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Local economic development and government officials say Willmar is lucky Torgerson Properties is chosing to do an 11 million ...
Two things have happened that bode well for a new University of Minnesota Dairy Research, Teaching and Consumer Information C...
The Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Development Commission his hired a new fulltime Ag Business Specialist. EDC Directo...
Agriculture is a huge part of the local economy, and the Willmar Agricultural Resource Seminar takes place at the Minnwest Te...
Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Development Commission Director Steve Renquist wants to "get in the zone." Re...
Many area businesses would like to see some local high school students consider training for a career in manufacturing rather...
Governor Mark Dayton heard from a handful of local business, education and government leaders during a visit to the Minnwest ...
Earlier this month Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel came to Willmar and announced a new strategy in determinin...
Willmar's half-cent Local Option Sales Tax will be history after the end of this year. For 8 years it siliently generated...
If you think you're seeing more construction equiptment around Willmar than usual this fall, you're not imagining thi...
Earlier this month Willmar City Councilman Doug Reese made some comments to the West Central Tribune that appeared to reveal ...
With corn selling around 5 dollars a bushel and much of the country in the midst of a serious drought, some question whether ...
8-28-12 Construction of an annhydrous ammonia plant in Kandiyohi County using biomass products like cornstalks is still in th...
7-23-12 Last week it was announced Minnesota's unemployment rate was still at 5.6% for the third straight month. That'...
6-27-12 Governor Dayton is taking the first steps in creating a Dairy research facility, possibly to be located in Kandiyohi ...
7-26-12 New businesses are popping up in Willmar, but the Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Development Commission would ...
6-21-12 Plans to restore the Lakeland Hotel Building in Downtown Willmar have skidded to a halt. Developer Rick Goodeman of t...
6-2-12 Two big agricultural economic development projects for Kandiyohi County are just beyond the horizon. Proponents of a b...
5-30-12 On June 4th the Willmar City Council will consider granting a tax abatement for improvements on the Lakeland Hotel Bu...
3-20-12 Wednesday'slaunch of a project to build an anhydrous ammonia plant in Kandiyohi County has been postponed. The WI...
2-24-12 Officials who want to build a plant in Kandiyohi County to make anhydrous ammonia out of locally-grown plant matter g...
2-20-12 About 200 people toured an exhibit at the State Capitol Building last week showing off bio-energy projects from aroun...
2-14-12 Kandiyohi County will be blowing it's own horn when it comes to renewable energy during a Renewable Energy Showca...
1-23-12 Local ag officials are optimistic they'll be getting a half-million dollar grant from the Minnesota Department of...
1-3-12 A local economic expert does not see the pending closing of the Willmar Kmart as a harbinger of hard economic times. W...
12-19-11 The head of the Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Development Commission says the turmoil taking place among the...
11-21-11 Willmar and Kandiyohi County again have fared well in the latest Micropolitan Community Rankings put out by the fede...
10-25-11 Several groups are getting together to help a company in Kandiyohi expand. Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Dev...
10-22-11 Proponents of building a plant to create anhydrous ammonia out of locally produced biomass materials are hoping to g...
8-23-11 Local officials believe building a plant to produce all the anhydrous ammonia needed in the local area is feasible. W...
6-24-11 Efforts to study whether a parking ramp is needed in Downtown Willmar and where it should be built suffered a setback...
6-8-11 The Kandiyohi County Board was disappointed at the bids they opened yesterday to bring the elevators in county buildin...
6-7-11 The Kandiyohi County Board was disappointed at the bids they opened today to bring the elevators in county buildings u...
The local unemployment rate,at just over 5%,is nearly back to what it was before the recession began in 2008. Willmar and Kan...
The 3-year-old Community Behavioral Health Hospital in Willmar will be closed according to the Health and Human Services Bill...
The City of Willmar is likely going to be spending $5000 to hire an architect to come up with cost estimates of fixing-up a b...