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1 day ago | willmarradio.com | Mary Kekatos |Will McDuffie |Cheyenne Haslett

(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation's most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, took a softened approach on vaccines when he answered questions before a House committee Wednesday morning, avoiding sharing his personal views and instead deferring to the doctors running the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

3 days ago | willmarradio.com | David Brennan

(LONDON) -- American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who had been held captive by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, was released on Monday after successful negotiations between the U.S. and the terrorist organization, the IDF said. The International Committee of the Red Cross transferred Alexander from Gaza to Israeli authorities, the organization said.

4 days ago | willmarradio.com | Jonathan Karl |Katherine Faulders

(WASHINGTON) -- In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar -- a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the...

5 days ago | willmarradio.com | JP Cola

(Chanhassen MN-) The National Weather Service warns to an elevated fire danger in the local area. They say temperatures rising into the 80s this afternoon within a dry environment will cause minimum relative humidity values to drop to between 20 and 25 percent. Winds will shift from southwest to northwest as a cold front moves across the area this afternoon and evening with speeds around 10 mph. Gusts could reach 15 mph.

5 days ago | willmarradio.com | JP Cola

(Danube MN-) No one was seriously injured in a pickup-semi crash in Renville County Thursday morning. The sheriff's department says it was reported at 5:46 a.m. at the intersection of County Roads 1 and 4, about 8 miles south of Danube. A pickup driven by 46-year-old Ryan Hendrickson of Richland Washington was southbound on County Road 1, and apparently drifted into the northbound lane and struck the tires of the trailer of a northbound semi, causing the pickup to roll into the ditch.