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Willmar is a city in and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Kandiyohi County
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Kandiyohi County is located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2000, its population was 41,203. Its county seat is Willmar, Minnesota....
, Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The population was 18,351 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

Willmar has been assigned ZIP code
ZIP Code

File:UseZipCode.JPGThe ZIP code is the system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service . The letters ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, are properly written in capital letters and were chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the code....
 56201 by the United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
.

U.S. Routes 12
U.S. Route 12

U.S. Route 12 or US 12 is an east-west United States Numbered Highways, running from Grays Harbor on the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Washington, to downtown Detroit, Michigan, for almost 2500 miles ....
 and 71
U.S. Route 71

U.S. Route 71 is a north-south United States highway. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstate highways....
; and Minnesota State Highways 23
Minnesota State Highway 23

Minnesota State Highway 23 is a highway that stretches from southwestern to northeastern Minnesota. At in length, it is the second longest state route in Minnesota, after Minnesota State Highway 1....
 and 40
Minnesota State Highway 40

Minnesota State Highway 40 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from the Intersection of U.S. Route 12 and Minnesota 40 in Willmar, Minnesota and continues west to its western terminus at the South Dakota state line , where it becomes South Dakota Highway 20....
 are four of the main routes in the city.

rding to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 13.6 square mile
Square mile

The square mile is an Imperial system and US customary system of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one mile. It should not be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared....
s (35.2 kmē), of which, 11.8 square miles (30.7 kmē) of it is land and 1.8 square miles (4.6 kmē) of it is water.






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Willmar is a city in and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Kandiyohi County
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Kandiyohi County is located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2000, its population was 41,203. Its county seat is Willmar, Minnesota....
, Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The population was 18,351 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

Willmar has been assigned ZIP code
ZIP Code

File:UseZipCode.JPGThe ZIP code is the system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service . The letters ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, are properly written in capital letters and were chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the code....
 56201 by the United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
.

U.S. Routes 12
U.S. Route 12

U.S. Route 12 or US 12 is an east-west United States Numbered Highways, running from Grays Harbor on the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Washington, to downtown Detroit, Michigan, for almost 2500 miles ....
 and 71
U.S. Route 71

U.S. Route 71 is a north-south United States highway. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstate highways....
; and Minnesota State Highways 23
Minnesota State Highway 23

Minnesota State Highway 23 is a highway that stretches from southwestern to northeastern Minnesota. At in length, it is the second longest state route in Minnesota, after Minnesota State Highway 1....
 and 40
Minnesota State Highway 40

Minnesota State Highway 40 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from the Intersection of U.S. Route 12 and Minnesota 40 in Willmar, Minnesota and continues west to its western terminus at the South Dakota state line , where it becomes South Dakota Highway 20....
 are four of the main routes in the city.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 13.6 square mile
Square mile

The square mile is an Imperial system and US customary system of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one mile. It should not be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared....
s (35.2 kmē), of which, 11.8 square miles (30.7 kmē) of it is land and 1.8 square miles (4.6 kmē) of it is water. The total area is 12.94% water.

The 45š latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
 line passes just south of Willmar, placing it just halfway between the equator
Equator

The equator is the intersection of the Earth's surface with the Plane perpendicular to the Earth's rotation and containing the Earth's center of mass....
 and the North Pole
North Pole

The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets the Earth's surface....
.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 18,351 people, 7,302 households, and 4,461 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 1,549.9 people per square mile (598.4/kmē). There were 7,789 housing units at an average density of 657.8/sq mi (254.0/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 88.12% White, 0.90% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 8.52% from other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.86% of the population.

There were 7,302 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,455, and the median income for a family was $45,415. Males had a median income of $31,575 versus $22,158 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $18,515. About 8.4% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.2% of those under the age of 18 and 8.0% of those 65 and older.

History

Agricultural expansion and the establishment of Willmar as a division point on the Great Northern Railway determined the growth of the community. The first settlers arrived during the 1850s attracted to the fertile land and an abundance of timber and game. The Dakota War of 1862
Dakota War of 1862

The Dakota War of 1862 was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux or Dakota people which began on August 17, 1862, along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota and ended with a mass capital punishment of thirty-eight Dakota on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota....
 left the township abandoned for several years. The advent of the railroad in Kandiyohi County in 1869 brought new settlers. Many were of Swedish and Norwegian origins; hence the predominance today of residents of Scandinavia
Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
n heritage. In 1870, Leon (Chadwick) Willmar, a Belgian acting as a European bondholder of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest of the United States from 1847 until its merger into the Soo Line Railroad on January 1, 1986....
, purchased the title to Section 1 of Willmar Township. Willmar was established as the county seat in 1871 and was incorporated as a village in 1874 and as a city in 1901.

