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Five run for three seats on ACGC School Board

GROVE CITY -- Five candidates are running for three seats on the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School Board. The slate of candidates includes incumbents Joel Gratz and Jeanna Lilleberg, both of Atwater...

news / local / education Wed, Oct 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Five seek two seats on council in Atwater, Minn.

ATWATER -- Five candidates, including one incumbent, are seeking two seats on the Atwater City Council. Councilman Scott Bjornson is not seeking re-election this year. The list includes incumbent Shane...

news / local Fri, Oct 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Buckle Up: Seat belt patrols coming in Minnesota, Kandiyohi, Swift counties

WILLMAR -- Law enforcement agencies across Minnesota, including those in Kandiyohi and Swift counties, are planning extra seat belt patrols between Oct. 12 and 26 to encourage motorists to buckle...

news / local / region Wed, Oct 03, 2012 - 9:44am

A chicken salad is shown Sept. 11 from the lunch line of the cafeteria at Draper Middle School in Rotterdam, N.Y. The leaner, greener school lunches served under new federal standards are getting mixed grades from students. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

New school lunch offerings panned by students in one central Minn. district

GROVE CITY -- School has been in session only a couple weeks but the new federally required school lunch requirements already have been raising eyebrows and turning up noses of...

news / local Sat, Sep 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Grant Zeug, of Willmar, keeps the thresher filled with bundles of wheat Sunday during Atwater Threshing Days. Visitors to the event saw demonstrations of threshing, corn shredding, shingle making, rug making, spinning and more during the show of farm life from bygone days. Tribune photoby Ron Adams

Atwater Threshing Days

news / local Mon, Sep 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Blake Koch, top left, and Arlyn Henke pitch bundles into the threshing machine Friday as a group of children watch at the Atwater Threshing Show site. Third-grade students from ACGC Elementary in Atwater visited the site to see demonstrations of old farm machines, crafts and learn about area history. The Atwater Threshing Days is open to the public today and Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults with children 12 and under getting in for free. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Atwater threshing preview

news / local Sat, Sep 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Arrangements pending for Atwater, Minn., woman killed Friday

KANDIYOHI -- Funeral arrangements are pending for an Atwater woman killed Friday night in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 12 west of Kandiyohi, along with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter...

news / region Sun, Aug 19, 2012 - 4:39pm

Update: Atwater, Minn., woman, her daughter-in-law and granddaughter killed in Friday's crash; grandson in critical

KANDIYOHI - An Atwater woman, her daughter-in-law and her granddaughter were killed Friday night in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 12 west of Kandiyohi, and the woman's grandson is...

news / region Sat, Aug 18, 2012 - 12:28pm

Kandiyohi, Swift Co., Minn., law officers ticket 135 drivers during speed enforcement

WILLMAR -- Law enforcement officers from Kandiyohi and Swift counties ticketed 135 motorists for speeding during the July statewide speed enforcement effort. The Atwater, Benson and Willmar police departments and...

news / region Thu, Aug 09, 2012 - 10:59am

Teens steal from 100 cars in four west central Minn. towns, report missing items to Kandiyohi Co., Minn., Sheriff

WILLMAR -- The Kandiyohi County Sheriff is asking anyone who is missing items from their vehicle to contact their local law enforcement agency or the Sheriff's Office. According to Sheriff...

news / local Tue, Aug 07, 2012 - 9:31am

Hanne R. Utheim reflects on her time at the Erickson home. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Foreign exchange student thankful for opportunity after spending time in West Central Minn.

ATWATER -- More than 4,000 miles from her family, she found a home away from home. Hanne R. Utheim, a 17-year-old exchange student from Norway, arrived Aug.

news / local Mon, Jul 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Atwater Police Chief Reed Schmidt, who began his career in law enforcement 37 years ago and has been Atwater's police chief the past 14 years, has announced he'll retire Aug. 1. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

Atwater, Minn., police chief will retire at month's end

ATWATER -- When Reed Schmidt took over as Atwater police chief in 1997, his goal was to keep his community safe and create a strong community relationship between the town's...

news / region Mon, Jul 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Ready to take hot laps, Taton Hansen, 8, is strapped in by dad Trevor while sister Macee, 6, waits her turn, which will come next week when she gets her own kart, according to dad.

Motorsports: Karting country

Just east of Atwater at the karting oval, families race for trophies and fun every Friday night. See the attached photos by Rand Middleton from the Atwater Karting Speedway on...

sports Sat, Jul 14, 2012 - 12:10am

ACGC in west central Minnesota digs into data in effort to close gaps

GROVE CITY -- Mining and analyzing data from students' test scores could be the key to formulating a plan to improve gaps in education at the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Elementary School...

news / region / education Thu, Jun 28, 2012 - 12:00am

The bleachers damaged in the storm were installed 14 years ago. Tribune photo by Rand Middleton

For ACGC in west central Minnesota, storm cleanup could be costly

GROVE CITY -- The early summer storm that ripped through west central Minnesota last week could be costly to the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District in terms of time and money...

news / local / business / education Wed, Jun 27, 2012 - 12:00am

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