Meeker County authorities have found what they believe to be a portable methamphetamine lab. Sheriff Jeff Norlin says at 11:4...
Even though the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 was 150 years ago, the descendants of those who fought, died and survived are still a...
The last unmarked battlefield in the U.S. Dakota War of 1862 now has a marker. State Representative and historian Dean Urdahl...
On September 11, 2012, at 10:07 a.m., the Meeker County Sheriff's Office, Litchfield Rescue, Litchfield Fire Department a...
8-22-12 Meeker County 5th District Commissioner candidate Ben Smith of Grove City has announced that he’s out of the ra...
August 17th marks the date a group of Dakota hunters killed 5 settlers in Acton Township, near Litchfield, beginning the U.S....
8-16-12 Many events are taking place across the stateto commemorate the 150th anniversary, or susquicentenial, of the U.S. Da...
8-11-12 Around 60 cars and a few motorcycles are putt-putting their way 120 miles from West Central Minnesota into the Twin C...
8-6-12 One man and three juveniles were arrested in Kandiyohi early Monday morning in connection with the break-ins of more t...
8-6-12 It looks like the Minnesota Legislature is planning on getting together for a one or two day special session August 24...
8-1-12 Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem of Rochester saysSenator Joe Gimse of Willmar will be the chief author of the flood...
6-22 12 Neighbors-helping-neighbors helped Grove City residents deal with 70 hours of blackout after Sunday's storms.City...
6-21-12 There are reports that power was restored in Grove City around 7:10 last night. They had been without electricity sin...
6-20-12 With electricity out in Grove City and some rural areas since Sunday, spoiling food in freezers and refridgerators is...
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District officials today are meeting with insurance adjustors and their sports facility prov...
6-19-12 Power is back on inNew London and Spicer. Patty Nystuen with Xcel Energy says 2300 customers lost power around 7:45 a...
6-19-12 Grove City City Clerk Janelle Johnson says they could be without power until Friday in a worst case scenario. Johnson...
6-18-12 Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin says at 9 last night a severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and extremely strong win...
Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin says at 9 last night a severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and extremely strong winds enter...
6-18-12 A powerful thunderstorm rocked mid-Minnesota last evening. Power remains out in several communities this morning.The ...
6-14-12 A large building full of wood chips was destroyed by fire near Grove City Tuesdaynight. Fire crews were called back w...
5-26-12 A car hit a school bus full of children in Glenwood yesterday afternoon. 5 children were hurt and the state patrol sa...
5-22-12 Representative Dean Urdahl's vote for a Viking's stadium almost cost him his party's endorsement. The Gro...
5-8-12 Three local lawmakers split on their vote for the Vikings Stadium Bill last night. Representatives Dean Urdahl of Grov...
5-8-12 The Minnesota Senate is expected to take up the VikingsStadium bill today. The House approved stadium legislation last...
5-5-12 Governor Dayton has signed into law a game-and-fish billthat increases the cost of hunting and fishing licenses in Min...
5-5-12 Governor Dayton has signed into law a game-and-fish billthat increases the cost of hunting and fishing licenses in Min...
4-25-12 The whole Vikings stadium bill debate has left a sour taste in the mouths of two area lawmakers. Republican Represent...
4-20-12 A bill to borrow 220-million dollars for repairs andupgrades to the State Capitol building failed by one vote in the ...
4-18-12 Two area Republicans blame Democrats for defeating the Viking's Satadium Bill Monday evening. The billwas rejecte...
4-17-12 The chances of aVikings stadium bill passing this session are slim toalmost none after theHouse Government Operations...
4-6-12 House Legacy Fund Committee Chair Dean Urdahl of Grove City says the house passed the Legacy Bill on Thursday. The bil...
4-6-12 Representative Dean Urdahl ofGrove City is hoping the legislature approves funding for renovating and restoring the Mi...
4-3-12 The ressurection of the Viking's Stadium Bill likely dooms chances the Minnesota Legislature will be adjourning be...
3-21-12 The House Legacy Committee next week will consider a bill that includes money to fight zebra mussels and help the Let...
2-19-12 (Grove City, MN) On February 16, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office and agents of the CEE-VI Drug and Gang Task F...
2-15-12 The chair of the House Legacy Fund Committee has re-iterated his opposition to using Legacy Funds to help pay for a V...
2-14-12 On KWLM's Legislative Review this past weekend, area lawmakers sparred over the rejection of former Senator Ellen...
2-13-12 A group of arts and outdoor officials have been touring the state, protesting any talk of using State Legacy Funds to...
2-8-12 The Minnesota Legislature might be finding money in the Legacy Fund to help fight aquatic invasive species like zebra ...
2-7-12 Counties across Minnesota have blamed property tax increases on last year's revocation of the Homestead Market Val...
2-7-12 Counties across Minnesota have blamed property tax increases on last year's revocation of the Homestead Market Val...
2-1-12 Local lawmakers have different ideas on where a new Vikings stadium should be located, and how to pay for it. Republic...
1-31-12 Republican Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City says his "crusade" this session is to get funding to re...
12-22-11 (Grove City, MN) -- A Grove City man has drawn a two-year prison sentence for stealing more than 86-thousand dollars...
12-9-11 The 2011 Holiday Express 18-wheeler began it's four day trip to towns around the area last night.Steve Lueders says t...
12-3-11 Opponents will be at the State Capitol this afternoon(noon-1pm) rallying against Governor's Dayton's order for a unio...
12-2-11 The chair of the House Legacy Fund Committee says the findings of alegislative auditor's reportare not surprising. Th...
11-8-11 A grass firedamaged two sheds at a property north of Atwater yesterday. Atwater Fire Chief Gerald Schwartz says just ...
11-7-11 Preservation efforts for the Litchfield Opera House got a boost last week from the State Legacy Fund. House Legacy Fu...
11-2-11 The Chair of the House Legacy Committee says he is against using Legacy Funds for a Vikings stadium, but he also says...
9-23-11 There's two more shows left in the Barn Theatre's production of "The Trip to Bountiful". The 1947 play by H...
9-14-11 Issues of aging, family relations and wanting to go home are in the spotlight in the Barn Theatre's production of &qu...
7-11-11 High winds and heavy thunderstorms swept across thelower half of Minnesota last night. The National Weather Service s...
7-6-11 An attempted murder suspect from Meeker County was arrested in Hutchinson yesterday afternoon. The sheriff's departmen...
7-6-11 Fire damaged the Litzau Taxidermy Building in Cosmos Monday night. Cosmos Fire Chief John Freutel (FROODLE) says aroun...
7-1-11 With no special session called by Governor Dayton before the midnight deadline last night, Minnesota State Government ...
6-9-11 Representative Dean Urdahlhas completed his newest book. The Grove City Republican is a retired teacher from the New L...
The state Senate has approved a proposed constitutionalamendment that would prohibit same-sex marriages in Minnesota. The Hou...
A $45,000 fee paid out of State Legacy Funds to noted science fiction author, artist and screenwriter Neil Gaiman for spe...
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