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Another great turnout for the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast today with speaker LTC Brad Fenske. Photo © Steven Zwart - Additional Photos in the Event Posting: http://ow.ly/VQMD30brcNW

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Did you miss the May 1st City Council Meeting? Watch it here: http://ow.ly/45dX30blkWl

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The 35th Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast is coming up! Have you secured your seat yet? Get all the details here: http://ow.ly/w8kd30bkOSR

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Watch the City Council Meeting LIVE tonight: http://ow.ly/fmeU30bkNil

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Do you prefer the challenge of stuffing your most sophisticated thoughts into 140 characters or less? We tweet too. Follow us @cityofwillmar

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Happy Administrative Professionals Day to the AP's at City Offices. You're the glue that holds it all together! Thank the AP's in YOUR life!

Use our Calendar on the City Website as a guide to a variety of things going on in the community from City Meetings to Other City Events. Watch this short video on how to navigate quickly through the Calendar.

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Are you looking for Earth Day activities that are unique and fun for the whole family? Check out the Earth Day Festival at Prairie Woods ELC from 8am to 1pm. Some of the events include: *Pancake Breakfast starting at 8am, *Presentations and Booths throughout the day, *Minnesota Zoomobile with live animals at 10:30am, *Recycled Outdoor Gear sale, Kids Events: Arts and Crafts, DNR Laser Shot, Climbing Wall, DNR Fish Tank, and more...

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Saturday, April 22nd is Earth Day. Here's a couple simple ways to make a difference in Willmar: Kandiyohi County Recycling Center is offering a 5-cent bonus on aluminum cans. Shred-it, the mobile shredding service, will be at the recycling center from 10am to noon offering FREE paper shredding for up to 100 pounds of material and also hard drive destruction to area residents

Don't let it happen to you. Prevent hot car deaths.

Today's Severe Weather Awareness Week topic for Friday (4/21): Extreme Heat From 2000 to 2010, 35 deaths were directly attributable to extreme heat in Minnesota. HSEM offers information on the dangers of heat: https://goo.gl/Emjlr4 This video from CBS North Carolina demonstrates just one of the many hazards Extreme Heat causes, how deadly it can be if children are left inside a car and unique tips for preventing hot car-related deaths of children.

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Are you looking forward to Destination Playground? It can't happen without you! Destination Playground is a community project which relies on volunteers from the community to help build and make this playground a reality! The community build dates are May 16-25 @ Robbins Island. Sign up is easy! Just go to http://tiny.cc/parksignup

Willmar MN Tornado 7-11-08, user tstarken

Where were you? The most active tornado day of 2008 in Minnesota was July 11. There were nine tornadoes reported, the strongest of which was an E-F3 tornado just south of Willmar in Kandiohi County. https://goo.gl/KCs1sy #tbt #throwbackthursday