Willmar was the site of The Great Willmar, Minnesota Raid, a famous bank robbery by the Machine Gun Kelly
Machine Gun Kelly

George Kelly Barnes aka George R. Kelly aka George "pop Gun" Kelly was a notorious USA criminal during the Prohibition in the United States era....
 gang on July 15, 1930.

From 1977 to 1979, Willmar was the site of the Willmar 8
Willmar 8

The StrikeEight female employees of the Citizens National Bank in Willmar Minnesota, USA went on strike on December 16, 1977 over charges of sex discrimination....
, a famous strike of female workers at a local bank.

Willmar native and composer, Bradley Joseph
Bradley Joseph

Bradley Joseph is an American composer, music arranger, and Record producer of contemporary music. His compositions include works for orchestra, quartet, and solo piano, while his musical style ranges from "quietly pensive mood music to a rich orchestration of classical depth and breadth"....
, often references the past when he names his songs and his music is frequently reminiscent of his rural Minnesota roots. "Wind Farmer
Hear The Masses

Hear the Masses is the debut album by Bradley Joseph, , a self-produced and self-published release consisting of 10 original instrumental compositions ranging from upbeat piano to orchestral ballads....
" was inspired by childhood visits to a relative's farm near Olivia
Olivia, Minnesota

Olivia is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,570 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota....
, and his company, Robbins Island Music, is named after a city park in Willmar, says Ann Polta of the West Central Tribune.

Willmar is home to the annual Sonshine Festival, a Christian music festival.

Education

Willmar is home to Ridgewater College
Ridgewater College

About RidgewaterRidgewater College is a community and technical college offering transfer programs as well as technical programs. Ridgewater offers over 100 program areas between its two campuses....
, a community and technical college with campuses in both Willmar and Hutchinson
Hutchinson, Minnesota

Hutchinson is a city in McLeod County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States, along the South Fork of the Crow River . The population was 13,080 at the United States Census, 2000....
, MN. The college enrolls over 5,000 students annually and provides a broad range of programs, in addition to providing access to some four-year programs through relationships with universities in the MnSCU system.

National attention

Since 1990, the rural town has experienced a large influx of immigrants from Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
 and Northeast Africa
Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts for hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea, and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden....
, mostly due to the demand for labor at the Jennie-O
Jennie-O

Jennie-O is a brand name of Domesticated_turkey products manufactured by Hormel in Willmar, Minnesota.The company was founded by Earl B. Olson in 1940, when he began raising turkeys....
 poultry plant. In 2005, the city was recognized as an "All America City" by the National Civic League
National Civic League

The National Civic League is an organization founded in 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a meeting of politicians, policy-makers, journalists, and educators to discuss the future of United States city....
, in part for its success as growing numbers of immigrants became part of the community. In 2005, the city received attention from national media after several Somali
Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic languages subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic languages language family....
 high school students gave Willmar High School its first Cross-Country State championship in twenty years. The team won the state tournament and attended the Nike
Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major Public company sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, near the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon....
 Nationals consecutively in 2005 and 2006. Following the success of the team, the city gained attention from Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an United States sports magazine owned by Mass media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the United States....
. Subsequently, NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News is the daily evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. It has been known by this name since August 3, 1970....
 conducted a story documenting the changing face of the rural city and its relative acceptance of the new makeup of its citizens.

Willmar was the first U.S. city that used black & white police squad cars. The officers thoughts were if the cab of the car was painted white it would reduce the heat generated from sunlight. Today, the Police Chief will not use black & whites
Black and white (slang)

Black and white is an American slang term for a police car that is painted in large panels of black and white. Historically, this scheme was much favored by North American police forces because it allowed the unambiguous recognition of patrol units from a significant distance....
.

Willmar is the origin of the Willmar 8
Willmar 8

The StrikeEight female employees of the Citizens National Bank in Willmar Minnesota, USA went on strike on December 16, 1977 over charges of sex discrimination....
, a group of eight women who led the first bank strike in the United States.

Notable natives and residents

  • Dan Anderson (psychologist)
    Dan Anderson (psychologist)

    Dan Anderson was a psychologist and head of Hazelden between 1961 and his retirement in 1986. He was the pioneer of the Minnesota Model for alcohol and drug addiction treatment, based in part on the twelve-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous....
     – pyschologist
  • Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
    Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

    Karlyn Kohrs Campbell is an American academic specializing in women's studies at the University of Minnesota. ...
     – academic
  • Bonnie Henrickson
    Bonnie Henrickson

    Bonnie Henrickson is the head women's college basketball coach at the University of Kansas. She was born in Willmar, Minnesota, and attended St....
     – head women's college basketball coach at the University of Kansas
    University of Kansas

    The University of Kansas is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas with the main campus being located atop Mount Oread in Lawrence....
  • Dean Johnson
    Dean Johnson

