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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...
Dave Baker of Willmar says he's proud of what happened during his 6-year tenure on the Willmar Municipal Utilities Commis...
Former Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar has been chosen to replace Dave Baker on the Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission. The ...
Now that the DFL controls the House, the Senate and the Governor's office, some are watching to see if they will make goo...
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...
MN-DOT Commissioner Tom Sorel (suh-RELL') is steppingdown to become president of Triple-A Minneapolis. MN-DOT's curre...
MN-DOT Commissioner Tom Sorel (suh-RELL') is steppingdown to become president of Triple-A Minneapolis. MN-DOT's curre...
There were some interesting exchanges during the Willmar League of Women Voters Candidates Forum on KWLM and WRAC 8 Tuesday n...
The 1st annual Minnesota BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) Robotics Competition will take place at the New ...
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...
KWLM will continue it's tradition of on-air candidate debates and forums this fall. On Tuesday October 9th we will have a...
Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar, Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, and MnDOT Commissioner Tom Sorel attended the mee...
Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar, Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, and MnDOT Commissioner Tom Sorel will be discussi...
8-28-12 Senator Joe Gimse says he's satisfied with the 167 million dollar disaster relief package passed by the legislatu...
8-24-12 On Wednesday Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish, supported by Senator Joe Gimse and Representative Bruce Vogel, announced his...
8-23-12 Even though traffic has been flowing on it for more than a month, the ribbon was cutThursday on the new 7.7 mile four...
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 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar says negotiations with Governor Dayton have wrapped up and they've reached agreement...
8-20-12 It's expected Governor Dayton and legislative leaders will meet today (Mon) to try to hammer out details on a flo...
8-16-12 A working group has another meeting at the State Capitol this morning (10am) as lawmakers prepare for a planned speci...
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...
8-12-12 A legislative working group will meet several more times before the August 24th special session for flood and disaste...
8-9-12 Governor Dayton has come out with his proposal for a disaster relief bill to be considered during an August 24th speci...
8-9-12 The statewide primary takes place next Tuesday, and in the local area, democrats will be chosing candidates in the loc...
8-6-12 Minnesota was ranked second in the nation for its infrastructure and transportation system in a recent CNBC special re...
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...
7-13-12 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar, Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, applauded the news from a just released e...
6-30-12 Senate Transportation Committee Chair Joe Gimse of Willmar conducted a tour of Duluth and the Northland area Wednesda...
6-28-12 Senate Transportation Committee Chair Joe Gimse is not happy Governor Dayton decided to make Highway 14 a four-lane f...
6-27-12 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar will be among a group ofMinnesota Legislative Leadershiptraveling to Duluth Wednesday to...
6-14-12 Thursday, June 14th is Flag Day in the United States. Joe Gimse of Willmar is Chair of the Willmar Elks Club Flag Day...
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 2012 Minnesota Legislative Session is over. A Vikings Stadium bill, bonding bill, transportation bill, Legacy fun...
5-11-12 The song "Skol Vikings" is getting a lot of play these days as Minnesota's pro football team is close t...
5-10-12 Swift County is joining the list of governmental entities looking at restructuring. Willmar Municipal Utilities and K...
5-9-12 Senators Joe Gimse of Willmar, Lyle Koenen of Clara City and Michelle Fischbach of Paynesville voted for the Vikings S...
5-9-12 The MnDot Headquarters in Willmar will be getting a new truck garage in a transportation bill heading for conference c...
5-8-12 The Minnesota Senate has followed the lead of the House,passing a 500-million-dollar bonding bill for state public wor...
5-1-12 Governor Mark Dayton has signed the Omnibus Health and Human Services Bill. Senator Joe Gimse says the bill keeps the ...
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...
4-10-12 Governor Dayton vetoed the photo I-D constitutionalamendment yesterday even though he has no power to prevent it from...
4-7-12 Senator Joe Gimse says the Environmental Permitting Bill has been signed into law. Gimse saysSenate File 1567 was sign...
4-6-12 Representative Dean Urdahl ofGrove City is hoping the legislature approves funding for renovating and restoring the Mi...
4-6-12 Governor Dayton Yesterday vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have paid back school districts ahead of schedule...
4-4-12 Language in the House and Senate Health and Human Services Bill will keep the Willmar Community Behavioral Health Hosp...
4-4-12 Senator Joe Gimse has removed Swift County from a bill that would allow counties to appoint, rather than elect, a new ...
4-3-12 The ressurection of the Viking's Stadium Bill likely dooms chances the Minnesota Legislature will be adjourning be...
4-2-12 The Minnesota Legislature will take their Easter and Passover break beginning Thursday. Some wonder if they will pass ...
3-27-12 There was bitter disagreement and demands for apologies on the Legislative Review Show this weekend regarding legisla...
3-26-12 There was bitter disagreement and demands for apologies on the Legislative Review Show this weekend regarding legisla...
3-23-12DFL Representative Andrew Falk of Murdock is criticizing Representative Bruce Vogel and Senator Joe Gimse, both Repubi...
3-20-12 Local lawmakers say there never would have been legislation giving people the choice on joining a union at a union sh...
