...department's director since 1998. Wilms, originally from Sparta, Wis., served as human services director in Houston County in southeastern Minnesota for 10 years before she moved to the lakes area. Wilms started with Crow Wing County in...

...left many counties with a surplus of jail cells. Houston County is just months away from opening its new jail. But...jail cells are empty on a given day in Minnesota. Houston County is one of 12 counties that are cooperating on solutions...

...has found POW-infected ticks in northern counties (Cass, Clearwater, and Pine) and in southeastern Minnesota (Houston County). POW virus was first described in 1958 in Powassan, Ontario. Since then, about 60 cases have been identified...

...Wis., is the director of the Houston County Department of Human Services...native of Sparta and has been in Houston County for 10 years. She said the decision...reported Wilms' supervisor in Houston County praised her work ethic and leadership...

...that show public trout fishing opportunities in Dakota, Rice, Goodhue, Wabasha, Olmsted, Winona, Fillmore and Houston counties. The maps show stream-side fishing easements, where public fishing is allowed on private property through permanent...

...in stable condition there. The tragedy unfolded while Leif and his son were squirrel hunting in a wooded area in Houston County in southeastern Minnesota. Sheriff's Investigator Brian Wetterlin said Chris stumbled and accidentally shot the...

...Treatment Plant in Austin Thursday evening. A flash flood warning was in effect this morning in Mower, Fillmore and Houston counties, and a flash flood watch was posted for Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona counties.

ST. Paul (AP) -- A Houston County man was sentenced in federal court Thursday for violating the Clean Water Act by dumping manure into the Duck River without a permit...

...County 44,127 40,690 8.45 Grant County 6,289 6,246 0.69 Hennepin County 1,116,200 1,032,431 8.11 Houston County 19,718 18,497 6.60 Hubbard County 18,376 14,939 23.01 Isanti County 31,287 25,921 20.70 Itasca County...

...123,081 Dodge County $102,442 Douglas County $113,115 Filmore County $83,723 Goodhue County $128,138 Houston County $98,108 Hubbard County $105,223 Kandiyohi County $97,935 McLeod County $112,97 Meeker County $99,732...