According to Willmar Mayor Marv Calvin, city administrator finalist Dana Schoening will not be accepting the position. The Willmar City Council will need to discuss and decide what the next steps are.
The Willmar City Council has chosen Dana Schoening as their top choice for the open city administrator position. The decision was made at a special council meeting Thursday evening. An employment agreement between the city and Schoening still has to be worked out and accepted before the hire is a done deal.
City of Willmar cancels any K-9 training at Lakeview Apartments
In a letter to the ACLU, the city of Willmar said there will be no K-9 training taking place at the Lakeview Apartments. The letter also states that no training took place prior to the concerns raised by the ACLU. 3:06 pm, May 28, 2021 ×
The city of Willmar has decided no police K-9 training will take place at the Lakeview Apartment Complex.
Mark Wasson / West Central Tribune
WILLMAR The city of Willmar has decided it will not be conducting any training of police dogs at the Lakeview Apartments, after concerns were raised by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.