3-14-12 A group opposed to the proposed "Right to Work" bill in the Minnesota Legislature is targetting Senator Joe...
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...
3-1-12 The latest forecast shows the state budget has a modest323-million-dollar surplus, but the money is already spoken for...
3-1-12 The Minnesota House last night (WED) passed and sent toGovernor Dayton a controversial bill giving crime victims more ...
2-29-12 RepresentativesLyle Koenen of Clara City and Andrew Falk of Murdock have made a decision about who will run for Distr...
2-27-12 A Prinsburg man today announced his candidacy for House District 17a. Republican Tim Miller will challenge the DFL ca...
2-22-12 A five judge panel released their map of Minnesota's new legislative districts Tuesday. Senator Joe Gimse's D...
2-21-12 Local lawmakers on both sides of the aisle don't think a proposal by the White Earth Band of Ojibwe to share the ...
2-16-12 A billfor a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to present photo I-D at the polls passed a se...
2-16-12 Local lawmakers disagree over a bill that would prevent state-subsidized daycare providers from automatically suppori...
2-14-12 Kandiyohi County will be blowing it's own horn when it comes to renewable energy during a Renewable Energy Showca...
2-14-12 On KWLM's Legislative Review this past weekend, area lawmakers sparred over the rejection of former Senator Ellen...
2-13-12 Two state senators from this area have sent President Obama a letter protesting a federal bill forcing people to pay ...
2-13-12 Republican Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar had some good words to say about the recently-unveiled DFL jobs plan. The pla...
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 Unable to speak above a whisper due to the advanced stages of ALS, Senator Gary Kubly now uses an iPad with a type-an...
1-31-12 Republican Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City says his "crusade" this session is to get funding to re...
1-28-12 Legislative Review made it's 2012 debut on KWLM Saturday morning. Topcis included Vikings stadium funding, the bo...
1-27-12 Willmar Schools Superintendent Jerry Kjergaard is skeptical he'll ever see the state repay the money it "bor...
1-23-12 The 2012 Minnesota Legislative Session begins tomorrow. Their prime goal is to pass a bonding bill, but Senator Joe G...
1-20-12 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar envisions a smaller 2012 bonding bill than the one proposed this week by Governor Mark D...
12-30-11 In the end, Senator Joe Gimse of Willmarthis week decided not to run for Senate Majority Leader at the GOP caucus in...
12-22-11 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar says he's interested in becoming the next Senate Majority Leader. Senator Amy Koch step...
12-6-11 Lawmakers will tour Ridgewater College in Willmar this morning. Senate Republicans, led by Higher Education Committee...
12-3-11 Local lawmakers say the economic forecast that shows an 876 million dollar budget surplus is great news, and shows th...
(Willmar, MN) -- Senator Joe Gimse (GIM'-see)of Willmar is among 31 Minnesota House and Senate members who have signed a lett...
11-10-11 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar is among 31 Minnesota House and Senate Members who have signed a letter to Governor Day...
10-13-11 The United Way of West Central Minnesota raised $1765 dollars with a celebrity radio pie auction on Lakeland Bro...
10-12-11 The plan for a new Vikings stadium in Ramsey County won'tbe going to voters for approval. A county commission says f...
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9-29-11 Minnesota legislative leaders were recently in Willmar talking about reforming state government. Senate Majority Lead...
7-29-11 Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel was in Willmar today, talking about how good it is to have state road...
7-26-11 Even though Governor Dayton and Republican Legislative Leaders came to a budgetary agreement and ended the government...
7-22-11 The final Legislative Review Show of the 2011 Session takes place on KWLM today during the Open Mike Show. Senator Jo...
7-15-11 Three local Republican lawmakers said they will probably vote for the preliminary budget agreement with the Governor ...
7-14-11 The Minnesota AFL-CIO says they have invited area lawmakers to a discussion on the shutdown, job creation and the lar...
7-13-11 The chairs of the House and Senate Transportation Committees used the state constitution as a basis for their argumen...
7-13-11 Two top state lawmakers ask a Ramsey County judge thismorning (9am) to continue funding for state road projects durin...
7-1-11 While the legislature waited for Governor Dayton to call a special session on the state's budget bills yesterday, Sena...
6-21-11 DFL and GOP state lawmakers were in Willmar today talking about education and transportation. 25 teachers, principals...
6-21-11 State legislators from both parties will be in Willmar today. At 9 a.m. four Twin Cities DFL House members will be at...
5-25-11 Senator Joe Gimse says even though the 2011 Legislative Session adjourned without passing a budget Monday, discussion...
The state Senate has approved a proposed constitutionalamendment that would prohibit same-sex marriages in Minnesota. The Hou...
Local lawmakers disagree on if Governor Dayton should get involved in legislative budget bill negotiations. On KWLM's Legisla...
Blog Posts
Last Saturday was the our first Legislative Review Show of the 2012 session. In studio were Representatives Bruce Vogel, Dean...
After hearing the Minnesota government shutdown was about to end, you'd think dozens of union members in Willmar would be in ...
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