    Dean Elton Johnson was formerly the majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 1982 and represented the 13th Senate District....
     – politician
  • Carl O. Jorgenson
    Carl O. Jorgenson

    Carl O. Jorgenson was a North Dakota public servant and politician with the North Dakota Republican Party who served as the North Dakota State Auditor from 1913 to 1916....
     – politician
  • Bradley Joseph
    Bradley Joseph

    Bradley Joseph is an American composer, music arranger, and Record producer of contemporary music. His compositions include works for orchestra, quartet, and solo piano, while his musical style ranges from "quietly pensive mood music to a rich orchestration of classical depth and breadth"....
     – composer/recording artist
  • George Nelson (astronaut)
    George Nelson (astronaut)

    George Driver "Pinky" Nelson is a former NASA astronaut.Nelson was born in Charles City, Iowa, but considers Willmar, Minnesota, to be his hometown....
     – astronaut
  • Alec G. Olson
    Alec G. Olson

    Alec Gehard Olson is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was born in Mamre Township, Minnesota Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota....
     – politician
  • Earl B. Olson
    Earl B. Olson

    Earl B. Olson was a businessman born in Murdock, Minnesota who founded the Jennie-O Turkey company , and headed it until his death in Willmar, Minnesota at age 91....
     – founder of the Jennie-O
    Jennie-O

    Jennie-O is a brand name of Domesticated_turkey products manufactured by Hormel in Willmar, Minnesota.The company was founded by Earl B. Olson in 1940, when he began raising turkeys....
     Turkey company
  • Kenneth L. Olson
    Kenneth L. Olson

    ,Kenneth Lee Olson was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War....
     – United States Army
    United States Army

    The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
     soldier
  • Albert E. Rice
    Albert E. Rice

    Albert E. Rice was a banker, newspaperman, legislator, University of Minnesota regent, politician, and the List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota from Willmar, Minnesota....
     – politician
  • Marion Ross
    Marion Ross

    Marion Ross is a Golden Globe-nominated United States actress, best known for her role as Marion Cunningham on the TV series Happy Days from 1974 to 1984....
     – actress
  • Henrik Shipstead
    Henrik Shipstead

    Henrik Shipstead was an United States politician. He served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1923, to January 3, 1947, from the state of Minnesota in the 68th United States Congress, 69th United States Congress, 70th United States Congress, 71st United States Congress, 72nd United States Congress, 73rd United States Congress, 74th U...
     – politician
  • Rick Swenson
    Rick Swenson

    For the Saskatchewan politician see Rick Swenson .Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod", , is an United Statesn mushing who has won the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S....
     – dog musher
    Mushing

    Mushing is a general term for a sport or transport method powered by dogs, and includes carting, pulka, Dog scootering, sled dog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling....
     and Iditarod participant
  • Buck Zumhofe
    Buck Zumhofe

    Eugene ZumHofe is a professional wrestler better known as Buck "Rock n' Roll" Zumhoff, wrestling's self proclaimed original rock and roller....
     – wrestler
  • Joe Vigil – news anchor KOB TV, New Mexico
  • Mark Anthony (Anderson)– meteorologist/reporter KGAN-TV, Cedar Rapids, IA and KDSM-TV Des Moines, IA. Also, KSAX TV and KSTP-TV.
  • Curt Swan
    Curt Swan

    Curtis Douglas Swan was an United States comic book artist, best known for his work on the Superman comics spanning three decades....
     – illustrator of Superman comics from the '50s to the '80s


Media


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Television Stations
Refer to UHF-TV Inc.
UHF-TV Inc.

UHF-TV Inc. is a broadcast translator broadcaster which relays stations to people in the Willmar, Minnesota area.The station lineup is as follows:...

Pay Television Services
Charter Communications
Charter Communications

Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states....

En-Tel Communications
DirecTV
DirecTV

DirecTV is a direct broadcast satellite service based in El Segundo, California, California, which transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, the Caribbean, and parts of Latin America....

Dish Network
Dish Network

Dish Network Corporation is a direct broadcast satellite service provider that offers satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services to households and businesses in the United States....

