West Central Tribune | Willmar, Minnesota

ST. PAUL — Minnesota gun violence prevention advocates renewed pressure on lawmakers Tuesday to take up a Senate-passed gun violence prevention package in the final days of the session.

Over 20 healthcare professionals, including anesthesiologists, physicians and nurses, walked through a simulation to show what it takes to treat a single child with a gunshot ...

WILLMAR — The Willmar Rails are back in Class B and have one of their best pitchers back from Tommy John surgery. New manager Gunnar Banks is excited about the possibilities for the Willmar amateur baseball team in 2026.

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ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring one person in the state who was potentially exposed to hantavirus, the state agency said Tuesday, May 12.

The monitored person “may have briefly been exposed overseas to someone who was on board the MV Hondius cruise and tested positive for hantavirus,” MDH said, adding that the risk to the public is...

Republicans are dancing on the grave. They really were afraid of losing the House and with reason. Their leader, the president, is sinking like a rock. That should hurt them, but only so much.

The decision of the Virginia Supreme Court to throw out the new map enacted by voters at the urging of Democrats threatens to leave the House in Republican hands. The a...

ST. PAUL — With less than a week remaining in the Minnesota Legislature’s 2026 session, rural hospital leaders gathered Tuesday at the State Capitol in support of HF 3609, a bill that would shore up an existing 340B enforcement law.

“I think that our speaker and leadership on both sides are dealing with a lot of issues right now,” Rep. Dave Baker, R-Willmar, ...