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Mayor Frank Yanish is scheduled to appear on KWLM's Open Mike Show at 10 this morning. The Willmar City Council tonight c...
Another veteran Willmar city employee will be retiring soon after many years of service. Public Works Superintendent Ron Gilb...
The Willmar City Council took action Monday to raise wastewater treatment rates for Willmar customers. A public hearing will ...
Consultants spent 3 days in Willmar last week doing interviews and conducting meetings meant to create a vision for Willmar f...
The Willmar City Council this week took action that could open the door for a microbrewery to serve home made beer. City Admi...
Willmar is beginning the process of creating of vision of how it wants to look in the year 2040. City Administrator Charlene ...
The Willmar City Council this afternoon will be hearing the preliminary report on the city's government organizational st...
Willmar residents can expect their sewer rates to be on the rise. Willmar City Administrator Charlene Stevens says Springsted...
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 is moving forward on a major sewer line project on the west side of town. The council Monday night s...
The study of Willmar city government's organizational structure has begun. City Administrator Charlene Stevens says Brime...
The Willmar City Council Monday night will hold a hearing on whether to help Torgerson Properties with their big hotel and co...
The Willmar City Council Monday took action to help Torgerson Properties with their big hotel and convention center project. ...
The Willmar City Council Monday night accepted a $5000 contribution from the group Moving Willmar Forward. City Administr...
The City of Willmar Monday night agreed to help a private citizen explore the feasibility of building an amphitheater in Robb...
This month's special election for Willmar City Council will be the last of it's kind. City Clerk Kevin Halliday says ...
The Willmar City Council Monday night voted to hire the firm of Brimeyer (BRIM-meyer) -Fursman of Maplewood to conduct a gove...
A Hutchinson man has told the City of Willmar he intends to purchase the Regency East Mobile Home Park on Lakeland Drive and ...
There appears to be interest in doing a study of Willmar's governmental structure and how much city employees are paid. A...
The Willmar City Council holds their first meeting of 2013 tonight. They will meet at 6 to consider issues like legal publica...
Looking for a job? Why not apply at Willmar City Hall? Willmar City Administrator Charlene Stevens says they are in the proce...
Assuming he passes a drug test, it looks like Gary Hendrickson will be Willmar's new fire chief. Marv Calvin resigned ear...
Willmar City Council Member Doug Reese is leaving after representing his Ward for 26 years, after being elected to the Kandiy...
The Willmar City Council last week held a hearing but did not vote on proposed changes to the city charter. Willmar City Admi...
The Willmar City Council last week held a hearing but did not vote on proposed changes to the city charter. Willmar City Admi...
The Federal Aviation Administration has released more of the former Willmar Airport property to the city for development. Wil...
The Willmar City Council has hired a construction firm, now all they need is the permission of the Federal Aviation Administr...
The Willmar City Council has over-ruled the recommendation of city staff and hired a different firm to do the planning for a ...
The Willmar City Council Monday night will be dealing with ordinances to get rid of an 8-year-old sales tax, ban the dumping ...
Earlier this month Willmar City Councilman Doug Reese made some comments to the West Central Tribune that appeared to reveal ...
The City of Willmar this week took action to try and fill some gaps created by recent resignations of city staff. The council...
At the next Willmar City Council Meeting on October 1st, a hearing will be held to repeal the city's Local Option Sales T...
8-22-12 The Willmar City Council this week got a first look at Mayor Frank Yanish's proposed budget for 2013. City Admini...
8-8-12 A new ordinance regulating chickens and pets in the City of Willmar hit a brick wall in the city council this week. Th...
8-7-12 The Willmar City Council last night gave the go ahead to begin the search for a new fulltime Fire Chief/Fire Marshal. ...
7-6-12 People who want to keep tigers or pot bellied pigs in Willmar are out of luck, but the city's proposed new animal ...
7-5-12 Willmar will be getting it's first railroad quiet zone next year. It will be where the tracks cross Trott Avenue o...
7-5-12 It looks like things are moving right along in the process of hiring a new general manager for Willmar Muncipal Utilit...
7-4-12 Anyone who has been outside lately knows how bad the mosquitos have gotten. The City of Willmar has not been able to d...
7-3-12 The City of Willmar has launched a new website. It can be found atwww.willmarmn.gov. City Administrator Charlene Steve...
6-25-12 The Goodwill Store in Willmar is going to be moving to a new, prime location in Willmar. They will be moving from the...
6-21-12 Plans to restore the Lakeland Hotel Building in Downtown Willmar have skidded to a halt. Developer Rick Goodeman of t...
6-7-12 The City of Willmar and Kandiyohi County are both on-board to help with the restoration of the Lakeland Hotel Building...
6-7-12 What appeared to be a mirage and an impossible dreamfor many years finally came true for the City of Willmar last week...
