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Since February of 1980, Willmar Ten Investors have been purchasing blighted properties in the city and redeveloping them into tax-generating properties.
Brandy Evanson rarely needed to visit food pantries. But with her SNAP benefits slashed from $900 to $120 a month, she has to go often.
Extra SNAP benefits were funded by Congress in response to the pandemic in 2020, but a recent federal law brought emergency benefits to an abrupt end in March.
Food pantries in Washington County, Maine reported they have been swamped. Most reported their numbers doubled in one month.
Willmar businessman and philanthropist Bob Dols, who died Feb. 2, worked for decades to complete a four-lane Highway 23 from Willmar to Interstate 94. That project is nearing completion.