Willmar

A former teacher and coach at Willmar Senior High School is accused of sexual misconduct involving a student several years ago.

A Willmar turkey processing plant had to be evacuated after 28 employees fell sick.

The St. Cloud Tech football team downed Willmar 28-13 Wednesday night in the final night of the regular season. The Tigers and Cardinals were tied at 7 apiece at halftime. Willmar scored the first 2nd half touchdown but missed the extra point before Tech scored 3 unanswered touchdowns to come away with the win.

A man was killed when he tried to move from one hay rack to another during a birthday party hayride in western Minnesota.

The attorney for a Willmar teenager accused of planning his grandmother's murder says the teen has reached a plea deal.

A prosecutor told jurors they would see a teen charged with murdering his friend's grandmother confess during a video they planned during trial.

A Willmar student is winning praise for donating an Apple iPad2 that she won to her school's special education department. Twelve-year-old Annie Schaefbauer won top prize in the Willmar Middle School fundraiser this fall.

Willmar police used Facebook to help identify and arrest two suspects in recent thefts.

An 81-year-old man has been arrested in the death of a 43-year-old man from an apparent gunshot in Kandiyohi County.

Emergency responders worked for nearly two hours Thursday to free a man trapped underneath a railroad car at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe yard in south central Minnesota. Police in Willmar called in companies that specialize in moving heavy equipment to help free the man.