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One population Willmar can count on

By Chris Steller | 06.25.09 | 4:32 pm

During a forum on immigrants on Minnesota Public Radio today, Willmar Mayor Lester Heitke said he’d recently learned that the local Somali community had purchased 30 plots in the city’s public cemetery. That lead him to a conclusion:

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Attorney Blames Group, Major Contributors for Dean Johnson’s Loss

By Sara Reller | 02.16.07 | 4:31 pm

A letter from Willmar attorney John Burns blames Minnesota Citizens in Defense of Marriage for former state Sen. Dean Johnson’s loss in the 2006 election. The letter, published this week in the West Central Tribune, attacked the group and…