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KCEO program provides students in Willmar, New London-Spicer and Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City schools with resources and a network to help spur young entrepreneurs in the communities.
Nearly 65% of Willmar Public Schools students are receiving free lunches at school this year. Some of them receive them through a federal pilot program that automatically enrolls children who received Medical Assistance. In Willmar, all students receive a free breakfast. The district is eligible for some additional programs because of its high level of poverty.
The annual leadership awards presentation by the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce is slated for March 24. Sarah Swedburg, Steve Gardner and Jim Sieben are this year's recipients.
MinnWest Technology Campus was granted its third tax abatement as the organization continues to remodel the old state hospital campus in Willmar. However, the Kandiyohi County Board did not approve a 100% abatement, instead choosing a step-down method that will equal a smaller abatement total for the technology campus.
A unique working relationship between a former dairy farmer from Blomkest, two former poultry farmers from Danube and a high-tech engineering company in Willmar could produce the first commercial-scale saltwater shrimp to be born, raised and processed in Minnesota.