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The day concluded with the finalists having a second interview with the entire council, this time in person. Brooks was interviewed first, followed by Schoening. The interviews lasted about an hour and the council asked each candidate a variety of questions. Brooks is currently on active duty in the United States Air Force, having served as an officer for the past eight years. He is stationed in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is an Air Force ROTC instructor at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has been deployed twice overseas and has served as flight commander, similar to a city manag...

Unidentified Fortune 500 company seeking to purchase land in Willmar Industrial Park; second Fortune 500 company seeking land with railroad access An unidentified company has signed a letter of intent to purchase two large blocks of land in the Willmar Industrial Park to build a large package sorting and distribution center. A second company is also considering a land purchase and development in the Industrial Park. 5:35 pm, May 13, 2021 × A major development could be coming to the city of Willmar. According to Aaron Backman, Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economi...

Unidentified Fortune 500 company seeking to purchase land in Willmar Industrial Park; second Fortune 500 company seeking land with railroad access An unidentified company has signed a letter of intent to purchase two large blocks of land in the Willmar Industrial Park to build a large package sorting and distribution center. A second company is also considering a land purchase and development in the Industrial Park. 5:35 pm, May 13, 2021 × A major development could be coming to the city of Willmar. According to Aaron Backman, Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economi...

Block 25 land sale in downtown Willmar headed to public hearing The Willmar City Council moved the Block 25 land sale process forward, setting a public hearing for May 17. The Planning and Development department is proposing selling the western half of the block, owned by the city, to Lumber One Development Company for $1 per parcel. The four parcels will be part of a new apartment complex in downtown Willmar. 7:00 pm, May 4, 2021 × Block 25 located between Second and Third Street Southwest and bordered by U.S. Highway 12 and Benson Avenue in downtown Willmar will pote...

Otto Arndt was born in Germany in 1939 and later came to Canada. He worked for a timber marking crew for the forest service and lived in a cabin in the Hart Highway area. He married Janice Rowan, the girl across the street. At the age of 20 and with two suitcases of his worldly belongings in hand, Bill Bosnich said a big goodbye to his family in northern Ontario and headed west. He got a job at the Canfor Plywood Mill in New Westminster in 1958 and a few years later he met and married Donna MacMillan. The couple moved to Pineview and in 2001 he retired after many years as a carpenter. In th...