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The Willmar City Council this afternoon will be hearing the preliminary report on the city's government organizational st...
The Kandiyohi County Board this week approved a 10-year property tax abatement to Torgerson Properties Inc for their 11 milli...
In a marathon meeting at city hall last night the Willmar City Council reviewed the performance of City Administrator Charlen...
The Willmar City Council Monday night accepted a $5000 contribution from the group Moving Willmar Forward. City Administr...
This past weekend the West Central Tribune issued a blistering editorial criticizing the leadership of Willmar Mayor Frank Ya...
The weather did not deter U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar who continued her two-day Exporting Minnesota Tour with visits to Willma...
Rice Memorial Hospital and Willmar Municipal Utilities officials will soon be getting questioned on why they think they shoul...
Former Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar has been hired by a Willmar-based engineering company. Gimse now works for Bollig Inc, lo...
The Willmar City Council Tuesday will discuss the issue of city entities being members of the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of C...
The Willmar City Council will discuss the issue of city entities being members of the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce....
There appears to be interest in doing a study of Willmar's governmental structure and how much city employees are paid. A...
Dave Baker of Willmar says he's proud of what happened during his 6-year tenure on the Willmar Municipal Utilities Commis...
Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish gave his State of the City Address at Monday night's city council meeting and looked ahead to ...
Former Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar has been chosen to replace Dave Baker on the Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission. The ...
The Willmar City Council holds their first meeting of 2013 tonight. They will meet at 6 to consider issues like legal publica...
Officials from Minneapolis, Willmar, New London, Spicer, Granite Falls and Olivia attended a seminar put on by the Coalition ...
The Willmar City Council Chambers were packed last night for an emotional meeting as a citizen's group presented the coun...
Willmar City Council Member Doug Reese is leaving after representing his Ward for 26 years, after being elected to the Kandiy...
The Federal Aviation Administration has released more of the former Willmar Airport property to the city for development. Wil...
The Willmar City Council has over-ruled the recommendation of city staff and hired a different firm to do the planning for a ...
Issues like dysfunction and micromanagement were discussed during last night's Willmar City Council Candidates' Forum...
Governor Mark Dayton heard from a handful of local business, education and government leaders during a visit to the Minnwest ...
Earlier this month Willmar City Councilman Doug Reese made some comments to the West Central Tribune that appeared to reveal ...
The City of Willmar is losing another department head, and this time there is not assistant to fill-in until a replacement is...
8-24-12 On Wednesday Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish, supported by Senator Joe Gimse and Representative Bruce Vogel, announced his...
8-22-12 Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish says he favors the Voter Photo I.D. Amendment on the ballot this fall. Earlier the Mayors ...
8-22-12 The Willmar City Council this week got a first look at Mayor Frank Yanish's proposed budget for 2013. City Admini...
7-9-12 The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission Monday will be speaking with Mayor Frank Yanish and the Willmar City Counci...
6-7-12 The City of Willmar and Kandiyohi County are both on-board to help with the restoration of the Lakeland Hotel Building...
5-3-12 More than 250 people attended this morning's Mayor's Prayer Breakfast at St. Mary's Church in Willmar this...
3-5-12 Fired Willmar Municipal Utilities General Manager Bruce Gomm has filed a lawsuit against the City of Willmar, Willmar ...
2-7-12 Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish gave his second State of the City Address at last night's Willmar City Council meeting....
1-30-12 Willmar Police Chief Dave Wyffels is in the process of collecting job applications from candidates interested in beco...
1-30-12 Willmar Police Chief Dave Wyffels is in the process of collecting job applications from candidates interested in beco...
1-19-12 On a split vote, the Willmar City Council this week voted to go ahead and hire two more police officers. City Adminis...
12-20-11 The Willmar City Council last night showed support for the Willmar Utilities Commission as they investigate Municipa...
12-7-11 The first Willmar budget crafted by the regime of new City Administrator Charlene Stevens and new Mayor Frank Yanish,...
12-6-11 The first Willmar budget crafted by the regime of new City Administrator Charlene Stevens and new Mayor Frank Yanish,...
12-6-11 Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish wants to know what the public thinks about Downtown Willmar. The City of Willmar and Willm...
12-1-11 Despite forgetting to put it into their 2012 budget, it appears the City of Willmar will have enough revenue coming i...
11-28-11 The Willmar City Council Finance Committee will put it's final touches on Mayor Frank Yanish's 2012 budget tonight. ...
11-21-11 The Willmar Presidential Turkey Delegation is in Washington D.C. A short send-off ceremony took place at Willmar Hig...
11-21-11 The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association and Willmar Poultry Company will hold a Presidential Turkey Send Off at Wil...
11-15-11 The Willmar Community-Owned Grocery Organizing Board is hosting its first Slow Food-A-Thon, a friendly crock pot cha...
Willmar City Administrator Charlene Stevens agrees with Mayor Frank Yanish...the city needs more ethnic diversity on the boar...
9-26-11 Willmar officials will be meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration in early November to hold further discussi...
9-7-11 Another step has been taken toward the City of Willmar developing the old airport property into an industrial park. Th...
9-7-11 Today is the deadline for the Islamic Society of Willmar to let the school district know if they still want to purchas...
9-6-11 The first city budget in the administration of Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish calls for cuts to the Willmar Design Center,...
8-2-11 Yesterday was the first day on the job for new Willmar City Administrator Charlene Stevens. She took over from long-ti...
7-30-11 Hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to longtime Willmar City Administrator Mick Schmit last night. A retiremen...
6-14-11 A state official yesterday said they should have told neighbors when a mental health facility in Willmar went from a ...
Assuming she accepts no other job offers from other cities or counties, Charlene Stevens of Wichita Kansas could start as Wil...
The Willmar City Council has chosen Sedgewick County Kansas Assistant County Manager Charlene Stevens for the city's new admi...
Interviews for the position of Willmar City Administrator continue today. Mayor Frank Yanish says yesterday he and the city c...
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There was a lot of tension in the air in the Willmar City Council Chambers Monday as a group made a presentation on their ide...
Back in 2009 and 2010 the Willmar City Council meetings were a popular show on WRAC 8 in Willmar. The council was split on wh...