Radio Stations
Call SignFrequencyCityFormat
KNSR88.9 FMSt. Cloud, MNNews
KBPG89.5 FMMontevideo, MNReligious
KSJR90.1 FMSt. Cloud, MNClassical
KKLW90.9 FMWillmar, MNChristian Contemporary
KBHZ91.9 FMWillmar, MNReligious
KSCR-FM
KSCR-FM

KSCR-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits music format. Licensed to Benson, Minnesota, USA. The station is currently owned by Quest Broadcasting, Inc....
93.5 FMBenson, MNAdult Contemporary
KKRC93.9 FMMontevideo, MNOldies
KKLN
KKLN

KKLN is a radio station in Willmar, Minnesota, broadcasting from the Kandi Mall and airing a mainstream rock format. The station is owned by Flagship Broadcasting....
94.1 FMWillmar, MNRock
KMXK
KMXK

KMXK "Mix 94.9" is a radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota airing a hot adult contemporary format. The station is owned by Regent Communications....
94.9 FMSt. Cloud, MNHot AC
KDJS-FM95.3 FMWillmar, MNCountry
KTTB
KTTB

KTTB is a radio station in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota, 96.3 FM. KTTB's nickname is "B-96". The station primarily plays Hip hop music, rap, and Mainstream Urban music ....
96.3 FMMinneapolis, MNRhythmic
KZRV
KZRV

KZRV "Rev 96-7" is a radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota airing an active rock format. The station is owned by Regent Communications. Its main competitors are WHMH-FM "Rockin 101" and KXXR "93X"....
96.7 FMSt. Cloud, MNActive Rock
KGLH-LP96.9 FMSpicer, MNReligious
KRVY
KRVY

KRVY is an adult contemporary music formatted radio station serving Alexandria, Minnesota. The station is city of license to the community of Starbuck, Minnesota, and owned by Thomas Ingstad....
97.3 FMWillmar, MNAdult Contemporary
KLGR-FM97.7 FMRedwood Falls, MNHot AC
WWJO
WWJO

WWJO "98 Country" is a radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota airing a country music format. The station is owned by Regent Communications. Its main competitors are Leighton Broadcasting's KZPK "Wild 99" and KDDG "Bob 106"....
98.1 FMSt. Cloud, MNCountry
KZPK
KZPK

KZPK "Wild Country 99" is a radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota airing a country music format. The station is owned by Leighton Broadcasting....
98.9 FMSt. Cloud, MNCountry
KKCK
KKCK

KKCK is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Marshall, Minnesota. The station serves Marshall, Minnesota, Brookings, South Dakota and surrounding areas, along with rimshot in Sioux Falls, South Dakota....
99.7 FMMarshall, MNTop 40/CHR
KOLV100.1 FMOlivia, MNCountry
KIKV
KIKV

KIKV-FM is a radio station airing a country music format, with their studios in Alexandria, Minnesota. The station is city of license by the FCC to nearby Sauk Centre, Minnesota....
100.7 FMAlexandria, MNCountry
WHMH101.7 FMSt. Cloud, MNActive Rock
KQIC
KQIC

KQIC, known on-air as Q102, is a radio station located in Willmar, Minnesota....
102.5 FMWillmar, MNHot AC
KCLD104.7 FMSt. Cloud, MNTop 40/CHR
KARL
Karl

People...
105.1 FMMarshall, MNCountry
KMGM105.5 FMMontevideo, MNAdult Contemporary
KLFN106.5 FMWillmar, MNClassic Hits
KARP
Karp

Karp may refer to:...
106.9 FMHutchinson, MNCountry
KMGK
KMGK

KMGK, also known as Smooth Magic 107.1, is a radio station based in Glenwood, Minnesota owned by Branstock Communications. The signal reaches to Alexandria, Minnesota and Sauk Centre, Minnesota, where the station targets programming to....
107.1 FMGlenwood, MNUnknown
KUOM
KUOM

KUOM, known as "770 Radio K", "Where Music Matters Most" is a college radio radio station operated by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Likely the oldest station in the state, Radio K broadcasts an eclectic mix of music from its transmitters—a variety that has been praised by radio critics....
770 AMMinneapolis, MNCollege
KDUZ1260 AMHutchinson, MNCountry
KBMO1290 AMBenson, MNAdult Contemporary
KWLM1340 AMWillmar, MNNews/Talk
KLFD1410 AMLitchfield, MNVariety
KDMA
KDMA

KDMA is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Montevideo, Minnesota on the frequency of 1460 kHz. The station is a traditional "full service" AM radio station, meaning the the programming is locally produced and has a local focus....
1460 AMMontevideo, MNCountry
KLGR1490 AMRedwood Falls, MNCountry
KDJS1590 AMWillmar, MNOldies


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    Frameries is a Wallonia municipality located in the Belgium province of Hainaut . On January 1 2006 Frameries had a total population of 20,646. The total area is 25.95 km? which gives a population density of 796 inhabitants per km?....
    , Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
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    Vileyka

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    , Belarus
    Belarus

    Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....


See also

  • Ridgewater College
    Ridgewater College

    About RidgewaterRidgewater College is a community and technical college offering transfer programs as well as technical programs. Ridgewater offers over 100 program areas between its two campuses....


External links

  • - Daily newspaper covering the city of Willmar, Kandiyohi County and the surrounding area.
  • - California Newsreel documentary on a 1980 bank strike
    Strike action

    Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to perform labour . A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances....
     in Willmar.