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Senator Lyle Koenen of Clara City was one of three DFLers who voted against the Marriage Equality Bill that passed the Senate...
The Minnesota Senate passed the gay marriage bill Monday, and Governor Dayton says he'll sign it on the capital steps Tue...
Lawmakers last week looked at different ways to raise money to pay the state's portion of the new Viking's stadium af...
The Mayor of Maynard has declared a state of emergency due to problems with the city's sewer lines and wastewater treatme...
Local lawmakers seem to like a proposal for a public-private partnership to deal with zebra mussels. Representative Mary Sawa...
Lawmakers are back on the job in St. Paul after having a week off for Easter/Passover break. While home, Representatives Dean...
Last week, Representative Mary Sawatzky of Willmar, assisted by two Kandiyohi County Commissioners asked the House Transporta...
Area lawmakers say allowing daycares to join a union won't cause daycare rates to rise for parents or customers. Senator ...
Minnesota lawmakers are looking at legislation that would allow restaurant workers who make tips to be paid less than the min...
Legislation is headed to Governor Dayton's desk that setsup a health insurance marketplace that will offer policies pre-s...
As expected Governor Dayton has dropped his proposal toextend the state sales tax to high-priced clothing and business servic...
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...
Local lawmakers have released statemens on the new budget forecast. The February budget forecast shows a projected budget def...
As lawmakers in St. Paul debate measures they think will reduce gun violence, passage of legislation might be hard due to the...
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...
Local lawmakers are skeptical about gun control efforts coming from the Obama Administration, and think state efforts to redu...
Local lawmakers are in favor of putting a sales tax on expensive clothing in Minnesota. Governor Mark Dayton this week propos...
Kandiyohi County is once again asking the legislature to allow them to appoint, rather than elect, a new auditor/treasurer an...
Former Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar has been chosen to replace Dave Baker on the Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission. The ...
District 17 DFL Senator Lyle Koenen of Clara City will take on a new role in the Senate Majority this January when he returns...
Officials from Minneapolis, Willmar, New London, Spicer, Granite Falls and Olivia attended a seminar put on by the Coalition ...
Now that the DFL controls the House, the Senate and the Governor's office, some are watching to see if they will make goo...
A gathering of government, conservation and outdoor recreation officials got together in Spicer Tuesday night to start organi...
With a couple days having passed between today and election day, two Willmar Republicans who were unseated Tuesday are lookin...
Tuesday was a day of resounding victories for democrats across the state. The DFL regained power of both the Minnesota House ...
Senate District 17Lyle Koenen 21,451 55.6%Joe Gimse 17,127 44.4%House District 17AAndrew Falk 10,465 54%Tim Miller 8906 46%Ho...
There were some interesting exchanges during the Willmar League of Women Voters Candidates Forum on KWLM and WRAC 8 Tuesday n...
The final in a series of candidates' forums put on by the Willmar League of Women Voters is tonight, and features candiat...
Before last night's presidential debate in Denver, local legislative candidates participated in a forum put on by the Cit...
Alan Welle of Eagle Lake and Roger Imdieke of New London spent a lot of time talking about preventing the spread of zebra mus...
Governor Mark Dayton heard from a handful of local business, education and government leaders during a visit to the Minnwest ...
KWLM will continue it's tradition of on-air candidate debates and forums this fall. On Tuesday October 9th we will have a...
8-16-12 Two of Tuesday's primary winners are now focusing on the November election. After Senator Gary Kubly died in Marc...
8-15-12 Lyle Koenen ofClara City defeated Larry Rice of Willmar to win the DFL primary yesterday in the Senate District 17 ra...
6-7-12 In terms of politics it's going be be a lively summer and fall, with just about everyone but the Governor and Sena...
5-14-12 KWLM will be airing it's final Legislative Review show of 2012 this morning from 10 to 11 a.m. The session ended ...
5-11-12 The song "Skol Vikings" is getting a lot of play these days as Minnesota's pro football team is close t...
5-9-12 Senators Joe Gimse of Willmar, Lyle Koenen of Clara City and Michelle Fischbach of Paynesville voted for the Vikings S...
4-30-12 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar got a warm welcome at the District 17 Republican endorsing convention in Maynard over th...
4-18-12 You can call him senator now. DFLer Lyle Koenen of Clara City was sworn-in as Senator in Minnesota District 20 by Jud...
4-13-12 DFL Delegates from the new Senate District 17 met in Clara City last night to endorse a candidate to run against Repu...
4-11-12 Lyle Koenen has won the special election to fill-out the rest of Senator Gary Kubly's term. Voters picked D-F-Ler...
4-10-12 Governor Dayton vetoed the photo I-D constitutionalamendment yesterday even though he has no power to prevent it from...
4-10-12 The special election to fill the Senate District 20 seat vacated by the death of Senator Gary Kubly takes place Tuesd...
3-28-12 Lyle Koenen of Clara City won the DFL primary yesterday for the special election to fill-out the rest of the Late Sen...
3-27-12 Voters in Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln,Renville, Swift and Yellow Medicine counties go to thepolls tod...
3-22-12 On Wednesday night, the Republican-controlled Minnesota House passed a controversial bill to phase-out the statewide ...
3-20-12 Local lawmakers say there never would have been legislation giving people the choice on joining a union at a union sh...
(Undated) -- Two Democrats, a Republican and an independent have filed to run in a special election to fill out the late Sena...
3-13-12 Two Democrats, a Republican and an Independent have all filed to fill out the rest of the late Senator Gary Kubly'...
3-13-12 If you want to run to fill out the rest of the late Senator Gary Kubly's term in District 20, you have until 5 p....
3-13-12 Representative Lyle Koenen says the wife of the late Senator Gary Kubly was the first choice to fill out the rest of ...
3-12-12DFL Representative Lyle Koenen of Clara City is going to run in the April 10th special election to fill out the remain...
3-6-12 Ever since being elected to the Minnesota House in 1996 and then the Senate in 2002, the late Senator Gary Kubly of Gr...
3-5-12 Funeral Services for Senator Gary Kubly of Granite Falls take place Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Granite Falls Lutheran Chu...
3-1-12 Yesterday Representative Lyle Koenen of Clara City announced he would be seeking for the DFL endorsement to run for th...
2-29-12 RepresentativesLyle Koenen of Clara City and Andrew Falk of Murdock have made a decision about who will run for Distr...
2-22-12 A five judge panel released their map of Minnesota's new legislative districts Tuesday. Senator Joe Gimse's D...
5-26-11 A group of House Democrats visited Willmar yesterday and ripped their Republican co-horts for not compromising with G...
Under a redistricting map released by the House Republicans, District 20A DFL Representative Andrew Falk of Murdock would hav...