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The Minnesota DNR is searching for a new license plate design celebrating the North Shore and Lake Superior agate, with public voting planned for December.
The Willmar City Council on Monday selected three finalists to interview for the city administrator position. Public interviews and a meet-and-greet are to be scheduled.
The 30-year-old’s address is about a block from the homicides and where police were searching Monday night.
The U.S. Forest Service estimates the fire is currently burning roughly 5,000 acres. But it’s much bigger across the Canadian border.
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Investigators later discovered that the St. Paul brewery heir and his captors were states away from the land of sky blue waters.
The judge says local policies only regulate how local officials perform their duties, not how the federal government does.
In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature authorized funding for in-state 988 lifeline centers.
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Shiloh Hendrix, 37, is facing two misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges after she was accused of using a racial slur toward a child on a playground in 2025.
In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, a Milwaukee Road steam engine built in 1944 took people on excursions through west central Minnesota.
Items are reported from public documents as part of the West Central Tribune’s obligation to inform readers about the business of public institutions and serve as a keeper of the historical record.
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The Willmar City Council on Monday approved moving three of the 12 applicants for the city administrator position forward for final interviews and a community meet-and-greet.
Calls for gun control continue in the wake of recent shootings ahead of the November election and on the heels of a failed legislative fight.
The crash was reported around 4:24 p.m. Saturday in Redwood County. According to authorities, the motorcyclist was declared deceased at the scene.
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Sgt. Jesse Grabow of the Minnesota State Patrol answers your questions about highway and driving rules and safety.
Absentee numbers surpass 2024 and 2022 primary turnouts. State election officials share concerns from the community about federal authorities and partnerships.
Since last year, federal prosecutors have charged 30 people in cases totaling another $125 million in alleged theft in federal Medicaid dollars from state programs.
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Linda Anderson has relentlessly searched for her missing daughter, Melissa Eagleshield, and believes she knows the truth.
It is the largest Lotto America jackpot ever won in Minnesota, according to a news release from the Minnesota lottery.
Northern Minnesota's wildfires calmed over the weekend, but the weather Monday and Tuesday may challenge efforts to establish containment lines and cause fires to grow again.
The National Federation of Professional Bullriding circuit brought the battle between men and bulls to bullriding events at Redwood Falls on Friday and to Sacred Heart on Saturday.
Two men were arrested in the city of Kandiyohi following an incident where they allegedly reached speeds exceeding 134 miles per hour leaving Spicer on Saturday.
A 75-year old man was transported to St. Cloud for treatment after receiving life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle crash near New London.
The Kandiyohi County Board will discuss and act on a proposal to expand a fiber internet project around Svea at their upcoming board meeting.
REDWOOD FALLS — The National Federation of Professional Bullriders' circuit returned to west central Minnesota Friday, June 17, at the Redwood County Fair here. While the bullrider fans sat under a hot sun, the bulls provided the majority of the heat, as only a few cowboys completed bull rides for official scores during the preliminary round.
WILLMAR — Rockin' Robbins opened its 2026 concert series under a hot sunny afternoon sun on Tuesday, July 14. The concert series' opening act, Ava Hanson, turned in another great performance, despite singing and playing the guitar under 90-degree temperatures throughout her performance.
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