5-30-12 On June 4th the Willmar City Council will consider granting a tax abatement for improvements on the Lakeland Hotel Bu...
5-29-12 The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission Tuesday will talk about beginning the search for a new General Manager. Wi...
5-22-12 The Willmar City Council last night okayed the Downtown Plan. City Administrator Charlene Stevens says the Downtown P...
5-9-12 People can give their final comments on a plan for the future of Downtown Willmar at a hearing May 21st. Willmar City ...
4-23-12 The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission Monday will hear a report on a study of the utility's leadership organ...
4-18-12 Anyone interested in the future of Downtown Willmar is invited to come to a public meeting at the Willmar Fire Hall t...
3-26-12 Willmar City Attorney Rich Ronning retires this coming Saturday after 37-years on the job, and the city council has d...
3-20-12 The Willmar City Council last night approved redistricting the city's four wards. City Administrator Charlene Ste...
3-19-12 Rich Ronning will be recognized at tonight's Willmar City Council meeting, the last he will attend at Willmar Cit...
3-19-12 After Monday's Willmar City Council Meeting, dozens of Willmar residents will end up living in a different city w...
3-7-12 The Willmar City Council has approved a new, 4-year-contract with 40 to 50 city AFSCME workers. The contract covers 20...
3-6-12 The Willmar City Council last night held a brief, closed meeting to talk about the Bruce Gomm lawsuit. Willmar City Ad...
2-27-12 The City of Willmar's motor pool is going to get a lot smaller. City Administrator Charlene Stevens says they are...
2-25-12 The City of Willmar's motor pool is going to get a lot smaller. City Administrator Charlene Stevens says they are...
2-8-12 Officials from the City of Willmar will be in St. Paul today, meeting with lawmakers about issues important to city re...
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...
2-7-12 Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish gave his second State of the City Address at last night's Willmar City Council meeting....
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...
1-17-12 Due to the Martin Luther King Holiday, the Willmar City Council meets Tuesday night at 7. On the agenda will be a req...
1-13-12 An estimated crowd of about 420 came to the evening session of the "Understanding the Somali Culture" commu...
1-12-12 A community-wide informational meeting called “Understanding the Somali Culture” takes place today at the...
1-9-12 The next move is up to the Willmar Charter Commission after the city council last week shot down their efforts to amen...
1-6-12 A community-wide informational meeting “Understanding the Somali Culture” has been organized and scheduled...
1-4-12 The Willmar City Council failed to approve a package of changes to the city charter. We'll have more details later thi...
1-3-12 The Willmar City Council Tuesday night will be again try to pass changes to the city charter. A unanimous decision of ...
12-22-11 The Willmar City Council this week extended the deadline for the owner of the former John's Supper Club Building to ...
12-19-11 The Willmar City Council tonight could pass some changes in the way city government is run. The council will hold a ...
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. ...
11-23-11 Kandiyohi County residents should be recieving their Truth in Taxation property tax notices this week. City and coun...
11-22-11 The Willmar City Council last night signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Aviation Administration wh...
10-19-11 The Willmar Police Department will soon be sporting some new equiptment thanks to some donations and grants. Willmar...
10-7-11 The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities has ripped the Minnesota Legislature for eliminating the Market Value Homes...
10-5-11 Local emergency crews will have to wait a little longer to pick up two new emergency vehicles donated to them by the ...
Willmar City Administrator Charlene Stevens agrees with Mayor Frank Yanish...the city needs more ethnic diversity on the boar...
The Willmar City Council last night voted to hire up to6 more firefighters. The hirings will bring the fire department up to ...
10-4-11 The Willmar City Council last night voted to hire up to6 more firefighters. The hirings will bring the fire departmen...
8-18-11 It may be mid-August but theCity of Willmar is still authorizing more road projects to be done this year. On Monday t...
8-2-11 Yesterday was the first day on the job for new Willmar City Administrator Charlene Stevens. She took over from long-ti...
8-1-11 Hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to longtime Willmar City Administrator Mick Schmit Friday night. A retireme...
7-30-11 Hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to longtime Willmar City Administrator Mick Schmit last night. A retiremen...
7-25-11 As Willmar City Administrator Michael Schmit looks back on his 21-year career, he says it's not always the bricks-and...
6-7-11 It's official...Charlene Stevens will be Willmar's next City Administrator. Michael Schmit retires at the end of next ...
5-27-11 The Willmar City Council will be meeting in special session at 4:30 p.m. today at City Hall to consider the contract ...
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...
Blog Posts
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...
I moderated the Willmar City Council Candidates' Forum for the League of Women Voters on Tuesday night. The West Central ...
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...
7-29-11 Farewell Mick...they could use you in WashingtonNow that Willmar City Administrator Michael Schmit is retiring from t...