Linda Vanderwerf

Nearly 50 students graduated from Willmar's smaller high school, the Area Learning Center, Thursday afternoon. Graduation for Willmar Senior High will be June 4.

At Willmar's Roosevelt Elementary, every Friday morning it's time for positive calls home, telling parents about the good things their kids are doing at school.

Bills to transfer land in western Minnesota were approved this legislative session.

The Willmar Stingers and teachers from Willmar's Roosevelt Elementary School faced off in their annual kickball game Thursday. The Stingers faced some obstacles during the game.

Of 251 graduates of the Willmar Senior High class of 2023, 175 of them plan to continue their educations at community/technical colleges, colleges and universities.

The Minnesota Department of Education issued its graduation report for 2022 recently. The report comes out a year after those students graduated but is still worth studying, school officials say.

Free breakfast and lunch will be available at Willmar schools this summer for all children 18 or younger. Meals will be served at one school June 12 through Aug. 25 and at two others during June.

Jun. 11—WILLMAR — The Willmar School Board will meet in a workshop session at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Willmar Education and Arts Center. The board will not be voting on issues at the informal meeting, but it is open to the public. The 2023-24 budget will be adopted at a meeting later in June. State law requires school district to adopt budgets before the fiscal year begins July 1. The board on ...

Willmar Public Schools has growing needs not fully covered by state funding and may turn to the voters for help this fall. The School Board discussed it this week but hasn't made a decision.

Supply chains are not the problem they once were, but they can slow projects for a school district, which has just three months each year to get most projects done.